TYLER, Texas — **EDITOR'S NOTE -- the video attached was produced in March 2022.
At 15864 State Highway 31 East in Tyler sits a historic, yellow and blue renovated family-owned convenience store — Tulita’s Grocery.
The former Johnson's Grocery held historic value and memories for 57 years before the Black-owned business closed at the end of February. Palanda Gordon, third-generation owner of Johnson’s Grocery, said it was time for the business to close after being in the family for generations since originally opening in 1965.
Now under a new name and ownership, Tulita's Grocery opened on April 11 with the same goals at heart — staying family owned and operated.
Read more through CBS19's newspaper partner, the Tyler Morning Telegraph.