Walker\'s Drug Store
WALKER\’S DRUG STORE
WALKER\’S DRUG STORE IS A COMMUNITY-FRIENDLY, INDEPENDENT PHARMACY NESTLED IN THE HEART OF CHARLOTTE, NC.
The year was 1918 to be exact, and the man behind the namesake is none other than Mr. Walker himself – Theodore A. Walker, Rph. T.A. Walker lived most of his adult life as a leg amputee as a result of a terrible motorcycle accident. Nevertheless, this handicap did not deter T.A. Walker’s aspiration of opening his own independent pharmacy with a greater emphasis on personal service and individual well-being.
After 18 years of faithfully adhering to that philosophy, T.A. Walker sold Walker’s Drug Store in 1936 to Herman Klein and Elmer Reeves, Rph. For 34 more years, Klein and Reeves continued to serve the continually growing community around them in a manner that no other local pharmacy could match — with love and devotion.
In 1970, Walker’s Drug Store was purchased by Dan Lemelin and A. Artemes. The ensuing 29 years, they diligently continued to promote our long-standing belief that people are more important than pennies. Jeff Lemelin, Rph, son of Dan Lemelin, took over for Artemes in 1999, and together, father and son, they would be witness and contributors to the Walker’s tradition as the community around them continued to flourish around them.
In 2005, Dan Lemelin officially “retired,” after more than 35 years of tirelessly carrying on T.A. Walker’s legacy – a legacy that would be passed down to Nathan Ikner, Rph., long-time friend of Jeff Lemelin, that same year.
When T.A. Walker founded Walker’s Drug Store, he could never have predicted that his small, community-based pharmacy would change so much, yet change so little. Where T.A. Walker once stood opening the doors wide for his community, we at Walker’s Drug Store will continue to open our doors and our hearts to our “little” community – because we really do care.
Range of Service
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Those of us who remember the popular American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, which aired from 1960 to 1968 and took place in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, might also remember the town drug store and soda shop run by Ellie Walker, Andy’s first girlfriend. Walker’s Drug Store, as it was called, was frequented by the show’s unique cast of characters as both a favorite hang-out and the only place in town you could get a decent ice cream soda.
Walker’s Drug Store, however, is more than fiction here in North Carolina. Located in the heart of Charlotte, NC, Walker’s Drug Store has been serving its loyal community, which has since transformed from a small, rural neighborhood into a bustling commercial metropolis, since way before The Andy Griffith Show was even a figment of Sheldon Leonard’s imagination.
Address Details
E-mail: walkers@walkersdrugstore.com
