Obituaries

Lester "The Reverend" Wood, 56, co-founder of Stacy-Wood Lumber Co., St. Petersburg, Fl., died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 13 in Indian Rock Beach, Fl.

Born in Jacksonville, Fl., he worked for Foley Lumber, Alice & Wadsworth, Gilman Building hoducts and A.C. Dutton, before cofounding Stacy-Wood in 1980. In 1985, he sold Stacy-Wood to his partner, Norm Stacy, rejoining A.C. Dufton, St. Petersburg, in 1992.

George Caton, 77, former sales mgr. and v.p. of The McGinnis Lumber Co., Inc., Meridian, Ms., died Sept.20, 1995.

He spent his entire 52-year career trading lumber with Mccinnis, retiring in 1992.

Henry D.'tlank" Anderson, 76, a pioneer developer of laminated flooring, died Oct. 19 in Buckhannon, w.v.

He helped develop the flooring at Veach-May-Wilson Co., Alcoa, Tn., and F.C. Cook Lumber Co., Buckhannon, W.V., and also managed plans for E.L. Bruce Co., Memphis, Tn., and Arkansas Oak Flooring Co., Sheridan. Ar.

Jess Burdett, 55, mgr. of Gordon White Lumber Co.. Davis, Ok., died of cancer Oct.23 in Pauls Valley, Ok.

Born in Grand Coulee, he worked for B&B Lumber, Davis, and Arbuckle Lumber Co., Sulphur, Ok., before joining Gordon White in 1985.

Acid Evacuates 3rd Scotty's

For the third time in recent months, a Scotty's store was evacuated after a muriatic acid spill.

A forklift punctured a bottle of the cleaning acid Nov. 2 at the Kissimmee, Fl., store, spilling three quarts of acid inside the front entrance. Fumes from the substance can cause swelling and fluid in the lungs of those who breathe it.

Two customers and an emploYee were treated and released at area hospitals.

Similar accidents occurred recently at the Clermont and Leesburg, Fl., stores (see Building Products Digest, Nov., p. 35).

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