By Susie A. Wolfe
The more than one hundred-year-old building at 115 South Brooks Avenue in Pelahatchie, just across from Rhodes and Robby Drugs, has been empty for many years. Brooks Street Antiques & Interiors opened in June and sells a combination of new home decor and gift options plus vintage and antiques.
Sheena Gill Pace was in town and saw the building was for sale and checked on it. Originally owned by Andrew Jackson (AJ) Glaze, and then Docie Edwards, it had been a mercantile store in its previous lives. Pace said she likes the fact that it is still a woman-owned business offering a variety of products for shoppers.
The family is “fitting right in” to Pelahatchie. “I love the Town so much,” Pace said. “We love our vendors and customers and want to continue to connect with the community.”
In addition to local families and shoppers, Brooks Street is drawing interest from around the Metro Area and surrounding states. “Every day since we opened has been an amazing day,” said Sasha Williamson of the initial response.
Although Tropical Storm Arthur put a damper on their opening in June of 2026, postponing the ribbon cutting, shoppers still turned out to check out the new business downtown. The Rankin Chamber Ribbon Cutting was held July 1, with a large crowd representing businesses around the county.
The approximately six thousand square foot shop, purchased on August 26, 2025, was then restored by Meridian contractor Tim Allred to “keep the character and authenticity.” It is sixty percent shop-owned versus forty percent vendor product.
Brooks Street Antiques & Interiors is owned by two daughters, Sheena Gill Pace and Sasha Gill Williamson, and their mother, Patricia Gill, of Brandon. They have a tight-knit family in Pelahatchie and in Texas, where they originated in Burnet. Having her own shop had been a dream of Patricia “forever and ever,” who is “the collector who hunts for her treasures or organized hoarder.” After their father died at age 69 in 2000, the girls wanted more than ever to do something with their mother.
Pace, who worked as a dental assistant for twenty-two years, is married to Jason Pace, a Brandon accountant. They have two children, Natalie, 16, and Jamie, 15. Williamson is an auctioneer with Lance Varner’s Highway 18 Auction in Brandon. She and her husband, Bryan Williamson, who works with Systems Electro Coating, have a son, Eli, 13, and daughter Evelyn, 9.
In addition to the family antiques and collectibles, these vendors have areas in the shop displaying their product: Brook Burt, Carol Chapman, Raina Cofer, Charlett Coulter, Latrelle Donovan, Anna Leigh Gordon, Ginnie Wadsworth, Keith and Deanne Giordano, Debbie Henry, Tracy and Stacy Hip, David Kennedy, Brande Leeper, Amy Lyle, Amy Moon, Justin Slay, Grace Tharpe, Cindy Weldon, and John and Teresa Wells.
According to former building owner, Due Edwards McKinion, the store’s history goes back to the 1800’s with Colonel George W. Brooks, who had the original mercantile. It was later owned by J. W. Glaze and was a mercantile too.
According to McKinion, “We love seeing Mom’s old store building come back to life. I have gotten to know Ms. Patricia, Sasha, and Sheena. They brought what was once my Mom’s whole heart (and mine) back to life again.”
Brooks Street Antiques & Interiors is located Downtown Pelahatchie. Hours are currently Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The phone number is 601-967-6647.
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