By By Lydia Grimes – features reporter
Alan Jones is the new owner of the local Sears store, but he is not new to the business. He is also the owner/operator of the Sears store in Andalusia.
Jones was raised outside Andalusia near Straughn School where he graduated in 1984.
He is a 2000 graduate of Troy University.
He and his wife, Debbie, who will also be in the store at times, have two children. Steven is a senior at Andalusia High School and Zack is in the sixth grade at Straughn.