Jim, a local businessman, has lived and worked in Jacksonville’s Westside for many years. With his family, he started the Circle R rent horse barn, now the site of Circle K Furniture, and later opened Circle K Feeds.

It was while operating the Circle K Feed Store that Jim and his wife Louise began selling furniture. As sales grew, Jim built two new buildings, sold the feed store, and began selling home furnishings full time. Jim tried retirement for a short time, but decided to revive his old furniture business instead.

After working for the Federal government for over 30 years, Alice retired in 2007 and partnered with Jim Kittrell on his “new-old” business venture. After much planning and reconstruction of the old barn, Circle K opened in October of 2011.

With Jim’s mentoring and assistance of the Kittrell family, Alice learned to operate a retail store. Purchasing merchandise and interacting with customers are the favorite parts of her job. You’ll notice that Alice’s love of horses has a definite influence on her merchandise buying when you visit our store.

Michael worked for Jim at the original Circle K Country Furniture. His years of experience and great attitude are immediately apparent to our customers. Michael wears many hats here at Circle K. He does it all with a smile, and no job is ever too big or too small.