STAFF REPORT

WARREN

Garland Warren, who thought San Marcos needed a second convenience store and grew his business into the regional Sac N Pac chain, died early Monday at the age of 74.

While visiting friends here in 1965, Warren and his wife Janelle went to the town’s only store at closing time, where the manager was setting a mousetrap on the counter and the milk the couple bought for their babies had expired.

Moving here the next year, they opened up shop at the intersection of Hopkins and Moore streets in San Marcos and began building a small empire that now includes a total of 45 stores, about half of which are in San Marcos, Buda and Kyle.

In 1998, the chain was sold to Warren’s children, Blair, Blake and Cheryl, according to the store’s Web site.

Warren owned the Centerpoint Station restaurant across from the outlet malls where he would often hold court at lunchtime. His holdings also included KFC and Long John Silver’s franchises.

Funeral services are set for May 10. (See obituary, page C4).