Services for Virgil T. Gannaway, 70, a Tuttle druggist for 50 years and well-known Grady County Republican, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Tuttle's Methodist Church, with burial there directed by Sevier's Funeral Home. He died Saturday at his home. Gannaway, who for many years worked with the Grady County election board at each election, was born in Missouri. He came to Tuttle in 1905 and had owned and operated his own pharmacy and drug store for 50 years. He also served eight years as Tuttle postmaster.
Gannaway was a World War I veteran and has been awarded a 40-year membership pin by the American Legion. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife Irma; a daughter, Mrs. Tuck Rawlings, Long Beach, Calif.; a son, Capt. Ted Gannaway, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas; and a sister, Mrs. John Potter, Oklahoma City.
Note: "Let Gannaway be your druggist"; original owner of the historic Star Pharmacy in Tuttle, Oklahoma. After passing through two or more owners, Garrison Trucking bought the building and converted the drugstore into a board room. The famous fountain counter from which Virgil served his Salty Frogs is still there and is adorned with pictures of Tuttle and the Star Pharmacy.
Not mentioned in the obit, in the early days, Virgil served as Justice of the Peace and held proceedings in his drugstore. Observing these proceedings while working at the Star Pharmacy, young Alfred P. Murrah became interested in law, and a well-respected federal judge.
Gannaway was a World War I veteran and has been awarded a 40-year membership pin by the American Legion. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife Irma; a daughter, Mrs. Tuck Rawlings, Long Beach, Calif.; a son, Capt. Ted Gannaway, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas; and a sister, Mrs. John Potter, Oklahoma City.
Note: "Let Gannaway be your druggist"; original owner of the historic Star Pharmacy in Tuttle, Oklahoma. After passing through two or more owners, Garrison Trucking bought the building and converted the drugstore into a board room. The famous fountain counter from which Virgil served his Salty Frogs is still there and is adorned with pictures of Tuttle and the Star Pharmacy.
Not mentioned in the obit, in the early days, Virgil served as Justice of the Peace and held proceedings in his drugstore. Observing these proceedings while working at the Star Pharmacy, young Alfred P. Murrah became interested in law, and a well-respected federal judge.
Services for Virgil T. Gannaway, 70, a Tuttle druggist for 50 years and well-known Grady County Republican, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Tuttle's Methodist Church, with burial there directed by Sevier's Funeral Home. He died Saturday at his home. Gannaway, who for many years worked with the Grady County election board at each election, was born in Missouri. He came to Tuttle in 1905 and had owned and operated his own pharmacy and drug store for 50 years. He also served eight years as Tuttle postmaster.
Gannaway was a World War I veteran and has been awarded a 40-year membership pin by the American Legion. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife Irma; a daughter, Mrs. Tuck Rawlings, Long Beach, Calif.; a son, Capt. Ted Gannaway, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas; and a sister, Mrs. John Potter, Oklahoma City.
Note: "Let Gannaway be your druggist"; original owner of the historic Star Pharmacy in Tuttle, Oklahoma. After passing through two or more owners, Garrison Trucking bought the building and converted the drugstore into a board room. The famous fountain counter from which Virgil served his Salty Frogs is still there and is adorned with pictures of Tuttle and the Star Pharmacy.
Not mentioned in the obit, in the early days, Virgil served as Justice of the Peace and held proceedings in his drugstore. Observing these proceedings while working at the Star Pharmacy, young Alfred P. Murrah became interested in law, and a well-respected federal judge.
Gannaway was a World War I veteran and has been awarded a 40-year membership pin by the American Legion. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife Irma; a daughter, Mrs. Tuck Rawlings, Long Beach, Calif.; a son, Capt. Ted Gannaway, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas; and a sister, Mrs. John Potter, Oklahoma City.
Note: "Let Gannaway be your druggist"; original owner of the historic Star Pharmacy in Tuttle, Oklahoma. After passing through two or more owners, Garrison Trucking bought the building and converted the drugstore into a board room. The famous fountain counter from which Virgil served his Salty Frogs is still there and is adorned with pictures of Tuttle and the Star Pharmacy.
Not mentioned in the obit, in the early days, Virgil served as Justice of the Peace and held proceedings in his drugstore. Observing these proceedings while working at the Star Pharmacy, young Alfred P. Murrah became interested in law, and a well-respected federal judge.
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