John McLeod Pugmire, age 89, passed away Thurday afternoon, August 6, 2009 of an aneurysm.
Mr. Pugmire was the founder of Pugmire Lincoln Mercury dealerships in Cobb County GA.
Mr. Pugmire was born in 1919 in Peking, China, where his parents were Salvation Army missionaries. He was the fourth of five children of Ernest Ivison Pugmire and Grace Vickers Pugmire, and spent much of his childhood in Japan.
The family landed in Atlanta, GA about the 1930s, and John Pugmire graduatd from Boys High School in Atlanta, GA in 1937.
He soon met Ruth Minnette Cobb of Anderson, S.C., by happenstance in an Atlanta drugstore, and they were married in 1938 in a ceremony officiated by his father Ernest Pugmire.
During World War II, Mr. Pugmire was a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific. He was a Japanese interpreter and interpreted for one of the war's surrender ceremonies in Yokosuka, Japan.
His first dealership job began in 1948 with Edmunds Lincoln-Mercury in Atlanta, GA. He later managed several other dealerships, among them Crest Ford in Buckhead, Hub Ford in Atlanta and Nalley Chevrolet.
In 1960, he bought a Lincoln-Mercury dealership at 600 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta and made it Pugmire Lincoln Mercury. He sold that dealership in 1967 and purchased Gem City Lincoln Mercury in Marietta, GA from A. D. McGaughey. It then took the Pugmire name.
At the same time, he and Mrs. Pugmire were raising their two sons, John "Jack" Pugmire JR and Richard. The family is longtime members of Peachtree Presbyterian Church on Roswell Road in Buckhead.
He was a member of Cherokee Town and Country Club.
Mr. Pugmire retired in 1981 and his son Richard became president of the company. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the company has three locations in Cobb County, two in Marietta, GA and one in Kennesaw, GA.
Mr. Pugmire is survived by his wife Ruth; their two sons; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Pugmire will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 10, 2009 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Road NW, Atlanta, GA in the Kellett Chapel.
Burial will follow in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, GA.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army.
Mr. Pugmire was the founder of Pugmire Lincoln Mercury dealerships in Cobb County GA.
Mr. Pugmire was born in 1919 in Peking, China, where his parents were Salvation Army missionaries. He was the fourth of five children of Ernest Ivison Pugmire and Grace Vickers Pugmire, and spent much of his childhood in Japan.
The family landed in Atlanta, GA about the 1930s, and John Pugmire graduatd from Boys High School in Atlanta, GA in 1937.
He soon met Ruth Minnette Cobb of Anderson, S.C., by happenstance in an Atlanta drugstore, and they were married in 1938 in a ceremony officiated by his father Ernest Pugmire.
During World War II, Mr. Pugmire was a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific. He was a Japanese interpreter and interpreted for one of the war's surrender ceremonies in Yokosuka, Japan.
His first dealership job began in 1948 with Edmunds Lincoln-Mercury in Atlanta, GA. He later managed several other dealerships, among them Crest Ford in Buckhead, Hub Ford in Atlanta and Nalley Chevrolet.
In 1960, he bought a Lincoln-Mercury dealership at 600 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta and made it Pugmire Lincoln Mercury. He sold that dealership in 1967 and purchased Gem City Lincoln Mercury in Marietta, GA from A. D. McGaughey. It then took the Pugmire name.
At the same time, he and Mrs. Pugmire were raising their two sons, John "Jack" Pugmire JR and Richard. The family is longtime members of Peachtree Presbyterian Church on Roswell Road in Buckhead.
He was a member of Cherokee Town and Country Club.
Mr. Pugmire retired in 1981 and his son Richard became president of the company. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the company has three locations in Cobb County, two in Marietta, GA and one in Kennesaw, GA.
Mr. Pugmire is survived by his wife Ruth; their two sons; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Pugmire will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 10, 2009 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Road NW, Atlanta, GA in the Kellett Chapel.
Burial will follow in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, GA.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army.
John McLeod Pugmire, age 89, passed away Thurday afternoon, August 6, 2009 of an aneurysm.
Mr. Pugmire was the founder of Pugmire Lincoln Mercury dealerships in Cobb County GA.
Mr. Pugmire was born in 1919 in Peking, China, where his parents were Salvation Army missionaries. He was the fourth of five children of Ernest Ivison Pugmire and Grace Vickers Pugmire, and spent much of his childhood in Japan.
The family landed in Atlanta, GA about the 1930s, and John Pugmire graduatd from Boys High School in Atlanta, GA in 1937.
He soon met Ruth Minnette Cobb of Anderson, S.C., by happenstance in an Atlanta drugstore, and they were married in 1938 in a ceremony officiated by his father Ernest Pugmire.
During World War II, Mr. Pugmire was a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific. He was a Japanese interpreter and interpreted for one of the war's surrender ceremonies in Yokosuka, Japan.
His first dealership job began in 1948 with Edmunds Lincoln-Mercury in Atlanta, GA. He later managed several other dealerships, among them Crest Ford in Buckhead, Hub Ford in Atlanta and Nalley Chevrolet.
In 1960, he bought a Lincoln-Mercury dealership at 600 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta and made it Pugmire Lincoln Mercury. He sold that dealership in 1967 and purchased Gem City Lincoln Mercury in Marietta, GA from A. D. McGaughey. It then took the Pugmire name.
At the same time, he and Mrs. Pugmire were raising their two sons, John "Jack" Pugmire JR and Richard. The family is longtime members of Peachtree Presbyterian Church on Roswell Road in Buckhead.
He was a member of Cherokee Town and Country Club.
Mr. Pugmire retired in 1981 and his son Richard became president of the company. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the company has three locations in Cobb County, two in Marietta, GA and one in Kennesaw, GA.
Mr. Pugmire is survived by his wife Ruth; their two sons; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Pugmire will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 10, 2009 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Road NW, Atlanta, GA in the Kellett Chapel.
Burial will follow in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, GA.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army.
Mr. Pugmire was the founder of Pugmire Lincoln Mercury dealerships in Cobb County GA.
Mr. Pugmire was born in 1919 in Peking, China, where his parents were Salvation Army missionaries. He was the fourth of five children of Ernest Ivison Pugmire and Grace Vickers Pugmire, and spent much of his childhood in Japan.
The family landed in Atlanta, GA about the 1930s, and John Pugmire graduatd from Boys High School in Atlanta, GA in 1937.
He soon met Ruth Minnette Cobb of Anderson, S.C., by happenstance in an Atlanta drugstore, and they were married in 1938 in a ceremony officiated by his father Ernest Pugmire.
During World War II, Mr. Pugmire was a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific. He was a Japanese interpreter and interpreted for one of the war's surrender ceremonies in Yokosuka, Japan.
His first dealership job began in 1948 with Edmunds Lincoln-Mercury in Atlanta, GA. He later managed several other dealerships, among them Crest Ford in Buckhead, Hub Ford in Atlanta and Nalley Chevrolet.
In 1960, he bought a Lincoln-Mercury dealership at 600 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta and made it Pugmire Lincoln Mercury. He sold that dealership in 1967 and purchased Gem City Lincoln Mercury in Marietta, GA from A. D. McGaughey. It then took the Pugmire name.
At the same time, he and Mrs. Pugmire were raising their two sons, John "Jack" Pugmire JR and Richard. The family is longtime members of Peachtree Presbyterian Church on Roswell Road in Buckhead.
He was a member of Cherokee Town and Country Club.
Mr. Pugmire retired in 1981 and his son Richard became president of the company. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the company has three locations in Cobb County, two in Marietta, GA and one in Kennesaw, GA.
Mr. Pugmire is survived by his wife Ruth; their two sons; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Pugmire will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 10, 2009 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Road NW, Atlanta, GA in the Kellett Chapel.
Burial will follow in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, GA.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army.
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