Some history in regards to Elroy Country Corner. A country store long forgotten.

Elroy Country Corner is one of the forgotten country stores of Austin and Travis County. This news article will explain and explore some of the history behind Elroy Country Corner. Elroy Country Corner was Elroy’s convenience store.

Elroy Country Corner would operate as a store at location of 13912 FM 812 and opened on the date of 6/26/1985. At first John “J. B.” Bankston owned and operated Elroy Country Corner by himself. Later Henry Foradory and John “J. B.” Bankston operated Elroy Country Corner from 1985 to 2000.

Henry Foradory sold that property to S R R INVESTMENTS INC on the date of 6/20/1995 Elroy Country Corner would continue to use this location and a storefront located across FM 812 at 13913 FM 812. (Ref: http://propaccess.traviscad.org/clientdb/Property.aspx?prop_id=810442)

Ruknuddin Dhukka bought out the property rights and naming rights to Elroy Country Corner in 1995. Elroy Country Corner would become a brand owned by S R R INVESTMENTS INC that year. (Ref: https://opengovus.com/texas-taxpayer/17427464551)

S R R INVESTMENTS INC would open a smoke shop on the corner of FM 812 & Elroy Road on the date of 5/31/1998. The smoke shop is a tobacco retailer. Ruknuddin Dhukka along with 2 other directors own the property of this smoke shop. There have been a total of 3 different smoke shop that have operated at this location since 1998. (Ref: https://opengovus.com/texas-taxpayer/17606829681-4)

Elroy Country Corner would operate as a store at location of 13912 FM 812 for 15 years until 2000. John “J. B.” Bankston decided to shut down and dissolve Elroy Country Corner sometime in November 2000. He had been living with his wife in Goldwaithe since 1995. The travel distance was too far from his home. So he made a sensible choice to shut down Elroy Country Corner. (Ref: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0075666400)

Rick Dhukka was owner of the Elroy Country Corner convenience store in 2012. He would serve as the owner of the Elroy Country Corner convenience store until 2015 when the store was renovated into a smoke shop and BBQ restaurant. 85% percent of the store was renovated into a smoke shop.

A default and shutdown order was entered regarding S.R.R. INVESTMENTS, INC. dba Elroy Country Corner in 2013 by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for petroleum storage tank violations pursuant to Tex. Water Code chs. 7 and 26 and the rules of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, including specifically 30 Tex. Admin. Code ch. 60. (Ref: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/comm_exec/agendas/comm/backup/Agendas/2014/9-10-2014/1960pst.pdf)

Today S R R INVESTMENTS INC operates their headquarters at that location on FM 812 next to a smoke shop and BBQ restaurant. Elroy Country Corner exists today in name as a convenience store complex. (Ref: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0135375000)

Elroy Country Corner was and is located at 13912 FM 812, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617.