- Her childhood home was the upper story of her family's large, barnlike country store, situated on Highway 82 at Spirit Lake Crossing between two tiny southwestern Arkansas towns. The metal sign that swung in the gravel drive in front of "Griffin Supply Company" read: Guns...Gas...Groceries.
One day, two eighteen-wheeler trucks locked up while one was attempting to pass, leaving the highway and knocking Griffin Supply Company more than 10 feet off its blocks. It took months to crumble.
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