In May of 1971, Woodrow Hardesty moved from Blytheville, Arkansas with his wife, Doris, and children, Rhonda, Debbie, and Woody, to Union City. After 25 years as a superintendent for Myers Bakers, he hoped that working with his brother installing carpet for Wade's Furniture and Moser and Jones Furniture stores would provide a stable standard of living for himself and his family.

Encouraged by his success at installing, he opened his own flooring store in April of 1972 on Division Street, later moving Union City Carpet Center to its present location on Perkins Street in December of 1973.

From day one of the opening of Union City Carpet Center, Debbie and Woody worked in the store part time after school hours and on Saturdays. Upon graduation from Union City High School, Debbie began working more part-time hours at the store helping her Dad, and Woody did the same, but learning the art of installing. Woody left Union City in 1984 to work for Queen Carpets as a sales representative in Columbia, South Carolina. He has since left the sales area of flooring, and has returned to installing all different types of flooring and still resides in Columbia. Upon Mr. Hardesty's passing in 1987, Debbie bought the business from her mother, and has been the sole proprietor since that time.

We proudly offer carpet choices from these leading manufacturers; Shaw, Mohawk, Southwind, and Dreamweaver. Our resilient flooring lines come from Mannington, Congoleum, and Tarkett. The hardwood selections include products from Bruce, Columbia (made in the USA), Mannington, and Mohawk. Luxury Vinyl Tile (lvt) has been redesigned to a "snaplock" method of installation, and we have lines from Tarkett, Mannington, and Mohawk. Laminate flooring has been around for a few years, and this product has improved greatly since its inception. We have this type of flooring from Mohawk, Quick-Step, and Columbia.

For several years, Union City Carpet Center has offered custom binding for area rugs, and just recently gotten a new area rug display. We would encourage customers to check our prices and selection, with some rugs suitable for outdoor use. We have a wide selection of cleaning products for maintaining your valuable floors and also are a retailer for the original E Z Moves furniture slides. Debbie Ams, her husband Trent Ams, and employee Janet Adams are proud to offer solutions to all your flooring needs, and would like to thank each of our customers for their patronage.