Dr. Peyton Roland Denman of Houston, Texas, died in a local hospital on August 16, 1955. He was born near Lufkin on October 10, 1879 to Dr. Alex M. and Mary Caroline Walker Denman. After attending Lufkin public schools and East Texas State College at Commerce, he entered Tulane University College of Medicine in New Orleans, from which he graduated in 1903.
He began his practice in Angelina County soon after his graduation, continuing there until 1911 when he moved to Houston. He remained in Houston until he retired in 1952. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the Harris County Medical Society, and was elected in 1952 to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association, after having been a member almost continuously since 1904. He was also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a past president of the Texas Railway and Traumatic Surgical Association.
He was a past president of the staff at Memorial Hospital, a staff member and former executive board member of Jefferson Davis Hospital, and was on the staff of Hermann Hospital. He was appointed to the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine in 1944 as Associate Professor of Gynecology (Honorary) and resigned some years later.
Dr. Denman was also a member of the Baptist Church, the Houston Chamber of Commerce, the Community Chest, the Houston Club and the Houston Doctor's Club. During World War I, he was a major in the 137th Field Artillery Medical Corps, serving as a regimental surgeon in France.
He was one of twelve out of his graduating class to be honored in 1953 by a special graduation ceremony during which he was awarded a diploma for having served in the field of medicine for 50 years. After his death, the Houston Chronicle paid tribute to him in an editorial, which called attention to his pioneering in the field of spinal anesthesia and invention of the Denman needle to inject the splanchnic nerves of the spine. The article pointed out "the son of a physician and the father of a physician, Dr. Denman was also the brother of two other physicians. Medicine is a tradition in his family".
Dr. Denman married Miss Frances Wootters of Crockett on December 5, 1905. Mrs. Denman survives, as do two daughters, Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton and Mrs. Frances Denman Prince; and one son, Dr. Frank R. Denman, all of Houston. Three brothers survive, Dr. Linwood H. Denman, Dr. Byford H. Denman and K.W. Denman, all of Lufkin. His surviving sisters are Mrs. Archie Hucherson and Mrs. Lillian Shands of Lufkin and Mrs. Nell H. Abram of Houston.
+ + + published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Neil Erastus Greer, M.D. (1882-1955)
Dr. Neil E. Greer of Lockney, Texas, died in a Lubbock hospital on June 26, 1955, following a cerebral thrombosis and eight years of illness. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on October 10, 1882 to Will and Cindy Greer. He received his preliminary education in De Leon, Texas and graduated from the Medical Department of the Texas Christian University in 1914. He practiced for a short time in De Leon, Fort Worth, and Petersburg, before moving to Lockney in 1916.
Dr. Greer was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1950, after having been a member throughout his professional career, most recently through the Hale-Floyd-Briscoe Counties Medical Society. He was a past president of that body, and was a member of the American Medical Association. He was a Methodist, a Mason, and a member of Rotary International. During World War I, he served on the local committee on procurement and assignment of physicians.
On September 6, 1906, Miss Oma Patterson and Dr. Greer were married in De Leon. Mrs. Greer survives, as do two sons, Dr. Wayne Greer of Lockney and Mr. Doyle Greer of Lubbock. Four grandchildren also survive.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Greer was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1950, after having been a member throughout his professional career, most recently through the Hale-Floyd-Briscoe Counties Medical Society. He was a past president of that body, and was a member of the American Medical Association. He was a Methodist, a Mason, and a member of Rotary International. During World War I, he served on the local committee on procurement and assignment of physicians.
On September 6, 1906, Miss Oma Patterson and Dr. Greer were married in De Leon. Mrs. Greer survives, as do two sons, Dr. Wayne Greer of Lockney and Mr. Doyle Greer of Lubbock. Four grandchildren also survive.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Gideon Graham, M.D. (1884-1955)
Dr. Gideon Graham, physician of Newton, Texas, for 28 years, died in a Jasper hospital on June 23, 1955, of cancer. He was born April 5, 1884 in Osage. He was the son of Jessie Abner Graham and Melvina Allen Graham. After attending Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas, he entered Memphis Hospital Medical College, from which he graduated in 1906.
He practiced briefly at Gonzales, Osage, Doucette and Trent, part of the time as a lumber company doctor, before beginning his practice in Newton. He was a past president of the Jasper-Newton Counties Medical Society, having served in 1943, 1944 and 1945. He was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1955, after having been a member throughout his career. He was also a member of the American Medical Association. During World War I he was a captain in the Army Medical Corps and served in Louisville, Kentucky and in Del Rio.
Dr. Graham was a member of the Baptist faith, the Lions Club, and the Masonic Order. On March 30, 1926, he married Miss Eunice Woods. Mrs. Graham survives, as do two sons, Cyril J. Graham of Beaumont and Willie Mack Graham of Hillsboro. Four daughters also survive; Mrs. Robert Johnson of Beaumont, Mrs. Obie Straughn of Corpus Christi, Mrs. E.P. Hughes of Jasper, and Mrs. Guy E. Dority, Jr. of El Paso. Dr. Graham also leaves 16 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, a brother W.A. Graham of Gatesville, and a sister, Mrs. R.F. Brown, of Osage.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He practiced briefly at Gonzales, Osage, Doucette and Trent, part of the time as a lumber company doctor, before beginning his practice in Newton. He was a past president of the Jasper-Newton Counties Medical Society, having served in 1943, 1944 and 1945. He was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1955, after having been a member throughout his career. He was also a member of the American Medical Association. During World War I he was a captain in the Army Medical Corps and served in Louisville, Kentucky and in Del Rio.
Dr. Graham was a member of the Baptist faith, the Lions Club, and the Masonic Order. On March 30, 1926, he married Miss Eunice Woods. Mrs. Graham survives, as do two sons, Cyril J. Graham of Beaumont and Willie Mack Graham of Hillsboro. Four daughters also survive; Mrs. Robert Johnson of Beaumont, Mrs. Obie Straughn of Corpus Christi, Mrs. E.P. Hughes of Jasper, and Mrs. Guy E. Dority, Jr. of El Paso. Dr. Graham also leaves 16 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, a brother W.A. Graham of Gatesville, and a sister, Mrs. R.F. Brown, of Osage.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Felix Grundy McConnell (1809-1846)
Washington D.C. September 9, 1846. -- The telegraph will have apprised you of the melancholy suicide of the Hon. Felix McConnell. The news sent a thrill of horror through the community, and crowds eagerly hurried to the body which but a short time ago was bounding with the pulses of life. Oh! Intemperance! how numerous are thy victims.
It appears that the deceased terminated his existence by deliberately cutting the jugular veins on each side of his throat, and by inflicting deep wounds in his sides, with a knife. Two of the stabs were nearly perpendicular. The others were glanced off from his bones and made frightful gashes. His friends say that for about a week past he had relinquished drinking, owing to indisposition, and that the absence of his usual stimulus caused great despondency. He was in fact suffering the horrors of delirium tremens.
He could not, as has been stated, been in great want of money, for I am told he had not drawn his mileage. In addition to this, he had his watch and valuable jewelry on his person, besides a sum of money. A short time before he committed the deed, he called for a pen and ink, for the purpose, it is supposed, of writing to his wife. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, at his room in the St. Charles Hotel, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the fact.
Mr. McConnell was born in Nashville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, on April 1st, 1809. In 1824, he removed to Talladega County Alabama, where his family, consisting of a wife and four children, now reside. His funeral took place on the 10th, under the direction of the House of Representatives. = = = published in the Baltimore Sun, 11 September 1846.
Transcriber's Note: Mrs. McConnell was Miss Elizabeth Hogan, who married Felix in Alabama in 1835. According to A Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Mr. McConnell worked as a saddler before being admitted to the bar in 1836. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama State Senate before being elected to the U.S. Congress.
It appears that the deceased terminated his existence by deliberately cutting the jugular veins on each side of his throat, and by inflicting deep wounds in his sides, with a knife. Two of the stabs were nearly perpendicular. The others were glanced off from his bones and made frightful gashes. His friends say that for about a week past he had relinquished drinking, owing to indisposition, and that the absence of his usual stimulus caused great despondency. He was in fact suffering the horrors of delirium tremens.
He could not, as has been stated, been in great want of money, for I am told he had not drawn his mileage. In addition to this, he had his watch and valuable jewelry on his person, besides a sum of money. A short time before he committed the deed, he called for a pen and ink, for the purpose, it is supposed, of writing to his wife. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, at his room in the St. Charles Hotel, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the fact.
Mr. McConnell was born in Nashville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, on April 1st, 1809. In 1824, he removed to Talladega County Alabama, where his family, consisting of a wife and four children, now reside. His funeral took place on the 10th, under the direction of the House of Representatives. = = = published in the Baltimore Sun, 11 September 1846.
Transcriber's Note: Mrs. McConnell was Miss Elizabeth Hogan, who married Felix in Alabama in 1835. According to A Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Mr. McConnell worked as a saddler before being admitted to the bar in 1836. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama State Senate before being elected to the U.S. Congress.
Friday, December 02, 2011
Margaret Minerva Kirlicks (1859-1890)
This morning at 1:15 o'clock Mrs. Margaret M., wife of William Kirlicks of this city, died at her late home in the third ward after a protracted and severe illness. She was born on October 11, 1859 and died on April 14, 1890.
All that a loving husband and affectionate relatives could do to prolong the light of life was done, but the remorseless destroyer could not be turned away. She was only 30 years of age and was one of the lovable characters among the ladies of this city. Harris County was her birthplace and nearly all her life had been spent in Houston.
A devoted husband and three loving children bear the brunt of sorrow. Mr. James Pickens, well known here, was a brother who mourns alongside a sorrowing mother and sister. The funeral took place this afternoon from the First Baptist Church, and the dear lady was buried at Washington Cemetery.
= = published in the Houston News section of the Galveston Daily News, 14 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
All that a loving husband and affectionate relatives could do to prolong the light of life was done, but the remorseless destroyer could not be turned away. She was only 30 years of age and was one of the lovable characters among the ladies of this city. Harris County was her birthplace and nearly all her life had been spent in Houston.
A devoted husband and three loving children bear the brunt of sorrow. Mr. James Pickens, well known here, was a brother who mourns alongside a sorrowing mother and sister. The funeral took place this afternoon from the First Baptist Church, and the dear lady was buried at Washington Cemetery.
= = published in the Houston News section of the Galveston Daily News, 14 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Ella Petty McDonald (1849-1890)
BASTROP, TEX. April 4th 1890. A sad, sad death occurred a few miles below Bastrop, near Upton Station, last week. Mrs. Ella Petty McDonald, wife of Mr. Tom McDonald, formerly of Hill's Prairie, after several days of severe suffering, passed away, leaving a devoted husband and loving children to try to live without her.
= = published in the Galveston Daily News 5 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
= = published in the Galveston Daily News 5 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Preston Hunt, M.D. (1866-1955)
Dr. Preston Hunt, president of the Texas Medical Association in 1940, died in a hospital in Pampa, Texas, on July 10, 1955. He was formerly a resident of Texarkana, but had been living with his brother since 1951.
The son of Jesse Ivy Hunt and Sarah J. Hunt, he was born on February 5, 1866, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He received his early education in the county schools there, and when he was 21, left home to become a railroad laborer, thus financing his higher education. In 1890, he moved to Texarkana, where he worked several years in the railway news business. He completed his first two years of medical school at the Hospital College of Physicians and Surgeons in Louisville, Kentucky and the Medical Department of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Atlanta, Georgia in 1901.
Returning to Texarkana to begin his medical practice, Dr. Hunt became associated with the Texarkana Hospital, in which he bought a major interest and was a director and treasurer throughout most of his years in active practice. Upon his retirement, he gave his stock in the hospital to the public, specifying that the institution should be administered in trust by a board of physicians.
He was president and secretary of both the Bowie (Texas) and Miller (Arkansas) County Medical Societies at the time when dual membership in adjoining states was permissible, and was a past president of the Fifteenth District Medical Society and Councilor of that district. He served six years as a delegate from his county society to the State Association. Dr. Hunt was a member of the American Medical Association, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. During World War I, he was a medical examiner and a member of the Medical Section of the Council on National Defense.
Dr. Hunt was a Knight Templar and a 32nd degree Mason. He was a member and past president of the Texarkana Lions Club and a member of the Baptist church, in which he was a deacon for more than forty years. He was a member of the executive board of the Tex-Ark Boy Scout Council for ten years, chairman of the Scout health and safety committee for five years, chairman of the annual council meeting in 1936, a member of the Texarkana District Scout Committee, and a member of the district board of directors for the Texarkana Boy Scout organization. In 1936, he donated 200 acres of land for the establishment of Camp Preston Hunt and made numerous improvements on the campsite.
Dr. Hunt married Miss Hattie Hutton on January 1, 1914 in Ballinger. They had no children, and Mrs. Hunt died in 1935 while serving as president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Texas Medical Association. Survivors of Dr. Hunt include two brothers, the Rev. Claude E. Hunt of McLean and Grover Hunt of Wellington. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Sally Filgo of Verona, Mississippi.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
The son of Jesse Ivy Hunt and Sarah J. Hunt, he was born on February 5, 1866, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He received his early education in the county schools there, and when he was 21, left home to become a railroad laborer, thus financing his higher education. In 1890, he moved to Texarkana, where he worked several years in the railway news business. He completed his first two years of medical school at the Hospital College of Physicians and Surgeons in Louisville, Kentucky and the Medical Department of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Atlanta, Georgia in 1901.
Returning to Texarkana to begin his medical practice, Dr. Hunt became associated with the Texarkana Hospital, in which he bought a major interest and was a director and treasurer throughout most of his years in active practice. Upon his retirement, he gave his stock in the hospital to the public, specifying that the institution should be administered in trust by a board of physicians.
He was president and secretary of both the Bowie (Texas) and Miller (Arkansas) County Medical Societies at the time when dual membership in adjoining states was permissible, and was a past president of the Fifteenth District Medical Society and Councilor of that district. He served six years as a delegate from his county society to the State Association. Dr. Hunt was a member of the American Medical Association, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. During World War I, he was a medical examiner and a member of the Medical Section of the Council on National Defense.
Dr. Hunt was a Knight Templar and a 32nd degree Mason. He was a member and past president of the Texarkana Lions Club and a member of the Baptist church, in which he was a deacon for more than forty years. He was a member of the executive board of the Tex-Ark Boy Scout Council for ten years, chairman of the Scout health and safety committee for five years, chairman of the annual council meeting in 1936, a member of the Texarkana District Scout Committee, and a member of the district board of directors for the Texarkana Boy Scout organization. In 1936, he donated 200 acres of land for the establishment of Camp Preston Hunt and made numerous improvements on the campsite.
Dr. Hunt married Miss Hattie Hutton on January 1, 1914 in Ballinger. They had no children, and Mrs. Hunt died in 1935 while serving as president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Texas Medical Association. Survivors of Dr. Hunt include two brothers, the Rev. Claude E. Hunt of McLean and Grover Hunt of Wellington. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Sally Filgo of Verona, Mississippi.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Kathleen Finnegan Fox (1899-1991)
Kathleen Finnegan Fox, born August 8, 1899 in Houston, Texas, died January 25, 1991 in Wimberley, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents William Nicholas Finnegan and Kathryn Sheridan Finnegan, her husband Reuben Lightfoot Fox, four brothers William Jr., John Thomas, Frank S. and Emmett, and two sisters.
Kathleen grew up on Providence Street in Houston's Fifth Ward. Her father was chief clerk for the City of Houston tax collector. Her husband also worked for the city as a civil engineer. She is survived by a sister, Eileen Finnegan of Houston; daughters, Betty Jean Fox Kolenda of Wimberley, Texas and Kathleen Virginia Fox Greaney of Las Vegas Nevada. She also leaves 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. A rosary will be recited at the Forest Park Lawndale Chapel on January 28th at 7:30pm. The funeral will be held there at noon on January 29th. Interment will be at Forest Park immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, friends and family may wish to send donations to the William Gillespie Memorial Scholarship Fund at St. Thomas High School, to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wimberley, TX, or to the Masonic Lodge #1445 in Wimberley.
= = published in the Houston Chronicle 27 January 1991. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Kathleen grew up on Providence Street in Houston's Fifth Ward. Her father was chief clerk for the City of Houston tax collector. Her husband also worked for the city as a civil engineer. She is survived by a sister, Eileen Finnegan of Houston; daughters, Betty Jean Fox Kolenda of Wimberley, Texas and Kathleen Virginia Fox Greaney of Las Vegas Nevada. She also leaves 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. A rosary will be recited at the Forest Park Lawndale Chapel on January 28th at 7:30pm. The funeral will be held there at noon on January 29th. Interment will be at Forest Park immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, friends and family may wish to send donations to the William Gillespie Memorial Scholarship Fund at St. Thomas High School, to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wimberley, TX, or to the Masonic Lodge #1445 in Wimberley.
= = published in the Houston Chronicle 27 January 1991. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Corinne Raiford Brazelton (1897-1991)
Corinne Brazelton, age 93, died Saturday, January 26, 1991 in St. Luke's Hospital in Houston. She was born July 30, 1897 in Houston, Texas, to Augustus N. Raiford and Maggie Frensz Raiford. She grew up in the Old Fifth Ward near Lyons Avenue and Semmes. Her father was a sign painter for a local shop. Corinne married William Brazelton, an auto mechanic, and lived on Driscoll Street.
She is survived by her brother Arthur Raiford and wife Margaret; nephews Earl Raiford, Russell Raiford and R.L. Brazelton. Also survived by nieces Adele Rankin and Edna Earle Taylor. She was predeceased by her husband William.
Mrs. Brazelton was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, with Heights Funeral Home handling the arrangements. = = obituary published in the Houston Chronicle 28 January 1991. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
She is survived by her brother Arthur Raiford and wife Margaret; nephews Earl Raiford, Russell Raiford and R.L. Brazelton. Also survived by nieces Adele Rankin and Edna Earle Taylor. She was predeceased by her husband William.
Mrs. Brazelton was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, with Heights Funeral Home handling the arrangements. = = obituary published in the Houston Chronicle 28 January 1991. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Davis Lee Sprinkle, M.D. (1890-1955)
Dr. Davis Lee Sprinkle of Dallas died in a local hospital on August 27, 1955, of a heart ailment. He was born on August 18, 1890, near Temple, Texas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Sprinkle. After attending public schools in Lone Star and Kaufman, he entered North Texas State Normal College, where he attended two years before enrolling in the Baylor College of Pharmacology in Dallas. He graduated in 1918. Seven years later, he returned to school for a year of pre-medical studies at Baylor University in Waco, then received his doctor of medicine degree in 1930 from Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas.
Dr. Sprinkle served his internship at Morningside Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Tampa Municipal Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Beginning his medical career as a general practitioner in Mabank, Texas, Dr. Sprinkle remained there for five years. He then served his residency in radiology at University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1937-1938. Later he became a radiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fort Howard. In 1938, he went to Tampa as superintendent and radiologist of the Tampa Memorial Hospital. He then practiced briefly in Pineville, Louisiana and in 1942 moved to McAlester, Oklahoma. There he served as radiologist for the Albert Pike and St. Mary's Hospitals and carried on a private practice in his specialty.
Dr. Sprinkle returned to Texas in 1944 and opened a private office in Harlingen, where he specialized in radiology. He remained there for seven years before moving again to Dallas, in 1952, where he was in active practice at the time of his death. He had been a member of the Texas Medical Association consecutively through the Kaufman, Cameron-Willacy, Erath-Hood-Somervell, and Dallas Counties Medical Societies. He was president of the Kaufman County society in 1933. His membership in other medical organizations included the American Medical Association, the Radiological Society of North America and the Texas Radiological Society. During World War I, he served in the naval medical corps and was in the medical reserve for ten years.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Shrine, the Lions Club and the Kiwanis Club. He married Miss Elsie Pearl Caldwell on April 12, 1914. He is survived by Mrs. Sprinkle and two brothers, Joe and Henry Sprinkle, both of Kaufman, Texas.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Sprinkle served his internship at Morningside Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Tampa Municipal Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Beginning his medical career as a general practitioner in Mabank, Texas, Dr. Sprinkle remained there for five years. He then served his residency in radiology at University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1937-1938. Later he became a radiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fort Howard. In 1938, he went to Tampa as superintendent and radiologist of the Tampa Memorial Hospital. He then practiced briefly in Pineville, Louisiana and in 1942 moved to McAlester, Oklahoma. There he served as radiologist for the Albert Pike and St. Mary's Hospitals and carried on a private practice in his specialty.
Dr. Sprinkle returned to Texas in 1944 and opened a private office in Harlingen, where he specialized in radiology. He remained there for seven years before moving again to Dallas, in 1952, where he was in active practice at the time of his death. He had been a member of the Texas Medical Association consecutively through the Kaufman, Cameron-Willacy, Erath-Hood-Somervell, and Dallas Counties Medical Societies. He was president of the Kaufman County society in 1933. His membership in other medical organizations included the American Medical Association, the Radiological Society of North America and the Texas Radiological Society. During World War I, he served in the naval medical corps and was in the medical reserve for ten years.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Shrine, the Lions Club and the Kiwanis Club. He married Miss Elsie Pearl Caldwell on April 12, 1914. He is survived by Mrs. Sprinkle and two brothers, Joe and Henry Sprinkle, both of Kaufman, Texas.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
William Augustus Bronson, M.D. (1817-1890)
The many friends and admirers of Dr. Bronson will be pained to learn of his demise. He passed away on August 20, 1890, of uremia in New York. He was one of the few men who represent the embodiment of the professional ideal. In his attainments, skill and life conduct, he was a type of that standard which we are endeavoring to impress upon our younger men.
Dr. Bronson was born in Connecticut on June 4th, 1817. In 1840 he took his degree of M.A. at Yale, and in 1843 the degree of M.D. at the same University. The following year he moved to Newburgh, where he studied dentistry with Dr. Grant. In 1844 he married Miss S.D. Raymond of New Haven, Connecticut, who died 18 years ago. He also had two children, both of whom are dead.
It is sad when a man outlives his family, and is forced to pass down to the grave in comparative domestic loneliness, but it is sadder still when a man outlives his usefulness. This latter cannot be said of Dr. Bronson. To the profession of dentistry he gave his whole life's energy, and much of the good which he did lives after him to do him honor.
With a university and medical education he entered active practice fully equipped, yet his ambition was such that he never relinquished his studies, but so labored that he kept abreast of the rapid progress which when on around him. He acquainted himself with new theories, and adopted new methods as soon as they were proved to be of advantage. He was an earnest society worker, being one of the charter members of the Odontological Society of New York, and a life member of the New England Society. He contributed many valuable suggestions and new instruments to dental practice.
In his office, his mild manners and modest demeanor, coupled with exceptional operative skill and a gently and sympathetic touch, attracted to him a large and lucrative practice among the leading people of this section. He was a true Christian gentleman and professional brother.
= = = published in the Dental Mirror, September 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information about the doctor or his family.
Dr. Bronson was born in Connecticut on June 4th, 1817. In 1840 he took his degree of M.A. at Yale, and in 1843 the degree of M.D. at the same University. The following year he moved to Newburgh, where he studied dentistry with Dr. Grant. In 1844 he married Miss S.D. Raymond of New Haven, Connecticut, who died 18 years ago. He also had two children, both of whom are dead.
It is sad when a man outlives his family, and is forced to pass down to the grave in comparative domestic loneliness, but it is sadder still when a man outlives his usefulness. This latter cannot be said of Dr. Bronson. To the profession of dentistry he gave his whole life's energy, and much of the good which he did lives after him to do him honor.
With a university and medical education he entered active practice fully equipped, yet his ambition was such that he never relinquished his studies, but so labored that he kept abreast of the rapid progress which when on around him. He acquainted himself with new theories, and adopted new methods as soon as they were proved to be of advantage. He was an earnest society worker, being one of the charter members of the Odontological Society of New York, and a life member of the New England Society. He contributed many valuable suggestions and new instruments to dental practice.
In his office, his mild manners and modest demeanor, coupled with exceptional operative skill and a gently and sympathetic touch, attracted to him a large and lucrative practice among the leading people of this section. He was a true Christian gentleman and professional brother.
= = = published in the Dental Mirror, September 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information about the doctor or his family.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
William Daugherty Petit, M.D. (1883-1955)
Dr. William Daugherty Petit of Presidio, Texas died in an El Paso hospital on July 17, 1955 of pulmonary infarction due to pulmonary venous thrombosis. He was born October 9, 1883 in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Dr. Julius C. Petit and Esther Ann Archer Petit. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1908 and entered Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his doctor of medicine degree with high honors in 1911 and served his internship at St. Louis City Hospital.
He was appointed house surgeon at the Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis and held this position for two years. In 1915, he joined the Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant and served overseas during World War I. He had attained the rank of major when he was honorable discharged in 1922. He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel in the medical reserve corps.
In 1924, Dr. Petit entered private practice in Thorndale, and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934 as a medical officer. He moved to Presidio in 1942 and had a private practice there until the time of his death. In addition, he was an officer with the United States Public Health Service in Presidio. He took time out during his medical career to do postgraduate work in Vienna and at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans.
Dr. Petit was an honorary member of the Texas Medical Association through the Pecos-Jeff Davis-Presidio-Brewster Counties Medical Society, and was a member of the American Medical Association. He was also a member of Phi Beat Pi, the Masonic Lodge and the Episcopal church.
He married Miss Inez Hysaw on March 13, 1916 in Marfa, Texas. Survivors are Mrs. Petit, a daughter Mrs. Jack Hunter of Alexandria, Egypt and one granddaughter.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He was appointed house surgeon at the Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis and held this position for two years. In 1915, he joined the Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant and served overseas during World War I. He had attained the rank of major when he was honorable discharged in 1922. He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel in the medical reserve corps.
In 1924, Dr. Petit entered private practice in Thorndale, and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934 as a medical officer. He moved to Presidio in 1942 and had a private practice there until the time of his death. In addition, he was an officer with the United States Public Health Service in Presidio. He took time out during his medical career to do postgraduate work in Vienna and at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans.
Dr. Petit was an honorary member of the Texas Medical Association through the Pecos-Jeff Davis-Presidio-Brewster Counties Medical Society, and was a member of the American Medical Association. He was also a member of Phi Beat Pi, the Masonic Lodge and the Episcopal church.
He married Miss Inez Hysaw on March 13, 1916 in Marfa, Texas. Survivors are Mrs. Petit, a daughter Mrs. Jack Hunter of Alexandria, Egypt and one granddaughter.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Alexander Mileau, Jr., M.D. (1890-1955)
Dr. Alexander Mileau, Jr., retired Army surgeon, died on July 4, 1955 in Brookside General Hospital in San Antonio, of a heart disease. He was a native of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, born February 1, 1890 to Alexandre Mileau and Marie Louise Dupuis Mileau. He attended school in Lewiston, Maine, and received his medical education at the Tufts Medical College in Boston in 1916. After serving an internship at the Children's Hospital in New York City, Dr. Mileau was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps and served overseas during World War I with the First Division.
After the war, he attended several service schools including Flight Surgeon's School and Army Medical School, for two years, and in 1922 was appointed post surgeon of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Four years later, he was transferred to Brooks Field in San Antonio, where he was a post surgeon. In 1930 he received an appointment as senior flight surgeon, Philippine Department, Philippine Islands. He was also a rated pilot.
In 1933, Dr. Mileau returned to Texas as post surgeon for Fort Crockett in Galveston, and was later stationed briefly with the obstetrical and orthopedic service in Fort Sam Houston. He retired with the rank of major in September, 1934. He became superintendent of the Robert B. Green Hospital in San Antonio in 1938, a position which he held until 1944, when he began his private practice.
He was a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association and Phi Chi medical fraternity. He was also a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
On October 8, 1917, Dr. Mileau married Miss Louise M. Reynolds of Mount Savage, Maryland, in New York City. Mrs. Mileau survives, along with three daughters; Mrs. Marie Louise Seeburger of Mexico City, Miss Janet E. Mileau, and Mrs. Joan D. Jacobs, both of San Antonio.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
After the war, he attended several service schools including Flight Surgeon's School and Army Medical School, for two years, and in 1922 was appointed post surgeon of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Four years later, he was transferred to Brooks Field in San Antonio, where he was a post surgeon. In 1930 he received an appointment as senior flight surgeon, Philippine Department, Philippine Islands. He was also a rated pilot.
In 1933, Dr. Mileau returned to Texas as post surgeon for Fort Crockett in Galveston, and was later stationed briefly with the obstetrical and orthopedic service in Fort Sam Houston. He retired with the rank of major in September, 1934. He became superintendent of the Robert B. Green Hospital in San Antonio in 1938, a position which he held until 1944, when he began his private practice.
He was a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association and Phi Chi medical fraternity. He was also a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
On October 8, 1917, Dr. Mileau married Miss Louise M. Reynolds of Mount Savage, Maryland, in New York City. Mrs. Mileau survives, along with three daughters; Mrs. Marie Louise Seeburger of Mexico City, Miss Janet E. Mileau, and Mrs. Joan D. Jacobs, both of San Antonio.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Ace Hill Alsup, M.D. (1875-1955)
Dr. Ace Hill Alsup of Temple, Texas, died in his office on August 16, 1955 of a heart attack. He was the son of Joseph F. Alsup and Martha Jane Baskin Alsup, born on April 18, 1875 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He moved to Texas with his parents when he was a small child. He attended the Wedemeyer Academy in Belton, the entered the University of Texas Medical Branch. He completed his medical education at the Memphis Hospital Medical College, where he was valedictorian of his class in 1908.
After practicing briefly in Franklin, Dr. Alsup moved in 1910 to Little River where he practiced until 1928. He then located in Temple and became a staff member of the King's Daughters Hospital. He had been a member of the Texas Medical Association through the Bell County Medical Society continuously since 1910. He was also a member of the Texas Railway and Traumatic Surgical Association, and was the local physician for the MKT Railroad. He served as examining physician for Selective Service from 1940-1946 and again in 1954-1955. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Baptist Church.
Dr. Alsup married Miss Norma Blaylock on November 12, 1911 in Heidenheimer. Survivors include Mrs. Alsup; a son Ace Hill Alsup Jr. of Temple, a daughter Mrs. Jasper H. Arnold of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Taylor and Mrs. Slade Yarrell of Temple and Mrs. Susan Furnace of Manville; and five grandchildren.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
After practicing briefly in Franklin, Dr. Alsup moved in 1910 to Little River where he practiced until 1928. He then located in Temple and became a staff member of the King's Daughters Hospital. He had been a member of the Texas Medical Association through the Bell County Medical Society continuously since 1910. He was also a member of the Texas Railway and Traumatic Surgical Association, and was the local physician for the MKT Railroad. He served as examining physician for Selective Service from 1940-1946 and again in 1954-1955. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Baptist Church.
Dr. Alsup married Miss Norma Blaylock on November 12, 1911 in Heidenheimer. Survivors include Mrs. Alsup; a son Ace Hill Alsup Jr. of Temple, a daughter Mrs. Jasper H. Arnold of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Taylor and Mrs. Slade Yarrell of Temple and Mrs. Susan Furnace of Manville; and five grandchildren.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Robert Irving McNeil, M.D. (1877-1955)
Dr. Robert Irving McNeil, who had practiced medicine in El Paso, Texas for 42 years, died at his home on August 10, 1955, of carcinoma of the lung. He was born at Elm Hall Plantation in Napoleonville, Louisiana on January 24, 1877. His parents were Edward Benton and Amanda Kittredge McNeil.
He attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee and received his medical degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. in 1903. He did his postgraduate work at the New York Postgraduate School of Medicine in 1911. He served an internship at Garfield Hospital in Washington. Dr. McNeil was a physician at the Mescalero Indian Reservation until 1907, when he moved to El Paso to begin his private practice.
In 1919, he entered the United States Public Health Service and became chief of an El Paso quarantine station in 1930. He was given recognition for his part in bringing under control a smallpox epidemic which threatened the city in 1933, and he helped arrange temporary admission to this country for Mexican citizens who required medical attention in the El Paso hospitals. He retired in 1949 and devoted his time to his home, travels and writing, and had articles published in medical and historical journals.
Dr. McNeil was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the El Paso County Medical Society, of which he had been a member continuously since 1908. He had been an honorary member of the state organization since 1947. He served as county health officer and school physician. He was also president of the El Paso Archaeological Society, a life member of the Masonic Lodge, and deacon emeritus in the Baptist Church.
During the Spanish-American War, Dr. McNeil served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Washington, D.C. He married Miss Elizabeth Keeling on June 10, 1908 in Washington. Mrs. McNeil survives, as do three children; Irving McNeil, Jr. of El Morro, New Mexico, Mrs. John A. Ferguson of El Paso, and Mrs. Robert E. Garren of Auburn, Alabama.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee and received his medical degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. in 1903. He did his postgraduate work at the New York Postgraduate School of Medicine in 1911. He served an internship at Garfield Hospital in Washington. Dr. McNeil was a physician at the Mescalero Indian Reservation until 1907, when he moved to El Paso to begin his private practice.
In 1919, he entered the United States Public Health Service and became chief of an El Paso quarantine station in 1930. He was given recognition for his part in bringing under control a smallpox epidemic which threatened the city in 1933, and he helped arrange temporary admission to this country for Mexican citizens who required medical attention in the El Paso hospitals. He retired in 1949 and devoted his time to his home, travels and writing, and had articles published in medical and historical journals.
Dr. McNeil was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the El Paso County Medical Society, of which he had been a member continuously since 1908. He had been an honorary member of the state organization since 1947. He served as county health officer and school physician. He was also president of the El Paso Archaeological Society, a life member of the Masonic Lodge, and deacon emeritus in the Baptist Church.
During the Spanish-American War, Dr. McNeil served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Washington, D.C. He married Miss Elizabeth Keeling on June 10, 1908 in Washington. Mrs. McNeil survives, as do three children; Irving McNeil, Jr. of El Morro, New Mexico, Mrs. John A. Ferguson of El Paso, and Mrs. Robert E. Garren of Auburn, Alabama.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Friday, November 04, 2011
Arthur Ernest Moon, M.D. (1890-1955)
Dr. Arthur Ernest Moon, who spent his entire professional life in Temple, Texas, died at his home on July 27, 1955 of a heart attack. He was born March 5, 1890 in Lineville, Alabama to Jacob Washington Moon and Mary Jane Strickland Moon. He attended Howard College in Birmingham and then graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas in 1915. He received his medical education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1920 and became an intern at the Scott and White Memorial Hospitals, where he later became a resident doctor, then a permanent member of the hospital staff, specializing in internal medicine. He had retired last April 1st.
Dr. Moon was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Bell County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1942. He was also a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Texas Club of Internists, the Southern Medical Association and Alpha Omega Alpha. He was a senior consultant at the University of Texas Postgraduate School of Medicine in Temple, and was an instructor in the Scott and White School of Nursing from 1925-1935. He was also a member of the Baptist Church.
Dr. Moon married Miss Flora Wells on June 15, 1920. Their son, Dr. Arthur E. Moon, Jr., died in an automobile accident in January 1952. Survivors include Mrs. Moon, two brothers, Dr. A.J. Moon of Liberty, Missouri and David Moon of Fort Worth; four sisters, Mrs. Nora Phillips of Coronado, California, Mrs. P.E. Reeves of Iago, Mrs. J.A. McIver of Fort Worth, and Mrs. James Pritchett of Beaumont; and three grandchildren.
+++ +++ +++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Moon was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Bell County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1942. He was also a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Texas Club of Internists, the Southern Medical Association and Alpha Omega Alpha. He was a senior consultant at the University of Texas Postgraduate School of Medicine in Temple, and was an instructor in the Scott and White School of Nursing from 1925-1935. He was also a member of the Baptist Church.
Dr. Moon married Miss Flora Wells on June 15, 1920. Their son, Dr. Arthur E. Moon, Jr., died in an automobile accident in January 1952. Survivors include Mrs. Moon, two brothers, Dr. A.J. Moon of Liberty, Missouri and David Moon of Fort Worth; four sisters, Mrs. Nora Phillips of Coronado, California, Mrs. P.E. Reeves of Iago, Mrs. J.A. McIver of Fort Worth, and Mrs. James Pritchett of Beaumont; and three grandchildren.
+++ +++ +++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Leo Arthur Nelson, M.D. (1889-1955)
Dr. Leo Arthur Nelson of Dallas died in a local hospital on August 18, 1955 after a long illness. He retired from active practice in 1952. He was born February 27, 1889 in Chariton, Iowa to Mr. and Mrs. Will Nelson. He received his preliminary education in the public schools and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, which he attended for three years. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1916. Dr. Nelson served his internship and residency at the University Hospital in Iowa City.
In 1918, he served with the Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant at the base hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. In 1919, he moved to Texas and began his practice in Sherman. He moved to Dallas in 1924, where he helped to found the Dallas Medical and Surgical Clinic. He specialized in diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
Dr. Nelson was a member of the American Medical Association, and in 1953 was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association through the Dallas County Medical Society, of which two groups he had been a member since shortly after coming to Texas. He was also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and the Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
Dr. Nelson was a Knight Templar and a member of the Shrine and the Baptist Church. He married Miss Cora Kathryn Beeler in Denison, Iowa on August 29, 1917. Survivors include Mrs. Nelson, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Karper of Dallas, one brother, H.R. Nelson of Corvallis, Oregon, and two grandchildren.
++ ++ ++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
In 1918, he served with the Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant at the base hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. In 1919, he moved to Texas and began his practice in Sherman. He moved to Dallas in 1924, where he helped to found the Dallas Medical and Surgical Clinic. He specialized in diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
Dr. Nelson was a member of the American Medical Association, and in 1953 was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association through the Dallas County Medical Society, of which two groups he had been a member since shortly after coming to Texas. He was also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and the Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
Dr. Nelson was a Knight Templar and a member of the Shrine and the Baptist Church. He married Miss Cora Kathryn Beeler in Denison, Iowa on August 29, 1917. Survivors include Mrs. Nelson, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Karper of Dallas, one brother, H.R. Nelson of Corvallis, Oregon, and two grandchildren.
++ ++ ++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Loyal Hamilton Moore, M.D. (1883-1955)
Dr. Loyal Hamilton Moore died in a local hospital in McAllen, Texas on July 8, 1955, of coronary thrombosis. He was the son of James G. and Samantha Moore, born on October 25, 1883 in Venice, Pennsylvania. He attended Jefferson Academy in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and Westminster College in New Wilmington. Then he entered the University of Pittsburgh and completed his medical education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910. He practiced for 25 years in Canonsburg and Houston, Pennsylvania before coming to Texas and beginning his practice in McAllen. He specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the Hidalgo-Starr Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1943. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Shrine and the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Moore married Miss Blanche Peacock on October 26, 1911 in Houston, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Moore, two children and five grandchildren survive. His sons are R. Glen Moore of Elsa and William Loyal Moore of McAllen.
++ ++ ++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the Hidalgo-Starr Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1943. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Shrine and the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Moore married Miss Blanche Peacock on October 26, 1911 in Houston, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Moore, two children and five grandchildren survive. His sons are R. Glen Moore of Elsa and William Loyal Moore of McAllen.
++ ++ ++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Phillip Lee Vardy, M.D. (1871-1955)
Dr. Phillip Lee Vardy of Estelline, Texas died on August 30, 1955 in a Childress hospital of a coronary thrombosis. He was the son of H.C. and Mary Brain Vardy, born on January 8, 1871 near Weatherford, Texas. He attended public schools in Chico, then worked for several years on a ranch in Hall County. He entered Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, and graduated from there in 1897, after which he began his practice in Estelline. He was in active practice there for 58 years, taking time out in 1903 and 1910 to do postgraduate work in St. Louis, Missouri.
Elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1947, Dr. Vardy had been a member of the Armstrong-Donley-Childress-Collingsworth-Hall Counties Medical Society since 1908, and was president of the society in 1942. He was also a member of the American Medical Association and was the physician for the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad for many years.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star in Estelline, and of the Memphis Chapter and Council and Commandery. He was also a member of the Lions Club and the Estelline Methodist Church, for which he was secretary and treasurer for more than 40 years.
Dr. Vardy married Miss Mary Eddins of Chico on October 11, 1899. Mrs. Vardy survives, as do four children: Phillip L. Vardy, Jr. of Slaton, James DeWitt Vardy of Turkey, Mrs. W.C. Gilmore of Slaton, and Mrs. Morris Currin of Fort Worth. He also leaves four grandchildren. A third son, Robert Winston Vardy, preceded his father in death.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1947, Dr. Vardy had been a member of the Armstrong-Donley-Childress-Collingsworth-Hall Counties Medical Society since 1908, and was president of the society in 1942. He was also a member of the American Medical Association and was the physician for the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad for many years.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star in Estelline, and of the Memphis Chapter and Council and Commandery. He was also a member of the Lions Club and the Estelline Methodist Church, for which he was secretary and treasurer for more than 40 years.
Dr. Vardy married Miss Mary Eddins of Chico on October 11, 1899. Mrs. Vardy survives, as do four children: Phillip L. Vardy, Jr. of Slaton, James DeWitt Vardy of Turkey, Mrs. W.C. Gilmore of Slaton, and Mrs. Morris Currin of Fort Worth. He also leaves four grandchildren. A third son, Robert Winston Vardy, preceded his father in death.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Marvin Cartmell Overton, M.D. (1878-1955)
Dr. Marvin Cartmell Overton, active practitioner in Lubbock for 54 years and father of Dr. M.C. Overton Jr., Pampa surgeon, and Philip R. Overton, Austin attorney and general counsel for the Texas Medical Association, died at his home on September 1, 1955 of panmyelosis with fibrosis.
The son of the Rev. George Buck Overton and Susan Louisa Lawson Overton, he was born on June 13, 1878 in Morganfield, Kentucky. He grew up in Louisville where he worked on a newspaper and with the telephone company before deciding to study medicine. His medical degree was obtained from the University of Louisville in 1901.
Opening his general practice in Lubbock after hearing a classmate tell of the scarcity of physicians in West Texas, Dr. Overton ministered to a large area of the state, operating his own drug store for a time and performing the first appendectomy in the city. In more recent years Dr. Overton had specialized in pediatrics, being author of a book entitled "Your Baby and Child". He was one of the owners of Krueger, Hutchinson and Overton Clinic, which was transferred to Methodist ownership last year, and had retired in June because of ill health.
A member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Lubbock-Crosby Counties Medical Society throughout his career, he was named to honorary membership in the state organization in 1950. He was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Dr. Overton aided in development of the first hospital in Lubbock, served as president of the First National Bank there for one year, was an alderman during the construction of the first sewer system, and a member of the school board when the first brick building, old Central Ward School, was erected. He was on the official board of the First Methodist Church throughout his residence in Lubbock. He and Mrs. Overton paid for the construction and furnishing of the Methodist Student Center; he established a loan fund at McMurry College in Abilene which has assisted more than 200 students; and he contributed to other Methodist institutions. For years he gave annual $200 scholarships to the Texas Technological College athletic department for the athlete exercising the greatest influence toward good morale of the football team. He also gave scholarships in the speech department of Texas Tech. He was a long-time member of the Rotary Club loan fund committee and held honorary membership in the club after many years of perfect attendance as a regular member. He also belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Commandery, and Shrine.
Evidence of Dr. Overton's civic activities in Lubbock are the following which bear his name: M.C. Overton Elementary School, Overton Tower of the First Methodist Church, Overton Addition (the first subdivision of Lubbock and developed by Dr. Overton), and the Overton Methodist Church (the site of which was donated by the doctor).
Dr. Overton married Miss Georgia Robertson of Louisville in 1902. Sons Marvin, Philip, Robert and George Buck were born to this union. Mrs. Overton died in 1916 and George Buck Overton in 1923. Dr. Overton married Miss Nannie M. Jennings of Lubbock in 1918, and two daughters were born to them. Surviving are his wife, three sons, two daughters, three sisters and twelve grandchildren, as follows: sons, Dr. Overton, Jr., Philip R. Overton and Robert Overton of Brownsville; daughters, Mrs. William T. West and Mrs. Watson Carlock, both of Lubbock; sisters, Mrs. Edward Hill, Miss Mary B. Overton and Miss Sue L. Overton, all of Dallas. One grandson, Dr. Philip Marvin Overton received his degree in medicine in June and is interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas; two other grandsons are taking premed courses in college.
Family and friends have established the Overton Memorial Fund for Needy Children, which will be a trust administered by trustees of the Methodist Hospital of Lubbock.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
The son of the Rev. George Buck Overton and Susan Louisa Lawson Overton, he was born on June 13, 1878 in Morganfield, Kentucky. He grew up in Louisville where he worked on a newspaper and with the telephone company before deciding to study medicine. His medical degree was obtained from the University of Louisville in 1901.
Opening his general practice in Lubbock after hearing a classmate tell of the scarcity of physicians in West Texas, Dr. Overton ministered to a large area of the state, operating his own drug store for a time and performing the first appendectomy in the city. In more recent years Dr. Overton had specialized in pediatrics, being author of a book entitled "Your Baby and Child". He was one of the owners of Krueger, Hutchinson and Overton Clinic, which was transferred to Methodist ownership last year, and had retired in June because of ill health.
A member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Lubbock-Crosby Counties Medical Society throughout his career, he was named to honorary membership in the state organization in 1950. He was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Dr. Overton aided in development of the first hospital in Lubbock, served as president of the First National Bank there for one year, was an alderman during the construction of the first sewer system, and a member of the school board when the first brick building, old Central Ward School, was erected. He was on the official board of the First Methodist Church throughout his residence in Lubbock. He and Mrs. Overton paid for the construction and furnishing of the Methodist Student Center; he established a loan fund at McMurry College in Abilene which has assisted more than 200 students; and he contributed to other Methodist institutions. For years he gave annual $200 scholarships to the Texas Technological College athletic department for the athlete exercising the greatest influence toward good morale of the football team. He also gave scholarships in the speech department of Texas Tech. He was a long-time member of the Rotary Club loan fund committee and held honorary membership in the club after many years of perfect attendance as a regular member. He also belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Commandery, and Shrine.
Evidence of Dr. Overton's civic activities in Lubbock are the following which bear his name: M.C. Overton Elementary School, Overton Tower of the First Methodist Church, Overton Addition (the first subdivision of Lubbock and developed by Dr. Overton), and the Overton Methodist Church (the site of which was donated by the doctor).
Dr. Overton married Miss Georgia Robertson of Louisville in 1902. Sons Marvin, Philip, Robert and George Buck were born to this union. Mrs. Overton died in 1916 and George Buck Overton in 1923. Dr. Overton married Miss Nannie M. Jennings of Lubbock in 1918, and two daughters were born to them. Surviving are his wife, three sons, two daughters, three sisters and twelve grandchildren, as follows: sons, Dr. Overton, Jr., Philip R. Overton and Robert Overton of Brownsville; daughters, Mrs. William T. West and Mrs. Watson Carlock, both of Lubbock; sisters, Mrs. Edward Hill, Miss Mary B. Overton and Miss Sue L. Overton, all of Dallas. One grandson, Dr. Philip Marvin Overton received his degree in medicine in June and is interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas; two other grandsons are taking premed courses in college.
Family and friends have established the Overton Memorial Fund for Needy Children, which will be a trust administered by trustees of the Methodist Hospital of Lubbock.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, October 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
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