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- TENNESSEE COUNTY HISTORY SERIES
Wilson County
by Frank Burns
Robert E. Corlew Editor
MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Memphis, Tennessee
Copyright © 1983 by Memphis State University Press
In 1964 Homer, Harry, and their sister Mary were listed in the city directory, but Nick W Powers of Memphis and Robert E. Daniel of Lebanon were shown as operators of Shannon Drug Company. In September 1964 Hardie Sorrells moved to Lebanon and purchased the store. By 1973, Sorrells having in the meantime acquired the Medical Arts Pharmacy on the corner of South College and East Gay streets, the prescription department of Shannons was moved to the Medical Arts building but the old location remained as a luncheon counter, magazine stand, and store for the sale of sundries. In 1976 the store on the square was closed.
Dr. Hardie V. Sorrels, 77
After the service he returned to school, enrolling in the University of Tennessee School of Pharmacy and graduated first in his class in 1959. He remained active in pharmacy for nearly 50 years.
Dr. Sorrels and his young family moved to Lebanon in 1964 when he purchased Shannon’s Drug Store. He owned and operated this business for several years and reinstated the soda fountain at the iconic institution.
He later purchased Medical Arts Pharmacy which he continued to operate until 2002. Dr. Sorrels loved guns and hunting and was a master carpenter. He was the Scoutmaster of Troop 434 in Lebanon for several years. Fourteen Scouts earned their Eagle during his years of leadership. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and maintained his membership in the Memphis chapter for over 50 years.
Services were conducted by Rev. Martin Thielen & Rev. David Hesson. Interment was at the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Survivors include: his wife Myra Ervin Sorrels, son Dr. Hardie Vaughan (Amy) Sorrels, III, son David Dutro (Kim) Sorrels, daughter Dixie (Ron) Rury and grandsons Hardie Vaughan Sorrels, IV, Reed Howard Sorrels, Eric Ervin Sorrels, Jameson Hibbett Sorrels and Marshall Jefferson Suiter.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Hardie Vaughan Sorrels, Sr. and Lillian Ballenger Sorrels.
Pallbearers are grandsons, Ricky Haskins, Jim Hibbett, Jr., Dr. John Gallaher, and Dr. Brian Hughey.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lebanon’s First United Methodist Church, 415 West Main Street, Lebanon or to the Boy Scouts of America, Middle Tennessee Council, 3414 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, 37215-0409.
Partlow Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Lebanon pharmacist Dr. Sorrels dies Sunday
March 2, 2009 – Dr. Hardie Vaughan Sorrels, Jr., owner of Shannon's Drug Store and later Medical Arts Pharmacy, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, at Partlow Funeral Chapel in Lebanon. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday, March 2, an...
Bonnie Bucy
Mar 3, 2009
Dr. Hardie Sorrels Jr.
March 2, 2009 – Dr. Hardie Vaughan Sorrels, Jr., owner of Shannon's Drug Store and later Medical Arts Pharmacy, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, at Partlow Funeral Chapel in Lebanon. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday, March 2, and 10 until service time on Tuesday.
He was born Dec. 23, 1931, in Little Rock, Ark., and grew up in Brinkley, Ark., where he attended grade school and graduated from Brinkley High School. He went on to the University of Arkansas, but was called into the United States Army where he served as a First Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. Discharged from service three years later, he returned to school, enrolling in the University of Tennessee School of Pharmacy and graduating first in his class in 1959.
The year 1959 was also a good one for him personally. He met and married Myra Ervin in a Memphis drug store that year. That also began a nearly 50 year career in the pharmacy business.
Dr. Sorrels moved his young family to Lebanon in 1964 when he purchased Shannon's Drug Store. He owned and operated that business for several years and reinstated the soda fountain at the iconic institution. He later purchased the Medical Arts Pharmacy which he continued to operate until 2002. From 2002 through 2007, he worked full time for other pharmacies to keep active and see friends.
He was an avid duck hunter during his Arkansas days and was a well known fixture in the dove fields anywhere on opening day of dove season. He loved hunting and guns and made it a point to teach his grandsons how to shoot. He was a master carpenter, who at one time literally built houses, and was very good with his hands and at carpentry.
Dr. Sorrels was also the Scoutmaster of Troop 434 in Lebanon for several years, during which 14 scouts received their Eagle Rank. He was a member of the First Methodist í‡hurch in Lebanon and a member of the Masonic Lodge in Memphis, which he maintained for more than 50 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Hardie Vaughan Sorrels, Sr. and Lillian Ballenger Sorrels. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Myra Ervin Sorrels; sons Dr. Hardie Vaughan (Amy) Sorrels, III and David Dutro (Kim) Sorrels; daughter, Dixie (Ron) Rury and grandsons, Hardie Vaughan Sorrels, IV, Reed Howard Sorrels, Eric Ervin Sorrels, Jameson Hibbett Sorrels and Marshall Jefferson Suiter.
Pallbearers will include grandsons, Ricky Haskins, Jim Hibbett, Jr., Dr. John Gallaher and Dr. Brian Hughey.
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