I remember being in West Huntington on Adams or Virginia Avenues and passing by the Heiners Bakery. You could smell bread for several blocks. BTW, the baseball team that played (or still plays) near there, the Huntington Cubs, they moved from MY town in VA to there....
They converted part of Owens into offices and there are some businesses in there. They closed down 11-1/2 years ago. It was awful for all the employees. Some of them were married, so both of them lost their jobs. I had worked there part time for 3 years, then had just accepted a full time (great) job in the office when they decided to shut it down. I thought I would retire from there.
I love the smell of Heiner's bakery. I miss their bread when I go anywhere else. They have been bought out by the people who make Sara Lee bread.
The baseball team is gone. I enjoyed it while they were here. What VA town are you from if you don't mind posting?
Not at all, I live in Wytheville, right where I-81 and 77 meet, about 30 miles south of Bluefield and about 80 miles from both Bristol, TN and Roanoke, VA.