Biography of Henry C. Gray, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Mr. Henry C. Gray, a partner in the Broadway Drug Store with William J. Clanton,
became a pharmacist in 1920, and a partner in 1946. He had been a partner with
his brother, Thomas, and they owned the City Drug Store from 1920 till 1937,
when Henry bought out his brother. He operated it alone until 1946. Mr. Gray was
born in Forrest City, May 30, 1897, son of the late E. T. and Tula (Paslay)
Gray. His maternal grandfather was the late W. H. Paslay, a widely known early
settler of Forrest City. Mr. Gray attended Forrest City Public Schools, Qauchita
College, and later the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. A World War I veteran, Mr.
Gray was employed in Little Rock a short time before returning to Forrest City
in 1920 to operate the City Drug Store with his brother Thomas. On Jan. 3, 1918.
he married Miss Thelma Fry, a classmate at Qauchita, daughter of Mr. D. W. and
Mattie (Parker) Fry of Fort Smith, and to this union has been born one son. Mr.
Gray is a member of the Baptist Church, Charter Member of the Delphian Club,
Lions Club, Masonic Lodge, Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas Pharmaceutical Assoc.,
and the King-Beazley American Legion Post..


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas