Cottle Strawberry Farm
History
Her Story
The photo below is of Joy Cottle at her Mom and Dad's Strawberry Field in 1966. The lady in the background (with her hands on her hips) is Joy's Grandmother, Nettie Lee Carrol Cottle ... also known as Big Mamma.
Big Mamma is checking out the strawberry stand, while Joy gets a very early start in Strawberry
Field Management.
Your local strawberry farm is proudly owned and operated by Ms. Joy Dawn Cottle. She is a third generation strawberry farmer and her father (Ned Cottle) taught her everything she knows about growing great-tasting strawberries.
Ned retired from the strawberry business in 2005 and Joy took over the Columbia field to continue in her father's footsteps. Ned still keeps up with the day to day operations and he is always available with a helping hand or an encouraging word.
Joy Dawn Cottle Ned Able Cottle
The Cottle Brothers of Faison (Bobby, Will, and Ned) sold the first strawberries on the Mt. Olive Produce Market Tuesday. They sold five crates of strawberries for $6.25 a crate. The market will officially open Wednesday. Market President H.D. Andrews, Bobby Cottle, Les Ipock, Will Cottle, Ned Cottle and Market Secretary-Treasurer Harold Precythe, shown left to right, look at the first berries sold.
CAROLINA STRAWBERRIES - Nothing could be finer!
1968
The first strawberries brought to the Tribune Office this year were grown by Ned Cottle and his nephew, Carroll Cottle. The berries were purchased by H.D. Andrews company of Mt. Olive.
