99-year-old Georgetown flower business prepares for end

DANVILLE – All it took was a handshake and Roy Lake Burgoyne had himself a flower shop.

No contract, no bill of sale, just a verbal agreement and a handshake.

That was Oct. 25, 1909.

Now, less than a year shy of its centennial birthday, the closure of Burgoyne's Floral and Greenhouses, located at 804 N. Main St., Georgetown, is imminent.

All it took was an economic downturn.

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