{"id":1718,"date":"2023-01-16T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/?page_id=1718"},"modified":"2023-01-16T19:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:55:55","slug":"childress-furniture-barn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/index.php\/childress-furniture-barn\/","title":{"rendered":"Childress Furniture Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1718\" class=\"elementor elementor-1718\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba066c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eba066c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f699596 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f699596\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div 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size-medium wp-image-1720\" src=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/childress_furniture_barn-1-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"Childress Furniture Barn\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/childress_furniture_barn-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/childress_furniture_barn-1.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1721\" src=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/martha_and_brian_childress-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Martha and Ben Childress\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/martha_and_brian_childress-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/martha_and_brian_childress.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>In 1972 Ben Childress returned to Grapeland with his family and became Bob Scoggins&#8217; partner in the furniture business. One year later (1973) Ben bought Mr. Scoggins&#8217; share in the business and it became the Childress Furniture Barn or &#8216;The Furniture Barn&#8217;. Ben, with his wife Martha as vice-president, formed the Childress Corporation in 1983. Since then Mr. Childress has become something of an entrepreneur. The Surplus Store located on Highway 287 North was opened next. It sells military and civilian surplus merchandise. later the Childress Warehouses were added. These are individualized rental storage buildings.\u00a0<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1722\" src=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/surplus_and_salvage-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"Surplus and Salvage Sales\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/surplus_and_salvage-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/surplus_and_salvage.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-300x155.png\" alt=\"advertiser Darseys Furniture and Mattress Grapeland Texas\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-2048x1056.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Childress Furniture Barn In 1972 Ben Childress returned to Grapeland with his family and became Bob Scoggins&#8217; partner in the furniture business. One year later (1973) Ben bought Mr. Scoggins&#8217; share in the business and it became the Childress Furniture Barn or &#8216;The Furniture Barn&#8217;. 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