J.M. Sessions

Built in 1910 by Henry S. Harmon and sold in 1913 to his kinsman John Marlin Sessions, this house was associated early with two experienced sawmill men who worked nearby lumber on Massalina Bayou to supply materials for much-needed new houses in the new town of Panama City, incorporated in 1909. Before 1919 it passed to William M. Gaar, and in 1925 James A. and Laura I. Biggs of Ga. purchased it and lived here until 1954. Mr. and Mrs. Biggs owned Ideal Millinery, The Surprise Store on Harrison Ave., and the Cove Filling Station and Grocery, built in 1926 across from the Cove Hotel. In 1955 Thomas L. and Lille M. Guenther, parents of Glenn N. Cooper, bought the property. Glenn and Mary "Sue" Cooper later became longtime owners of Coopers News Agency on Harrison Ave. The house left the family in 1993 after remaining part of life in the Cove for 103+ years as of 2013.

Panama City, Florida · United States