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Submitted: 7/30/14 • Approved: 7/30/14 • Last Updated: 8/2/14 • R1027387-G0-S3
US Army 38th and 73rd Lightning Infantry Division
World War II
May 21,1923-June 2,2000
Son of Robert C. Weis, VP of Weis Butane Gas Corp. and located in West Memphis, married to Nancy Buford of Forrest City, and they have one son, Francis (Frank) C. II. Francis is a graduate of the Univ. of Arkansas.
Weis Butane Gas Company, Inc., founded by Robert C. Weis, who was born in Memphis and received his first business experience while attending school in Memphis. He attended Central High School and was graduated from Nelson's Business College in Memphis. During World War I, in 1918 he joined the U.S. Army and served in the 38th and the 73rd Lightning Infantry Division in France, Germany and England. On June 10,1919, after honorable discharge, he moved to Wheatley to enter business with his father in The Wheatley Spoke Co., and while there started an oil business on the side in 1923. The rest is history, with the help of his two sons, Francis C. and Richard K. who are in the business to continue the company's progressive policies, and two daughters, Rosemary, who is married to Dr. Richard T. Kercheval II, a prominent dentist in Houston, Texas, and Patricia Ann, who is teaching physical education at the Reagan High School In Houston. He is proud that all four of his children are graduates of the Univ. of Arkansas.
Contributed on 7/30/14 by bill060
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