Biography of William J. Clanton, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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William J. Clanton, owner of the new Broadway Drug Store, opened Feb. 14, 1949,
with co-owner Henry C. Gray, both are registered pharmacists, Mr. Gray since
1920, and Mr. Clanton since 1930. Mr. Clanton came to Forrest City in 1935 from
Jonesboro, and bought the store. He sold a half interest in 1946 to Mr. Gray.
Mr. Clanton was born in Wilmar, Ark. on Dec. 22, 1907, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. D.
Clanton. A graduate of Monticello A & M School, he received his professional
training at the Jonesboro College of Pharmacy, finishing in 1930. During World
War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps. On Aug. 30, 1940 he married Miss
Edith Benson, daughter of the late Robert and Lucile (Dye) Benson of Forrest
City. She is a descendant of Mark W. Izard, one of the most prominent early
Forrest Citians. Mr. Clanton is a member of the First Methodist Church, Rotary
Club, Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association, St. Francis
County Farm Bureau, King-Beazley American Legion Post and is a thirty second
degree Mason. He has farming interests in the county and deals in real estate.


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

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