Biography of Sam Sharpe, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Sam Sharpe, prominent owner of Sharpe's Men's Store in Forrest City, has been a
Director of Planters Bank & Trust Co. since 1929. A substantial progressive
citizen, Mr. Sharpe has utilized the wide business experience and understanding
he obtained in many years of successful operation of his clothing firm to the
advantage of the bank and the community it serves. He opened Sharpe's store for
men in 1904 at the corner of Washington and Broadway. His skill at tailoring
brought him a thriving business. They have one son and three daughters. Mr. Sam
Sharpe belongs to the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and is a 32nd degree
Mason and a Shriner. He was a member of the original YBMC.


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

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