BIBBY’S

    Allen Bibby announced that he intended to open a variety store in the Avant building on March 7, 1924 (the Avant building is the Wall of Recall building.)  Bibby’s operated at that location until about 1950 and then switched places with Blacks Cafe moving to the Hampton building.  Mrs. Bibby was a Hampton and the Hampton building was purchased from the estate of A.E. Hampton by Howard Bibby.  The location had been the site of the Liberty and Texas Theaters for many years.

   Bibby’s was sold in the late 1960s to Cled Heathington who retained the name until the building burned in 1972.  When rebuilt, it operated as Heathington’s and later as Ronald’s after it was sold to Ronald Spruill.

Bibbys Ben Franklin Store ca: 1940. 

Left:  Bibbys and Shelby Pharmacy burn on Easter Sunday 1972.  Rae Jean Hasty at the pickup.  Above:  Mrs. Allen (Ivah Hampton) Bibby on the right, Effe Self Rollins on the left.

A Bibby’s Christmas circular from 1936.

The Bibby Brothers had stores in Cisco and Pioneer before A.H. Bibby opened his store in De Leon.  This is the Cisco store during the oil boom ca: 1922.  Photo courtesy Candace Bibby.