Lewis “Lamar” Stapleton, 88, pharmacist, Auburn fan, traveler, ballroom dancer, pecan waffle maker, small-aircraft pilot, medical missions leader, businessman, United Methodist, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. at William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette, where he had been a patient for several months.
Lamar was known, in retirement, for leading medical missions to Central and South America.
And many knew of his service on the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, including his two-year term as president, and his Wyeth Bowl of Hygeia Award for Community Service granted by the Alabama Pharmacy Association.
Lamar was known among Mobilians for Stapleton Drug Co. on Florida Street, where he and Lee, his wife, made a living and served the community for 30 years, until 1992.
Lee and Lamar raised four children in Mobile, Allen, Aimee, Lynn and Renee. Starting in the early ‘60s and continuing into the late ‘80s, the family nurtured meaningful ties at St. Francis Street UMC.
Lamar was born in Castleberry on Oct. 19, 1926. He graduated from Auburn University, and he served in the Air Force during WWII.
Survivors include Lee Calhoun Stapleton, Lamar’s wife of 63 years; their four children, Allen Stapleton of Kansas City, Kan., Aimee Sanatkar of Sacramento, Calif., Lynn Gueho of Wilmer and Renee Stapleton of Atlanta, Ga.
He is survived by seven grandchildren, Andrew, Mark, Sean, Payam, Eman, Emily and Joseph; and three great-grandchildren, Idris, Gabriel and Madalyn.
There will be a visitation starting at 1 p.m. and a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 at Christ United Methodist Church, 6101 Grelot Road in Mobile.
Arrangements by Mack Funeral Home, Robertsdale.
