When contractors for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet begin work on the new Kentucky 139 Princeton Road and KY 124 Cerulean Road intersection in Cadiz this week, and the small old brick building is demolished, one family will take a few moments to reminisce and reflect on a past life.
From 1930 to 2002, under the careful stewardship of O.C. Dyer and later Homer and Nella Wilson, a gas station evolved into the ever-popular Wilson’s Market — a one-stop shop for anyone traveling to the Trigg County Recreation Complex, Caldwell County, Cerulean, Black Hawk, I-24, or elsewhere.
Lynn, one of three Wilson children, explained that “it was simply time.”
Lynn, who was born in 1960, nearly a decade after Homer met his Uncle Dyer, said the store life “was their normal” — especially growing up in the building and in that part of town.
According to the story, Lynn’s Great Uncle Dyer had the knowledge and insight to establish a brick-and-mortar fueling station near the construction of converging roadways near Cadiz.
Upgrades changed the property’s profile gradually over time.
And it’s the people, he noted, that made it special.
If Lynn misses anything, he says it’s “the customers” — referring to a time when business was less impersonal, less digital, less transactional, and more direct, friendly, and straightforward.
Officials with KYTC have indicated the road realignment and reconstruction should be completed by November 15.
