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.
Friday, November 25, 2011
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.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
George Perry Rains, M.D. (1872-1955)
Dr. George Perry Rains of Marshall, Texas died at his home on September 19, 1955, of coronary thrombosis. He was born on September 18, 1872 in Marshall, the son of Major Mercer Rains and Nancy Texas Arnett Rains. His early education was obtained in a private school in Marshall, and he received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Texas in 1893.
For his medical training, he chose the University of Texas Medical Branch, from which he graduated in 1896. He obtained another medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania the following year. After serving his internship in the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Dr. Rains served as house physician at the Texas and Pacific Hospital in Marshall for a short time, then began his private practice there. He refreshed his medical knowledge periodically by taking courses at the New York Postgraduate Medical School.
Dr. Rains was elected an honorary member of the Texas Medical Association in 1954, after having been a member through the Harrison County Medical Society throughout his career. He was president of the county society in 1937. He was also a member of the Reserve Officers' Association, the Texas State Armory Board, the Military Surgeons Association, Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, the Masonic Lodge and the Elks.
Dr. Rains was a member of the board of directors of the Marshall National Bank, the Kahn Memorial Hospital, the Harrison County Red Cross and the Marshall and Sabine Pass Railroad. He served as vice-president of the hospital staff and was a trustee of the College of Marshall and its successor, East Texas Baptist College. He was treasurer of the local USO during World War II, and was city commissioner at one time. He was chairman of the board and president of the Rains and Talley Funeral Home and the Rains Insurance Company. He served as a deacon and then an honorary deacon in the First Baptist Church, which named its new education building, the Rains Children's Building, in his honor.
Dr. Rains' military career began in 1887, when he enlisted in the Army at the age of 15, and covered a period of 49 years. He rose from the rank of private to major general and retired in 1936 with the rank of brevet lieutenant. During World War I, he was a colonel in the Third Texas Infantry, and commanding officer successively of the Thirty-Sixth Military Police and Trains, the Sixty-First Pioneer Infantry, and of Camp Sheridan in Alabama. After World War I, he commanded the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Infantry, the Seventy-Second Infantry Brigade and the Thirty-Sixth Division. He was honorary life president of the Thirty-Sixth Division Association and was the first commander of the Smiley-Summers Legion Post in Marshall.
Dr. Rains married Miss Norma Pitts in Marshall on April 26, 1899. They had no children. Mrs. Rains died on February 16, 1953. Survivors are three nephews and two nieces.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine in December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
For his medical training, he chose the University of Texas Medical Branch, from which he graduated in 1896. He obtained another medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania the following year. After serving his internship in the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Dr. Rains served as house physician at the Texas and Pacific Hospital in Marshall for a short time, then began his private practice there. He refreshed his medical knowledge periodically by taking courses at the New York Postgraduate Medical School.
Dr. Rains was elected an honorary member of the Texas Medical Association in 1954, after having been a member through the Harrison County Medical Society throughout his career. He was president of the county society in 1937. He was also a member of the Reserve Officers' Association, the Texas State Armory Board, the Military Surgeons Association, Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, the Masonic Lodge and the Elks.
Dr. Rains was a member of the board of directors of the Marshall National Bank, the Kahn Memorial Hospital, the Harrison County Red Cross and the Marshall and Sabine Pass Railroad. He served as vice-president of the hospital staff and was a trustee of the College of Marshall and its successor, East Texas Baptist College. He was treasurer of the local USO during World War II, and was city commissioner at one time. He was chairman of the board and president of the Rains and Talley Funeral Home and the Rains Insurance Company. He served as a deacon and then an honorary deacon in the First Baptist Church, which named its new education building, the Rains Children's Building, in his honor.
Dr. Rains' military career began in 1887, when he enlisted in the Army at the age of 15, and covered a period of 49 years. He rose from the rank of private to major general and retired in 1936 with the rank of brevet lieutenant. During World War I, he was a colonel in the Third Texas Infantry, and commanding officer successively of the Thirty-Sixth Military Police and Trains, the Sixty-First Pioneer Infantry, and of Camp Sheridan in Alabama. After World War I, he commanded the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Infantry, the Seventy-Second Infantry Brigade and the Thirty-Sixth Division. He was honorary life president of the Thirty-Sixth Division Association and was the first commander of the Smiley-Summers Legion Post in Marshall.
Dr. Rains married Miss Norma Pitts in Marshall on April 26, 1899. They had no children. Mrs. Rains died on February 16, 1953. Survivors are three nephews and two nieces.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine in December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Talmage Oliver Woolley, M.D. (1885-1955)
Dr. Talmage Oliver Woolley of Orange, Texas died September 21, 1955 of acute myocardial infarction. The attack occurred while he was undergoing a routine physical examination in a local hospital. He was born January 28, 1885 in Overton, the son of James Hershal and Julia Cobb Woolley.
After attending public schools in Overton, he entered Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. He received his medical education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, graduating in 1911. In 1926 he earned a degree in health education from Columbia University in New York, and he did other postgraduate work in 1930 at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital.
Dr. Woolley began his medical practice in Palestine, where he was assistant house surgeon at the International and Great Northern Railway Employees Hospital. He practiced briefly in both Arp and Germantown. During World War I he served with the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, and at Fort Bliss. He was discharged as a captain in 1917.
Moving to Houston to continue his practice in 1921, Dr. Woolley became a staff member of the Baptist Hospital and was a professor of hygiene in the Houston public schools. Ten years later, he moved to Brenham and was associated with the St. Francis Hospital. Continuing his practice in Orange in 1941, Dr. Woolley was a staff member of the Orange City Hospital.
He had been a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations almost continuously throughout his career through the Anderson, Smith, Victoria-Calhoun-Goliad, Harris, Washington and Orange Counties Medical Societies. He was secretary of the Washington County Society in 1933 and 1934, and was elected president in 1938. He served as president of the Orange County Society from 1943-1945 and again in 1947. He was also a member of the Tenth District Medical Society. Dr. Woolley was given an award of appreciation for his efforts in planning and building the Orange County Memorial Hospital in 1954.
He was a steward and trustee of the First Methodist Church, a member of Rotary International, and a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Shrine. Dr. Woolley married Miss Livy Mae Cunningham in Tyler on August 11, 1912. Mrs. Woolley survives, as do three children: Mrs. C.I. Whitehead of Houston, John P. Woolley of Baltimore, Maryland, and Mrs. O.H. Landua of Annapolis, Maryland. He also leaves three sisters: Mrs. S.W. Adams of Austin, Mrs. S.M. Swindall of Brookfield, Illinois, and Mrs. A.F. Allen of Glenwood Spring, Colorado. One brother, J.P. Woolley of Shreveport, Louisiana, and thirteen grandchildren also survive.
After attending public schools in Overton, he entered Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. He received his medical education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, graduating in 1911. In 1926 he earned a degree in health education from Columbia University in New York, and he did other postgraduate work in 1930 at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital.
Dr. Woolley began his medical practice in Palestine, where he was assistant house surgeon at the International and Great Northern Railway Employees Hospital. He practiced briefly in both Arp and Germantown. During World War I he served with the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, and at Fort Bliss. He was discharged as a captain in 1917.
Moving to Houston to continue his practice in 1921, Dr. Woolley became a staff member of the Baptist Hospital and was a professor of hygiene in the Houston public schools. Ten years later, he moved to Brenham and was associated with the St. Francis Hospital. Continuing his practice in Orange in 1941, Dr. Woolley was a staff member of the Orange City Hospital.
He had been a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations almost continuously throughout his career through the Anderson, Smith, Victoria-Calhoun-Goliad, Harris, Washington and Orange Counties Medical Societies. He was secretary of the Washington County Society in 1933 and 1934, and was elected president in 1938. He served as president of the Orange County Society from 1943-1945 and again in 1947. He was also a member of the Tenth District Medical Society. Dr. Woolley was given an award of appreciation for his efforts in planning and building the Orange County Memorial Hospital in 1954.
He was a steward and trustee of the First Methodist Church, a member of Rotary International, and a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Shrine. Dr. Woolley married Miss Livy Mae Cunningham in Tyler on August 11, 1912. Mrs. Woolley survives, as do three children: Mrs. C.I. Whitehead of Houston, John P. Woolley of Baltimore, Maryland, and Mrs. O.H. Landua of Annapolis, Maryland. He also leaves three sisters: Mrs. S.W. Adams of Austin, Mrs. S.M. Swindall of Brookfield, Illinois, and Mrs. A.F. Allen of Glenwood Spring, Colorado. One brother, J.P. Woolley of Shreveport, Louisiana, and thirteen grandchildren also survive.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Spencer Allen Collom, Jr., M.D. (1904-1955)
Dr. Spencer Allen Collom, Jr. died at his home in Texarkana on October 10, 1955. He was born in Ratcliff, Texas on February 4, 1904, the son of Dr. Spencer A. Collom and Eugenie (Read) Collom. After graduating from Texarkana High School, he entered Washington University in St. Louis in 1921.
In 1925, he received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Texas, then graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville in 1929. His internship was in the Fort Sam Houston Station Hospital in San Antonio. With the exception of three years of military service during World War II, Dr. Collom practiced in Texarkana throughout his professional career, where he was associated with the Collom-Carney Clinic.
During the war, he was chief of orthopedic services at the Three Hundredth General Hospital in Italy. He earned the Bronze Star and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corps.
Dr. Collom was a staff member of the Kansas City Southern and St. Louis Southwestern Railroads hospitals. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Bowie County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1941. He was also a member of the Tri-State Medical Society, the Southern Medical Association and the American Fracture Society. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the president of the Texarkana Hospital's board of directors.
He was also president of the Temple Memorial Home for Crippled Children, and was honorary president at the time of his death. He was president of the Texarkana chapter of Rotary International, and the Texarkana Knife and Fork Club, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. He was a member of the Congregational Church.
Dr. Collom married Miss Mary Maddox in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 12, 1929. Mrs. Collom survives, as do one daughter, Mrs. Samuel A. Buchanan, Jr. of Texarkana; his mother, Mrs. Spencer A. Collom of Texarkana; and two sisters, Mrs. G.D. Gantt of Houston and Mrs. J.W. Hill of Dallas.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
In 1925, he received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Texas, then graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville in 1929. His internship was in the Fort Sam Houston Station Hospital in San Antonio. With the exception of three years of military service during World War II, Dr. Collom practiced in Texarkana throughout his professional career, where he was associated with the Collom-Carney Clinic.
During the war, he was chief of orthopedic services at the Three Hundredth General Hospital in Italy. He earned the Bronze Star and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corps.
Dr. Collom was a staff member of the Kansas City Southern and St. Louis Southwestern Railroads hospitals. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Bowie County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1941. He was also a member of the Tri-State Medical Society, the Southern Medical Association and the American Fracture Society. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the president of the Texarkana Hospital's board of directors.
He was also president of the Temple Memorial Home for Crippled Children, and was honorary president at the time of his death. He was president of the Texarkana chapter of Rotary International, and the Texarkana Knife and Fork Club, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. He was a member of the Congregational Church.
Dr. Collom married Miss Mary Maddox in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 12, 1929. Mrs. Collom survives, as do one daughter, Mrs. Samuel A. Buchanan, Jr. of Texarkana; his mother, Mrs. Spencer A. Collom of Texarkana; and two sisters, Mrs. G.D. Gantt of Houston and Mrs. J.W. Hill of Dallas.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Monday, October 24, 2011
David E. Sauer, M.D. (1909-1955)
Dr. David E. Sauer of Lubbock, Texas died in a Denver hospital on October 9, 1955 from coronary insufficiency. He was born October 21, 1909 in Madisonville, Ohio and received his bachelor of arts degree from the Ohio Western University in Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical College in 1936 after which he completed his internship and surgical residency in the Youngstown City Hospital.
From 1939 until 1945 Dr. Sauer was chief of the surgical staff at the Kercheval Memorial Clinic in Kingwood, West Virginia. He came to Texas in 1946 and practiced briefly in Raymondville and Hale Center before moving to Kermit in 1947. In 1954, he moved to Lubbock, where he was on the staff of the Methodist Hospital, the West Texas Hospital, and St. Mary's Hospital at the time of his death.
Dr. Sauer was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations successively through the county medical societies of Cameron-Willacy, Reeves-Ward-Winkler-Loving-Culberson-Hudspeth, where he was president in 1951, and Lubbock-Crosby counties. He was also a member of the American Academy of General Practice, the Presbyterian church, and Rotary International.
Dr. Sauer married Miss Svea Virginia Burman in Raymondville, Texas, in 1947. He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Ralph Koehl of Columbus, Ohio; and two brothers, W. Denslow Sauer and George D. Sauer, both of Marietta, Ohio.
++ ++ ++ Published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
From 1939 until 1945 Dr. Sauer was chief of the surgical staff at the Kercheval Memorial Clinic in Kingwood, West Virginia. He came to Texas in 1946 and practiced briefly in Raymondville and Hale Center before moving to Kermit in 1947. In 1954, he moved to Lubbock, where he was on the staff of the Methodist Hospital, the West Texas Hospital, and St. Mary's Hospital at the time of his death.
Dr. Sauer was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations successively through the county medical societies of Cameron-Willacy, Reeves-Ward-Winkler-Loving-Culberson-Hudspeth, where he was president in 1951, and Lubbock-Crosby counties. He was also a member of the American Academy of General Practice, the Presbyterian church, and Rotary International.
Dr. Sauer married Miss Svea Virginia Burman in Raymondville, Texas, in 1947. He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Ralph Koehl of Columbus, Ohio; and two brothers, W. Denslow Sauer and George D. Sauer, both of Marietta, Ohio.
++ ++ ++ Published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Lilburn Echols Standifer, M.D. (1895-1955)
Dr. Lilburn Echols Standifer of Lamesa, Texas, died September 15, 1955 at a hospital in Big Spring. He had been in ill health since 1951, when he suffered a heart attack.
Dr. Standifer was born on June 4, 1895 in Tulia, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Standifer. He attended public schools in Spur and did his premed work at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in College Station. He then attended the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, but received his degree in 1925 from the Tulane University School of Medicine.
He began his practice in Junction, and practiced in Lamesa, Turkey, Oklahoma City, Vernon, Spur and Austin. During World War II, he served as a major in the Army Medical Corps and participated in the African Campaign. In 1946 he returned to Lamesa and practiced there until his retirement in 1951.
He was a member of the Texas Medical Association during most of his professional career, through the Dawson-Lynn-Gaines, Menard-Kimble, McCulloch, Childress-Collingsworth-Donley-Hall, Wilbarger, or Dawson-Lynn-Terry-Gaines-Yoakum Counties Medical Societies. He was president of the latter group in 1947 and had previously served as its secretary. He was also a member of the American Medical Association and Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity. He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of Rotary International, the Masonic Order including the Shrine, and the Methodist Church.
Dr. Standifer was married April 25, 1927 in El Paso, to Miss Edith Steele. Survivors are Mrs. Standifer and one daughter, Mrs. Marshall A. Pharr. Mrs. Pharr lives in Port Lyantey, French Morocco, where her husband is in military service. Dr. Standifer's sister Mrs. John L. Sallee of Lubbock, also survives.
--- --- --- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Standifer was born on June 4, 1895 in Tulia, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Standifer. He attended public schools in Spur and did his premed work at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in College Station. He then attended the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, but received his degree in 1925 from the Tulane University School of Medicine.
He began his practice in Junction, and practiced in Lamesa, Turkey, Oklahoma City, Vernon, Spur and Austin. During World War II, he served as a major in the Army Medical Corps and participated in the African Campaign. In 1946 he returned to Lamesa and practiced there until his retirement in 1951.
He was a member of the Texas Medical Association during most of his professional career, through the Dawson-Lynn-Gaines, Menard-Kimble, McCulloch, Childress-Collingsworth-Donley-Hall, Wilbarger, or Dawson-Lynn-Terry-Gaines-Yoakum Counties Medical Societies. He was president of the latter group in 1947 and had previously served as its secretary. He was also a member of the American Medical Association and Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity. He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of Rotary International, the Masonic Order including the Shrine, and the Methodist Church.
Dr. Standifer was married April 25, 1927 in El Paso, to Miss Edith Steele. Survivors are Mrs. Standifer and one daughter, Mrs. Marshall A. Pharr. Mrs. Pharr lives in Port Lyantey, French Morocco, where her husband is in military service. Dr. Standifer's sister Mrs. John L. Sallee of Lubbock, also survives.
--- --- --- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Julius Ernest Levick, M.D. (1899-1955)
Dr. Julius Ernest Levick of Houston died on August 26, 1955 after a short illness. He was born on January 29, 1899 in Ekaterinoslav, now called Dnepropetrovsk, Russia, the son of Moses and Molly Levick. After coming to North America, he attended the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, and the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1922.
He served an internship in the Children's Hospital in Winnipeg for one year, then served a general residency in Vancouver General Hospital for one year, then spent another year of general internship at St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He practiced medicine in Elk City, Oklahoma from 1925 until 1949.
Dr. Levick was an officer in the Army Medical Corps from 1942 until 1945, during which time he received training in psychiatry. He moved to Houston in 1949 and became a psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Hospital, where he was practicing at the time of his death.
Dr. Levick became affiliated with the Texas Medical Association through the Harris County Medical Society, and was also a member of the American Medical Association, Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity, the Masonic Lodge, the Kiwanis Club and Temple Beth Israel. He was married to Miss Dena Weinberg in Oklahoma City in 1926.
Survivors are two daughters; Mrs. Melvin Anchell and Miss Diana Levick of Houston, a son, Norman Levick of Amarillo, and five grandchildren.
--- --- --- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He served an internship in the Children's Hospital in Winnipeg for one year, then served a general residency in Vancouver General Hospital for one year, then spent another year of general internship at St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He practiced medicine in Elk City, Oklahoma from 1925 until 1949.
Dr. Levick was an officer in the Army Medical Corps from 1942 until 1945, during which time he received training in psychiatry. He moved to Houston in 1949 and became a psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Hospital, where he was practicing at the time of his death.
Dr. Levick became affiliated with the Texas Medical Association through the Harris County Medical Society, and was also a member of the American Medical Association, Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity, the Masonic Lodge, the Kiwanis Club and Temple Beth Israel. He was married to Miss Dena Weinberg in Oklahoma City in 1926.
Survivors are two daughters; Mrs. Melvin Anchell and Miss Diana Levick of Houston, a son, Norman Levick of Amarillo, and five grandchildren.
--- --- --- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wilfrid Edward Muldoon, M.D. (1896-1955)
Dr. Wilfrid Edward Muldoon died October 3, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio on November 29, 1896 and received his preliminary education there. Following his graduation from high school, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he earned his bachelor of science degree in 1920. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1922, and went to the Panama Canal Zone, where he interned at the Ancon Hospital for one year.
Dr. Muldoon practiced in the Tela Railroad Hospital in Honduras for two years before going to Europe to study ophthalmology at the University of Paris, the University of Bordeaux and the University of Vienna. Returning to the United States, he served a two-year residency in ophthalmology at the Wills eye Hospital in Philadelphia before beginning his own practice in San Antonio.
Dr. Muldoon was a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Association, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and was a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He was also a member of the Association Medico Hondureno and the American Medical Association of Vienna.
Survivors include Mrs. Muldoon, a son, William Henry Muldoon, a daughter, Miss Laurie Muldoon, all of San Antonio, and three brothers, William H. Muldoon of San Antonio, James Muldoon of Baltimore, Edward M. Muldoon of Archbold, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. Edna Pyle of San Antonio, Miss Mary Blanche Muldoon of Toledo, and Mrs. Fred C. Medicus of Berkeley, California.
-- -- -- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Muldoon practiced in the Tela Railroad Hospital in Honduras for two years before going to Europe to study ophthalmology at the University of Paris, the University of Bordeaux and the University of Vienna. Returning to the United States, he served a two-year residency in ophthalmology at the Wills eye Hospital in Philadelphia before beginning his own practice in San Antonio.
Dr. Muldoon was a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Association, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and was a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He was also a member of the Association Medico Hondureno and the American Medical Association of Vienna.
Survivors include Mrs. Muldoon, a son, William Henry Muldoon, a daughter, Miss Laurie Muldoon, all of San Antonio, and three brothers, William H. Muldoon of San Antonio, James Muldoon of Baltimore, Edward M. Muldoon of Archbold, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. Edna Pyle of San Antonio, Miss Mary Blanche Muldoon of Toledo, and Mrs. Fred C. Medicus of Berkeley, California.
-- -- -- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Harold H. Boehning, M.D. (1893-1955)
Dr. Harold H. Boehning, senior physician at Abilene State Hospital, died in Dallas on August 31, 1955. He had gone to Dallas for a vacation and to visit with his daughters who live there.
Dr. Boehning was born on December 13, 1893 in Elgin, Illinois, and moved to Canyon, Texas at the age of eleven. After attending Clarendon College, he entered Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and received his B.A. degree in 1923. In 1927, he graduated from the Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas.
Miss Grace Clark, a nursing student, and Dr. Boehning were married on July 3, 1928. After they completed their training, they went to Korea as medical missionaries of the Methodist Church and remained there until 1940, when they returned to Abilene, and Dr. Boehning joined the staff of the Abilene State Hospital. He was appointed assistant superintendent in 1943.
Survivors include Mrs. Boehning, a son, Dr. Harold Clark Boehning, now stationed in Fort Bliss; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Archer and Mrs. Robert Clawson, both of Dallas; and five brothers: Clarence W.H. of Abilene, Walter of Canyon, Alvin of Amarillo, Willard of Wildorado, and Kenneth of Omaha, Nebraska. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ester Sembritzke of Clyde.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Boehning was born on December 13, 1893 in Elgin, Illinois, and moved to Canyon, Texas at the age of eleven. After attending Clarendon College, he entered Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and received his B.A. degree in 1923. In 1927, he graduated from the Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas.
Miss Grace Clark, a nursing student, and Dr. Boehning were married on July 3, 1928. After they completed their training, they went to Korea as medical missionaries of the Methodist Church and remained there until 1940, when they returned to Abilene, and Dr. Boehning joined the staff of the Abilene State Hospital. He was appointed assistant superintendent in 1943.
Survivors include Mrs. Boehning, a son, Dr. Harold Clark Boehning, now stationed in Fort Bliss; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Archer and Mrs. Robert Clawson, both of Dallas; and five brothers: Clarence W.H. of Abilene, Walter of Canyon, Alvin of Amarillo, Willard of Wildorado, and Kenneth of Omaha, Nebraska. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ester Sembritzke of Clyde.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
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