History of the land

Once upon an time ...

Maggie and George Pinkney Lookadoo, were young struggling sharecroppers with 5
small kids in Mooresboro NC.   GP as he was called ... excelled at farming and handling
the farm animals for the land owner. In 1939 the county agent,Tater Davis recognized
GP's abilities and arranged for a government loan for 96 acres in Shelby. The older kids
loaded up the wagons and headed to the land that would soon become their farm and
home.   Meeting model A cars and trucks along the way, the horses were spooked but
they safely made it to the land and moved into an old rundown farmhouse down the hill.
A new home and barn were built and soon the farm was teaming with animals, cotton,
corn and a full garden. The children JD, Kathleen, Donald, Clifford, and Donnis worked
right along side the parents plowing and working the crops and land.

As the kids married and moved away, GP and Maggie stopped farming and opened a
small country store and Mobile home park on the newly paved Oak Grove Road.

In the early 70's most of the family land was taken by Kings Mountain to create a drinking
water reservoir and the lake now known as Moss Lake came to be. It was a trying time for
the land owners who felt forced to give away the land they had worked so hard to
develop. Promises were made but not kept by those who negotiated with the landowners.

The country store was eventually abandoned and left undisturbed for years.   In 2012
Lakeside Mobile Home Park was closed and the remaining residents relocated.

In recent years, JD Lookadoo, Jr, the Grandson of GP purchased the remaining family
parcels from Aunts Kathleen and Donnis. He began the creation of Windsong's Gentle
Breeze in 2014 with the intention of finishing the Lookadoo's Oak Grove story and leaving
the world a better place. In 2017 the development's cul-da-sac was officially named
Lookadoo Lane to honor the family who pulled themselves from poverty on this land.

GP and Maggie Lookadoo