Bosque County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Standefer, Wayne, Bishop 
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Cemetery:           Clifton Cemetery, Clifton Texas
Name:               Wayne, Bishop Standefer

Date Of Photograph: January 10, 2006
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Wayne Bishop Standefer
DOB-August 23, 1883
DOD-November 11, 1944

Son of John Wilson & Florence Parks Standefer



Additional Comments:
Notes copied from "The Standefers" by Weldon A. "Buster" Standefer.	

	Wayne Bishop Standefer grew up on his Father's, John Wilson Standefer, 
ranch that was located approximately five miles South of the town of Meridian, 
Texas. Of the man occupations he had a young man, one was breaking wild 
horses.  In those times there was a great demand for horses and his father, 
John Wilson Standefer, had a great number of horses on his ranch.  In his 
younger days, Wayne Bishop was also an amateur prizefighter.  

	He opened his first place of business, a meat market, in Meridian, 
Texas when he was 19 years of age.  He also worked for a time as a machinist 
and boilermaker for the Katy railroad in Cleburne, Texas.

In the early 1900's he moved to Port Arthur and Sabine Pass where he operated 
a commissary for the old Barnes Lumber Company.  

	He returned to Meridian and opened The City Market and Grocery, which 
he owned and operated for many years.  It was the first modern grocery store 
in that part of the country, using modern merchandising features, some of 
which are still in use by supermarkets today.  He was the first man to ever 
handle ice in the city of Meridian and at first, before refrigeration, the ice 
was shipped from the Great Lakes in boxcars packed with straw.  He followed 
the modern ideas of large warehouse facilities.  He purchased most of his 
merchandise in carload lots.  He was the first person to handle bottled soft 
drinks such as Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper in Bosque County and people often 
teased him that it would never sell.

	Because of a very serious illness, Wayne Bishop was forced to sell his 
business and move to his farm, that was a part of his father's ranch.  He 
recovered from this illness after four years in and out of various hospitals 
and was in excellent health and enjoyed a good life on his farm until his 
death in 1944.  


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