 Pedigo & Garry was only the third architectural firm to be established in Bluefield, after the father-and-son office of W. E. & E. L. Shufflebarger and that of T. T. Carter.The partnership was dissolved in 1920, and Garry was briefly on his own before promoting Sheffey.Garry retired in 1941, and the firm became Robert A. Sheffey, Architect.