Robertson Drug

05/26/2019

Family member of a former customer shared this. Note the date of 1971! my husband and I were still in high school!

02/18/2017

It has been three years and we still feel we made the right decision to sell.

04/21/2016

Five years ago . . .

04/20/2016

Grandfather Floyd was honored on TV! This was a big deal back then!

04/20/2016

04/20/2016

Loaded some more photos and memorabilia from the pharmacy days. Michael's Grandma Lucy (Floyd Sr's wife) kept a scrapbook.

04/14/2016

Found this little gem today - only 50 years old!

09/10/2014

09/10/2014

The drug store building toward the end of our run.

08/12/2014

I never guessed that the store would remain empty for so long! The building is for still up for rent and we have a Craigslist ad to sell the store shelving.

01/09/2014

We have made the difficult decision to sell the business. The store will close on January 21, 2014. Michael will be working right up the street at Walgreens in the near future.

01/30/2013

Lynchburg lost a native son, loving husband and father, and career Pharmacist with the death of Thomas James Robertson on January 25, 2013.
Tom was born November 3, 1927 in Lynchburg to Floyd Archer Robertson and Lucy Jackson Robertson. He was a life-long member of Fort Hill United Methodist Church. He served in the U.S. Navy during the late stages of WWII and again as a Physician’s Assistant (Pharmacist) during the Korean War. He briefly attended Hampden-Sydney College and Lynchburg College and then transferred to the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) where he received his Pharmacy degree in 1952. Tom met the love of his life there, nursing student Ann Meador, and they were married October 25, 1952 in Victoria, VA.
Tom came back to Lynchburg and joined his father’s growing drug store business. He ran Fort Hill Pharmacy for many years and then took over at Robertson Drug Company where he completed his forty-plus years as a Pharmacist. Tom was a member of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association and the National Community Pharmacists Association. At one time, Tom and his brother Floyd ran a network of five drug stores (Allied Pharmacies) in the greater Lynchburg area. Tom officially retired in 1997.
An avid sports fan, Tom rooted for the University of Virginia Cavaliers and the Washington Redskins his entire life. Tom was a devoted golfer and if being a Redskins and UVa fan didn’t hone his sense of humor, his golf game certainly did. Anyone who ever played golf with Tom was likely never to forget it, because the round surely included much laughter.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents, as well as his brother, Floyd Archer Robertson, Jr. and his sister, Sally Mildred Robertson Vaughan.
Tom is survived by his wife of over sixty years, Ann Lee Meador Robertson, and their five children and ten grandchildren: Michael (Judy) Robertson and sons, David, Jacob and Matthew of Lynchburg; Janet (Tom) Murphy of Edgewood, Texas; Jeffrey (Carrie) Robertson and daughters, Margaret and Sara of DeBary, Florida; Scott (Carol Dee) Robertson and children, Mary Ann, Jack and Thomas also of Lynchburg; and Martha (Charlie) Donato and children, Sam and Lucy of Richmond, VA. Also surviving is his sister, Lucy “Pete” (Hank) Norton of Deltaville, VA, as well as several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank Dr. David M. Wodicka and his staff; the Centra Health Hospice staff, led by Alice Powell, RN; and the professionals at Generation Solutions. A special, heart-felt thank you goes out to Ms. Tanya Flood, who provided exceptional care for Ann and Tom over the past seven months.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Sunday, January 27 at Fort Hill UMC. A celebration of Tom’s life will be held at the church on Monday, January 28, conducted by Rev. Philip Waltz and Rev. Janet M. Hawkins. Interment will be at Spring Hill Cemetery. Whitten Funeral Home is assisting the family.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the building fund at Fort Hill UMC or to the Research Department at the Alan B. Pearson Cancer Center.

04/14/2010

Celebrating 60 years of doing business in Lynchburg! My father, Tom Robertson, incorporated our family drug store in 1950.

09/13/2009

09/13/2009

Floyd Sr. started practicing pharmacy in 1918. He took over Westover Pharmacy in 1942. Floyd Jr. joined Westover in 1946, after returning from WWII. He worked there until his retirement in 1993.