Dr. Keith Powell is Men’s Breakfast Speaker at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church

Dr. Keith Powell is speaker for the Men’s Prayer Breakfast team at St. Francis of AssisiEpiscopal Church in Prairie View will host the monthly event on August 17, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. at the church on 2000 Phillip Street. Patrons are welcome to participate in the fellowship and the free breakfast and are asked to confirm attendance at stfrancispv@sbcglobal.net or call 936-857-3272.

Dr. Powell is the Pharmacist of the new Waller Rx Pharmacy, located on FM 2920, set to be opened this August. He is a native of Port Arthur, Texas and a graduate of Lincoln High School. He holds the Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Biology from Prairie View A&M University and the Dr. of Pharmacy from the School of Pharmacy at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas.

He began his career in retail pharmacy practice in 2005 and served with Rite-Aid, CVS and Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy. He credits Mr. Lenny Saladino for his unwavering mentorship, guidance and wisdom over the years, for his point of ownership of the pharmacy brand. After some twenty years of operation and management Brookshire Brothers Corporation closed out its Waller operations, which awaken the entrepreneurial giant in Dr. Powell to fill the pharmaceutical void. Along with his wife Donna and the dedicated staff, Powell will continue to provide the service to advance the better health of Waller and the surrounding municipalities under the Waller Rx Pharmacy. Powell is thankful for the bountiful patronage from the Waller, Prairie View, Fieldstore, Hockley and Hempstead Families.

Powell holds membership in several professional and civic organizations to include the American Pharmacist Association (previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society and Theta Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Former Constable Duke Shariff-Bey is the special honoree and will be presented with a distinguished award for his dedicated service to law enforcement and community engagement by Mr. Herschell Smith, Constable, Waller County, Precinct 3. Constable Shariff-Bey is a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant with a background in Military Intelligence and the Air Force Equal Opportunity Program (First Command Equal Opportunity & Treatment NCO, Air Training Command). Sharif-Bey formerly serve as an officer with the Prairie View A&M University Police Department and is a retired Constable Precinct 3, Waller County Texas, Master Peace Officer Rated, also Police Instructor certified. He is a founding member of the Brotherhood of Veteran Warriors.

The Men’s Breakfast is commemorating its 20-plus years at St. Francis of Assisi, and the current team include Donald Sowell (Coordinator), Glenn Berry, Darryl Johnson, Charles Muse, Frederick V. Roberts, Michael Sowell, William Sowell and Herbert Thomas.