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Black plaque № 27216

Mineola, TX, United States

Dr Pepper Bottling Plant. Taylor Greer, Henry Mings and A. W. Fulcher purchased this property for a bottling plant in 1913. Greer and his wife, Ebbie (Bomar), later bought the others' interests and ran the plant, which bottled milk and soft drinks. In 1926, Greer Bottling Works received a franchise

for Orange Crush. In the early 1930s, the Greers constructed a conveyor machine and in 1938 they purchased a franchise for Dr Pepper. Taylor Greer died that year, but Ebbie Greer continued to bottle t

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