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Charles Floyd Touchton, Jr. (1911-1988) and Thelma Hannon Touchton (1911-1988)
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Charles F. Touchton, Jr., born in Dade City on March 22, 1911, was the only child of Charles F. Touchton, Sr. and Ruth Embry "Miss Polly" Touchton. He owned Touchton Insurance Agency for more than four decades, also raised cattle, grew citrus, and took part in many civic endeavors. He was the first Eagle Scout in Pasco County in 1927, attended the University of Florida and George Washington University, married Thelma Gray Hannon of Gainesville in 1934, returned to Dade City in 1937 to join his father in Touchton Drug Company, and served in the U.S. Maritime Service, or Merchant Marine, during the last few months of World War II. He was Charter President of the Dade City Rotary Club in 1949, served on the Pasco County School Board from 1955 to 1959, was a Dade City Commissioner from 1965 to 1971 and Mayor of Dade City for two years during that time, and was Chairman of the Jackson Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees from 1968 to 1971. Known by many as Dade City's personal greeter, he died on May 26, 1988. Thelma Gray Hannon Touchton, born in Gainesville, Florida, on September 24, 1911, graduated from Florida State College for Women, now Florida State University, married Charles F. Touchton, Jr. in 1934, and became a resident of Dade City in 1937. She was a supportive wife and devoted mother to their three children while also contributing to her community. Active in gardening and talented in flower arranging, she was President of the Dade City Garden Club in 1949 to 1950, later served as President of the Women's Auxiliary of Jackson Memorial Hospital, held leadership positions at both the First Presbyterian Church and the First Methodist Church in Dade City, and was known as an avid reader with an inquiring mind. She died on December 9, 1988.
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