JD's Country Store

JD's Country Store Located in Wilson's Mills, NC Convenience store with a country store feel!!!
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07/27/2025

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07/24/2025

Dear God (Dale),

We come to You today with grateful hearts and full stomachs, freshly returned from the land of flavorless decisions, West Virginia. Lord, You carried us through. Like a black No. 3 charging through Turn Four at Talladega, You steered us past the bland buns and lukewarm wieners. You kept us out of the wall, You brought us home.

You saw us safely back to North Carolina, where hotdogs are dressed with dignity, chili has some kick, and slaw ain’t just wet cabbage lookin’ for a purpose.

Thank You, Father, for planting us once again in a land where Bright Leaf dogs still shine like restrictor-plate miracles, and nobody hands you a bun full of gray meat tubes and calls it lunch.

And Lord, most of all, thank You for not making us pretend that pepperoni rolls are a real meal. We know You love all Your children, even the ones who serve meat bread and call it heritage, but You knew our limits. You knew we were about to spin out.

So we thank You for guiding us home, to a place of liver pudding, whole hog BBQ, and the gospel of hotdogs done right. The place where even angels know to ask for extra chili.

Forever in your mustard-stained grace and Number 3’s draft,

Your faithful pit crew,
The State We’re In

07/17/2025

📜 Wilson’s Mills Reflections: Tony Southerland (excerpt)

In 1954, when Tony was just six years old, his family moved to what was then called Southern Road. The move was made possible by a remarkable gesture of community: a neighbor, Mr. Robert Powell, offered to loan Tony's father the money to buy a farm. “He came to Daddy and said, ‘I found you a farm. You and Joyce go look at it and if you want it, I’ll loan you the money to buy it.’” That spirit of neighborly support has stuck with Tony his whole life. Eventually, the county renamed the road Southerland Road—appropriately so, as both ends were anchored by Southerland family farms.

Tony’s family entered the local business scene in 1966 when they purchased Wilson’s Mills Supermarket, later to become JD’s as it’s known today. “My parents had three kids that wanted to go to college and that store was extra income to help make that happen,” Tony explained. The store, built in 1950 by Fletcher Burgess, was small but essential. “I’m not sure what was ‘super’ about it because it was just a little bitty thing,” he laughed. Yet it met the community’s needs at a time when trips to town were rare and carefully planned. “Gas cost 20 to 25 cents a gallon back then—you were counting pennies to make sure you had dollars.” Tony spent many summers helping at the store during college breaks. “I'd sit on a drink crate outside to draw in customers. You didn’t have flashing signs—you just did what you could. Sometimes you’d go 20 or 30 minutes and not even see a car go by!”

👉 Read more of Tony’s reflections on Wilson’s Mills at wilsonsmillsnc.org/historical-preservation-project. We’ll be adding more stories from founding family members, along with historic photos, newspaper clippings, and video highlights—so check back often!

06/05/2025

Congratulations to Travis Johnson for being named the new Johnston County Fire Marshal/Fire Division Chief. 🔥

Please help us welcome Travis into his new role!

Johnston County Government

Address

4549 Wilsons Mills Road
Wilsons Mills, NC
27577

Opening Hours

Monday 5am - 8pm
Tuesday 5am - 8pm
Wednesday 5am - 8pm
Thursday 5am - 8pm
Friday 5am - 8pm
Saturday 5am - 7pm

Telephone

+19199348939

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