The Store Is Currently Closed; if you have a PRE-PAID please knock. If you are an existing Event customer please call 631-807-2040. Thank you. James Cress Florists.”
And then a second note below the first – “We Are Retiring! Thank you for your business these 47 years. It’s been our pleasure to serve the people of Smithtown.”
These simple words end the presence of James Cress Florists in Smithtown. The closing seems to be a shock to everyone who hears about it.
A call to the posted number was answered with “Elegant Events”. The woman answering the phone didn’t give her name and said “Mr. Cress was not taking calls at this time.” The woman politely declined to answer any questions. She did, however, say that James Cress Florists in Port Jefferson was also closed.
For forty-seven years James Cress Florists has been a part of family celebrations and it will be missed. More than a florist it is part of the memories associated with past weddings, proms, anniversaries, births and deaths.
To the James Cress Family and its staff, thanks for the memories.