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Tag: Lone Star Market

Bill Douglass

Bill Douglass

August 28, 2009June 9, 2016 Edward Southerland

Bill Douglass, whose fifteen-store Lone Star chain has been the cutting edge of the convenience business for more than a decade, making Sherman, Texas a world leader in mini-mart innovation.

 Business

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World’s Smallest! World’s Biggest!

By Gene Lenore

If you look closely at the closing credits of some television documentaries now being broadcast on the new Smithsonian Channel, you’ll see the name of Sherman writer Gene Lenore. Lenore is listed as writer or co-writer on five shows produced for the Smithsonian Channel by Fiveson Entertainment of Virginia.

Category: FOB

Black Texomans Honored

By Dan Acree

Walter E. Potts was born in Denison in 1892 and lived to be 105 years old. The son of William and Mollie Potts distinguished himself in World War I serving as one of thousands of “Buffalo Soldiers” assigned to the U.S. Army’s 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions. The 92nd was attached to France’s 4th Army.

Category: FOB

Home Work

By Dan Acree

John Flynn juggles a full work schedule and eight kids as a work-at-home dad.

Category: Business

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