How are ginny and thurmond watts introduced to the reader in nameless tennessee

In the essay nameless Tennessee the reader is first introduced to the characters Ginny and Thurmond Watts when the narrator enters into their store. As the narrator is describing the store these two characters are introduced and they tell the narrator how the town came to be called nameless in the first place.

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun

let us march on till victory is won.",

because the rising sun is a symbol of hope.

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.