A 38-year run has ended for Jim Grant, owner of Jim Grant Motor Company at 5359 Nika Drive off the U.S. Highway 45 Bypass at Three Way.

“It was time,” Jim said, about closing the business. “I walked out the office one day and I decided it was time.”

The inventory has been sold, and the facilty is now for sale.

Locals will remember that for 33 years, Jim sold vehicles on North Highland Avenue before making a move to the U.S. Highway 45 Bypass in November 2019.

Jim said additional space was needed, and the setting, which offered a 6,100-square-foot business office – also provided a larger lot, which was already paved.

Jim said the modification of the building was very affordable, and the end result was a beautiful rustic atmosphere to sell pre-owned automobiles.

“My staff and I felt that this location provided Jackson Motor Company with the best opportunity to meet its future needs,” Jim said.

Jim is a third-generation automobile dealer. In 1943, Willie Austin Brown, his grandfather, was owner and operator of Brown Chevrolet in Alamo.

He passed away in 1971 and left the dealership to his two daughters.

Jim’s father, James Noble Grant went to work for Mr. Brown in 1953 and became president in 1971.

As an accounting major at Union University, Jim said his dad learned from Mr. Brown and at the same time apply his acquired skills from Union University.

In 1978, Jim made the decision to pursue the automobile business as his career.

Jim said he sold his interest in Brown Chevrolet to an aunt and uncle, and his dad steered the family 20 miles north to Trenton, where he purchased Currie Chevrolet and began Grant-Worrell Chevrolet.

It wasn’t until 1986 when Jackson Motor County was formed by Jim, his dad, and brother-in-law, Herbert Worrell.

Jim and his wife Debbie became sole owners in 1990 till present.

(PHOTO: Former home of Jim Grant Motor Company)