Edgar P. Wilkins


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Edgar P. Wilkins, 702 South Street, Portsmouth VA (1903)
  Edgar P. Wilkins, Rose near Glasgow, Portsmouth VA (1904-1908)
  Edgar P. Wilkins, 104 Rose Street, Portsmouth VA (1909-1911)
  Edgar P. Wilkins, 204 6th Avenue, Portsmouth VA (1912-1915)
  Edgar P. Wilkins, 412 6th Avenue, Portsmouth VA (1916-1960)
      Second Store
  Edgar P. Wilkins, 120 Court Street, Portsmouth VA (1927)


Notes:
 In 1902, Edgar Percy Wilkins (1880-1943)2 was a clerk, working for Walter D. Clark's drug store. By 1903, Clark had his own drug store. He ran that drug store for 40 years, until he passed away in 1943. 1

After he passed away his son, Edgar Percival Wilkins Jr (1913-1978)3,4 became the owner of the drug store, and ran it until sometime after 1960.1

In 1965, Edgar Jr's estranged wife stabbed him in the chest with an ice pick she had purchased at her husband's drug store.5

In later years, Edgar Jr was the owner and operator of a confectionary.4


Bottles:
wilkins_01 This is a clear 4.5" bottle with a label that says:
label: EDGAR P. WILKINS / PHARMACIST / Cor. High Street and 6th Ave. PORTSMOUTH, VA. / ... Date 6-15-1918


1 Portsmouth VA city directories, years 1851,72,74-75,80,82-83,85-86,89-92,97-99,1900-08,09,10-20,22-25,27-28,30-31,33-42,44-47,49,51,53-54,56,58-60
2 Find-a-grave entry for Edgar Percy Wilkins
3 Find-a-grave entry for Edgar Percy Wilkins Jr.
4 Virginian-PIlot, 19-Mar-1978, p.34 Obituary for Edgar P. Wilkins Jr.(died 1978, not 1979 as find-a-grave reports)
5 Virginian-PIlot, 4-Jun-1965, p.69 (article: "Wife Stabs Druggist")


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