Site of Worthy Store

At this location in 1906, Alabama native Dillard Monroe Worthy opened a general merchandise store. He was later joined by his son, Roy, and the business became D.M. Worthy & Son. It provided residents with essential items and included farming materials, butcher and blacksmith shops, funeral supplies and lumber. D.M. Worthy had other interests as well, serving as first president of Guaranty State Bank (later Donie State Bank) and opening other businesses. He was also instrumental in bringing a spur track of the Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway near Donie. The store closed soon after he passed away in 1930, but Roy reopened it in 1939. Roy Worthy died in 1956, and the store remained in operation for several more years before it burned. (2007)

Site of Worthy Store is a historical marker in Donie, Freestone County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 57 historical markers documented in Freestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 145 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4754, -96.2224 near Donie. The nearest cataloged historic site is Donie-Hewitt Prairie (cemetery), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Post Oak Cemetery #1, Wilson Chapel Cemetery, and Old Zion Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014047. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.