Unveiling of a New Name, Formally Sneed's Ace Hardware

The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us at the "Unveiling of a New Name," Formerly known as Sneed's Ace Hardware. Come to the celebration on Thursday, March 24th at 4:00 pm. Refreshments and door prizes will be given away. 
 

Sneed’s Ace Hardware has been David Shaw’s home away from home for 40 years. The lifelong Lafayette County resident has worked in the local institution of a store since high school, where he started out unloading trucks and stocking shelves.

“It was just an afterschool job that has grown to become so much more,” David said. “It’s where my wife Susan and I spend most of our time. It’s where we have built friendships with customers and neighbors. It’s where we serve the community.”

That longtime commitment to the store is why David and Susan Shaw are excited about the store’s next chapter: changing the name of the store from Sneed’s Ace Hardware to Shaw Ace Hardware.“It’s not a major change,” said Susan. “We will still have all of the same products. All of the people the community has come to know and love will still be working here. The only thing that is changing is the name on the building.”

In a way, the name change is a full-circle moment for David. That’s because, when the store originally opened on the Square in 1951,David’s grandfather Parham Shaw was one of the co-founders.