Weeks Hardware

[1][2] The store was called Miro Hardware through the end of World War II, as a combination of the first names of Rosie and Mammie Weeks.

As of 2003, the store was the "oldest active business in town," according to the St. Petersburg Times, which added: The reluctance to modernize is evident everywhere.

A tall, darkly stained plywood case that holds bolts and screws in its dozens of drawers, was built, according to a little brass label on one corner, by A.R.

[3] The founder's grandson, Joseph C. Weeks, worked in the store since childhood, and took over the business after returning from naval service and graduating from the University of Florida.

Weeks, aged 82, was honored by the Brooksville City Council as "the 2009 Great Brooksvillian.