Fuqua
by Phyllis Miller Fleming
I had a question about an optometrist in Shelbyville in the early-mid 1900s.
Dr. Omer F. Fuqua practiced in Shelbyville from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Based on the city directories available at the library, Dr Fuqua had his office in several locations in the downtown area, but for most of the time he was located at 11 West Jackson St. At first he and his wife, Garnet, lived on South Harrison. By 1936 they had moved out east on Blue Ridge Rd (RD 6) but in 1946 they had returned to town at 168 W Hendricks.
I could not find Dr. Fuqua in the 1924 directory. The next date we have is 1928, and he was listed then.
The last directory listing Dr. Fuqua is 1946. The next available directory is 1949 and he was not listed then.
I did not find any burials for the Fuqua's. There is one Fuquay (Diane, I think) buried somewhere in Hendricks Township.
P
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From: Bboopbeard(a)aol.com
To: phyllis(a)shelbycountyindiana.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:46 PM
Subject: Optometrist check
Phyliss
Could you please check to see when Dr. O. F. Fuqua was in business in Shelbyville?
I have a glasses case with his address in it, and a pair of small gold rimmed glasses that my mother said were James Nathan Lee's glasses. I have nobody else to ask, so I'm trying to establish if the time is right for these glasses to have belonged to James Lee's my ancestor who settled there in the 1820's.
I have one other request: I haven't been able to get back on that daily thing. I was sent the link but it wouldn't work. Could you do that for me please?
(I have had 3 deaths in my immediate family in 2-1/2 years, one being my son. I had to execute my son's and my brother's estates and am still busy with them. I had to do the funerals and all since neither had a wife or family. I couldn't see my daughter-in-law in St. Louis because of the critical condition of my son and brother. So things have been sad here and very busy). I hope you can help me. Hopefully I will be able to write up a Lee history within the year. I will send you all the file at that time.
Thanks so very much ahead of time.
Ethel Beard Simons