The Burton Gas and Oil station in Lynville is soon to close because the small shop can't keep up with rising gas prices. (2008 Thomas Simonetti / The Mountain Workshops)

Steve McClure starts up his bike while Scotty Burton relaxes in the Burton Gas and Oil shop in Lynville. The station is soon to close because the small shop can't keep up with rising gas prices. (2008 Thomas Simonetti / The Mountain Workshops)

Scotty Burton completes a transaction at Burton's Gas and Oil service shop in Lynville.

Scotty Burton, 55, sits inside the service station he and his father Tince have run for decades. The station is soon to close because the small shop can't keep up with rising gas prices.

A dog with its head out the window catches Tince Burton's attention at the Burton Gas and Oil service shop in Lynville.

Tince Burton catches a few minutes of sleep in between customers at Burton's Gas and Oil shop in Lynville.

Scotty Burton, left, and Garrett Tarr discuss tires at the Burton Gas and Oil shop in Lynville. (2008 Thomas Simonetti / The Mountain Workshops)

Tince Burton, 84, waves to a passerby at Burton's Gas and Oil service shop in Lynville. Burton has put a handwritten sign in the window announcing that his shop will soon close because of rising gas prices.

Scotty Burton (left) laughs with his father, Tince, at Burton's Gas and Oil shop in Lynville.

Scotty (left) and Tince Burton come home after a day's work at the Burton Gas and Oil shop in Lynville.

The Burton family -- Tince (left), Marge (right) and son Scotty -- of Lynville gathers in the kitchen for supper. With a heavier dinner earlier in the day, the trio decided to eat cereal.

Tince Burton, 84, feeds his cattle in between customers at the Burton Gas and Oil service shop in Lynville. Burton, who will soon close his shop, plans on spending more time with his animals.