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bout with malaria. Thoughts of home prevailed
and concerns of a career after his military days took
much of his time. He was assigned to return to the
States to attend Officer’s Training School. With a
month of leave, he came home to a joyful reunion
with his family. Then, he returned to his duties
stationed in NYC, but because the war was winding
down, the OTS was dismantled. He returned home
to Texas by way of train and faced his choices.

Medical School would take six years, and with
his hours from Baylor, Pharmacy School would
only take two. His father needed him at home, so
the choice became easy. He enrolled in Pharmacy
School at the University of Texas in Austin. Along In 2016, Sam was honored to be a part of
with graduation in 1948 came marriage to his new the West Texas Honor Flight of veterans
sweetheart, Elaine Jordan, from Mason, Texas. They on its trip to Washington, DC. He was
married on March 6, 1948, and moved to Muleshoe, accompanied by his grandson, Corley
where he joined his father and began his career at Hutton.
Damron Drug. They opened a new store in 1953.
Children arrived: two daughters, Druscilla in 1951,
and Dana in 1952.
Sam was appointed by Governor Dolph Briscoe,
in 1973, to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy,
becoming its President in 1977. That was an exciting
time of meeting new people and traveling all over
the world.
Elaine died in 2002. Sam sold the drug store and
relocated to Lubbock in 2003. He has lived at
Brookdale-Grand Court for fifteen years where he
enjoys his friends. He has family close by, and he is
always up for dinner on the patio and a good cigar.

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