RELEASE DATE: MAY 23, 2021
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
Here is more information about the men whose names appear in the “Answered the Last Call” column in the June 1929 (Volume 50, No. 3) 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 61 –
“N. J. ALEXANDER, one of the pioneer druggists of Texas, died at his home in Austin on March 14th. He had been in business in Austin for the past seventy-four years, being 86 years old at the time of his death. He could re-call (sic) with ease and accuracy historical events which occurred during the time of Sam Houston and other public men of that period. The drugs for his first store were hauled in ox wagons, the only mode of transportation in those days.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Alexander; one daughter, Mrs. ASPLUND of Chicago; and one son, John Alexander of Grand Rapids. He was a member of the Southern Presbyterian Church.
Pages 61 and 63 –
After an illness of two weeks with influenza and pneumonia, R. A. IRVIN died March 14th. He was the senior member of the Wallis Drug Store, having established the store, April 4th, 1894. Mr. Irvin was chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wallis State Bank [and] also had been president of the bank for a number of years...
Mr. Irvin was born in Friendship, Tenn., April 2, 1867, and, for the past
thirty-five years, has been a resident of Wallis. He is survived by his wife;
two children, Mrs. Howard LAWHON of Moody and Richard A. IRVIN of Wallis;
his mother, Mrs. Alex IRVIN;
three sisters, Misses Mamie and Irene IRVIN and Mrs. Kate EDMUNDS of Center
Hill, Fla.; [and]
one brother, Dr. John E. IRVIN of Wharton.
Page 63 -
Otto COFFEY, 41, for fifteen years a well-known McKinney druggist, died in a Dallas sanitarium, Monday, May 27th, and his body taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. COFFEY, at McKinney. Burial followed in the Fitzhugh Cemetery at Forest Grove, the old family burying ground.
O. Y. RATHBUN, 76, druggist and former mayor and
postmaster at Whitewright, died Sunday, April 28th, at Glendale, California,
where he had resided for the last eleven years.”
(End of death notices)
A notice on page 59 requests new addresses for the
following people, whose mail had been returned to the organization’s office:
H. J. CLARKE, 415 W. Bell, Houston, TX;
H. D. HORTON, 704 Samuels Ave., Fort Worth, TX;
Jack PHILLIPS, c/o Spoonts No. 1, 2001 9th St., Wichita Falls, TX;
C. E. WILSON, 3687 Townsend Ave., Detroit, Michigan;
J. M. HOBSON, 3227 Bowser, Dallas, TX;
N. H. COOK, Jr., Bryan, TX;
[and]
R. Y. LINDSEY, Corner Grant Avenue and 2nd St., Odessa, TX.
(End)