Well, we can’t know everything, about ALL things.   Apparently, there is more to yesterday’s account than I was privy to….  Yesssirrrreeeeee.  This came from loyal 372 viewer, Lea Ann Golden.  I’ll tell you, she is one smart cookie, and had her thumb on the pulse of this story.  Lea Ann writes:

“The third brother of Dewey and Floyd Silver, who went by the name of Lloyd, was in the army, in fact he was a general. After serving his tour of duty, he started a small business, a general store, and, noting the failure of his brothers’ five and dime, decided to go big. There would be no small ticket items for sale in his business. Thus was born Dollar General Silver, later shortened to General Silver, after much debate. If only he had listened to his wife, Agnes, and shortened it to Dollar General………”

Thanks Lea Ann.  I welcome this interactivity here.

1. It is way more funner  Way funner!!! (Don’t flame me people… I know ‘way more’ is not a word!
2. We find out details that I never knew existed…..I mean, who would have guessed all that about old Lloyd… and Agnes…. that Agnes…. smart as a whip, I’ll tell you.  Smart as a whip.