RELEASE DATE: MARCH 7, 2021
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
Again we continue sharing the death notices found in the “Answered the Last Call” section of the March 1929 (Volume 50, Number 2) issue of The Texas Druggist, the official periodical of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association, published in Forney, Texas. (Some punctuation may be added or deleted in the narrative for clarity. Surnames are capitalized for emphasis.)
Page 52 – “Dr. Albert A. BLASINGAME, pioneer Texas doctor and druggist of Kemp, died Sunday, March 3rd, after a brief illness. He had practiced medicine for ten years prior to 1902 in Rockport and, since that time, had been engaged in the drug business in Kemp. He had been active in Masonic work and was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. He was a member of the Christian Church at Kemp. Dr. Blasingame is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amy Sue Blasingame, and two daughters.
John Henry HALEY, 69 years old, retired druggist and resident of Dallas for the
last forty-five years, died Wednesday, March 6th, at 5 o’clock at his home, 3717
Throckmorton Street. Funeral services were held on Friday at 10 o’clock, Dr.
William M. ANDERSON officiating. Surviving are his wife and a son, William C.
HALEY, both of Dallas.”
(Editor’s note: According to the
obituary of John Henry Hobson, Dr. Anderson was the pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church. See Hobson’s obituary below.)
“John Henry HOBSON, for thirty years connected with the drug business, died Tuesday morning, December 18th, 1928, at a Dallas hospital at the age of 63. He was born at Lebanon, Tenn., December 11, 1865. Coming to Texas with his brother in the early eighties, he established a retail drug business in Rockwall. Later he moved to Terrell, continuing in the same line. He became associated with the Crowdus Drug Company about thirty years ago, moving to Dallas twelve years later to be in the headquarters office.
Among the organizations with which he was connected were the Knights of Pythias, the Dallas Athletic Club, and the Masons. He attained the 32nd degree with the latter order.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Fern Hobson BEECHER, of New York; two sisters and two brothers of Lebanon [Tenn.}. Dr. William M. ANDERSON, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated at the funeral. Active pallbearers were Earl SWINNEY, H. M. SETTLE, A. L. STONE, G. H. VINING, B. L. VINING, J. H. WHITAKER, I. T. JENNINGS, and Sidney KING.” A photograph of John Henry Hobson’s accompanied the article.
Page 53 – “Robert W. REYNOLDS, for many years engaged in the drug business in Arlington, passed away, Saturday, February 2, at about 12 o’clock at a Dallas hospital, after a brief illness from influenza and double pneumonia. Mr. Reynolds was 55 years, four months and twenty days of age, and is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Tom PICKENS and Mrs. John S. LE CLERCQ, Jr., of Dallas; and two grandchildren. Interment was in Restland Memorial Cemetery.
Joe Raymond CARTER, 43, druggist at Gunter for the past 14 years, died in Sherman at St. Vincent’s Sanitarium at 8:25 o’clock, Saturday night, February 3rd. He was born November 17, 1885, in Whitewright, the son of the late J. M. and Mrs. Laura CARTER. He was a graduate of Trinity University, Waxahachie, and the old Southwest School of Pharmacy, Dallas. Before entering the drug business at Gunter, he had been connected with Hardin and Carter Drug Company in Whitewright and the Claypool Drug Co., Bonham.”
(To be continued)