J. W. Wylie, Henderson Co., TX

Athens Weekly Review
Sept. 24, 1925J. W. Wylie

Mr. J. W. Wylie, general merchant of Poynor, was born at Fosterville, Anderson County, December 11, 1883. He was reared on the farm and received his early schooling in the rural schools of his county and finished his studies at Columbia College, at Van Alstyne, Texas.

Coming to Henderson County in 1908, he engaged in general merchandising at Poynor, which business he is still conducting and that bars the distinction of being the oldest continuous business under one management in the thriving little town, and speaks much for the business capacity of its founder whose name and business is synonymous of his home town, with whose interests he has been so closely identified for twenty years.

Mr. Wylie, has a pleasing sincere personality, which coupled with honest fair dealing in business matters has won for him a host of friends and established a patronage that has permitted the growth of his business step by step, in company with the progress of his community.

He was married May 4th 1913, to a Henderson County girl, Miss Josie Parmer, daughter of the late J. P. Parmer, who was one of the successful well-to-do farmers of the county. They have two children, the oldest, a girl of ten years and a boy of five years.

Mr. Wylie is a member of the Christian church; is a mason and has received the Council and Chapter degrees and is affiliated with the Jacksonville lodge of that order. He promptly discharges his duties in the religious, social, and educational activities of his home community, being ever ready to sponsor any move for the betterment of his town and county, and has been particularly active in the upbuilding of the local school, being for some years on the board of trustees.

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