As 2023 comes to an end we want to take some time to remember someone very special to our Jucker and Three Brothers Bakery families. This past October we were sadden to learn Clyde Cannon passed away.  Clyde held a very special place in our hearts because he was THE VERY FIRST CUSTOMER of Three Brothers Bakery in 1949.  He reached out to us after Hurricane Ike as he read about us in the paper, I think.  I always say out of everything bad comes something good, and we did not have to search far to find it.  Clyde Cannon was our something good.

He remembers standing in line the day the shop opened before school began at San Jacinto High School in 1949.  The three brothers had bought the old Meshkat Bakery (whose descendants we do hear from) at Holman and LaBranch across from the original Beth Israel Synagogue.  We were so thrilled to be reacquainted with him.  Once we met him again, he became a part of our Three Brothers Bakery family and shared all our simchas (happy occasions) with us at the bakery.  He and Sigmund cut the 60th anniversary cake which we celebrated while still closed from Ike; he was the first customer at our re-opening in 2009, and he was our first customer again with the opening of our Memorial, Washington Ave and Tanglewood stores.  He helped cut the cake at our 70th anniversary and almost all since that 60th anniversary and many of the new satellite store anniversaries with the support of his lovely wife, Carolyn. Now Celia, Laurie and Erin, his three daughters who he said teethed on our bagels (which the three brothers introduced to Houston), will have to take over his role.  He has also been featured in Houston Chronicle articles with us along with appearances in many filmings that happened at the bakery.