Dr. Jesse Mark Hill, who had practiced medicine in Crowell, Texas, for fifty years, died on April 23, 1955 after an automobile accident near his home. He was born on April 13, 1880 in Calhoun County, Georgia to Horace Hill and Nancy Fite Hill. He moved with his parents to Texas, where he attended public schools in Crowell. He attended the University of Tennessee in Nashville, and then completed his medical education at the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons (now known as Emory University School of Medicine) in 1902. Dr. Hill practiced briefly in New York, San Francisco and Chicago before settling in Crowell. The past few years he had devoted primarily to his ranch interests.
Dr. Hill was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Hardeman-Cottle-Foard-Motley Counties Medical Society, and of the Third District Medical Society. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and was president of the local school board for many years.
In 1904 he was married to Miss Edna M. Thacker of Crowell. Mrs. Hill survives, as do three children; J.M. Hill Jr. and Mrs. Helen Norman, both of Crowell, and Mrs. Frances McCombs of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Other survivors include a half sister, Mrs. Mable Burns of California, and three half-brothers, Fite Crowell and Grover Crowell, both of Crowell, and Cliff Crowell of California.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Hill's career.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Thursday, February 09, 2012
George W. Southers (1866-1890)
George W. Southers, a young man who was badly injured yesterday in a wreck three miles east of Santo, Texas, (Palo Pinto County) died January 28th, 1890 in Weatherford. He had been taken there for medical attention and his leg was amputated.
Mr. Southers was scheduled to have been married to Miss May Emmitt of Bloomington, Illinois and had made arrangements for a home in Fort Worth. After he was hurt he told his conductor, Mr. Smith, to write and tell Miss Emmitt he was badly hurt and could not recover, and that he was over with all his trials and troubles in this world.
He was a man of about 24 years of age, a sober and industrious young person, and his untimely death is deeply deplored by all who knew him. He will be buried at Gouldsboro, Louisiana, where his parents reside.
= = based on an obituary in the Galveston Daily News, 30 Jan 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Mr. Southers was scheduled to have been married to Miss May Emmitt of Bloomington, Illinois and had made arrangements for a home in Fort Worth. After he was hurt he told his conductor, Mr. Smith, to write and tell Miss Emmitt he was badly hurt and could not recover, and that he was over with all his trials and troubles in this world.
He was a man of about 24 years of age, a sober and industrious young person, and his untimely death is deeply deplored by all who knew him. He will be buried at Gouldsboro, Louisiana, where his parents reside.
= = based on an obituary in the Galveston Daily News, 30 Jan 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Walter Bassel Jackson, M.D. (1879-1955)
Dr. Walter Bassel Jackson of Waxahachie, Texas, died at his home on June 29th, 1955 of a kidney ailment. He was born February 5th, 1879 in Ozro, Texas, to John and Susan Jackson. After receiving his early education in Maypearl, he attended Northern Indiana Normal School and was a graduate in pharmacy from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana in 1906. He took his medical training at the University of the South in Nashville, Tennessee, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Dallas, from which he received his doctor of medicine degree in 1907.
After practicing briefly in Alvarado, Texas, Dr. Jackson settled in Waxahachie, where he practiced from 1915 until his death. He was past president of the Ellis County Medical Society, and was a member of the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He served as city health officer in both Alvarado and Waxahachie and as a medical examiner during both World Wars. He was a member of the Christian Church, the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Knights of Pythias.
Dr. Jackson and Miss Alice Mansfield were married on September 21, 1900 in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Survivors include Mrs. Jackson, one daughter, Mrs. A.W. Simpson of Dallas; three sons, Buford Jackson, Hayden Jackson and Dick Jackson, all of Waxahachie; and two brothers, Calvin Jackson and Jack Jackson, both of Maypearl.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the doctor's career.
After practicing briefly in Alvarado, Texas, Dr. Jackson settled in Waxahachie, where he practiced from 1915 until his death. He was past president of the Ellis County Medical Society, and was a member of the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He served as city health officer in both Alvarado and Waxahachie and as a medical examiner during both World Wars. He was a member of the Christian Church, the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Knights of Pythias.
Dr. Jackson and Miss Alice Mansfield were married on September 21, 1900 in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Survivors include Mrs. Jackson, one daughter, Mrs. A.W. Simpson of Dallas; three sons, Buford Jackson, Hayden Jackson and Dick Jackson, all of Waxahachie; and two brothers, Calvin Jackson and Jack Jackson, both of Maypearl.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the doctor's career.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Charles Edward Davis, M.D. (1926-1955)
Dr. Charles Edward Davis, anesthesiologist, died at his home in Austin, Texas, on his twenty-ninth birthday, June 4, 1955, of chronic glomerulonephritis. He was the son of Charles P. and Nell May Davis, and was born on June 4, 1926 in Magnet, Nebraska. He attended high school in North Platte, and when he was thirteen he began working after school in the local hospital. He spent one year at the University of Nebraska, then went to the University of Idaho at Pocatello, where he graduated in 1945.
He received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1949. He then interned for one year at the Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He began a general residency at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, but was recalled to active duty with the Naval Medical Corps in October, 1950.
He was commissioned as a lieutenant jg, and after several months in the United States, was sent to Korea where he maintained a battalion aid station for the Army with the Twenty-Fourth Division. He was awarded a United Nations Citation for his service. In 1951, he was transferred to the naval hospital in Oceanside, California, and shortly after this, he became ill and was hospitalized there until 1953, when he was retired by the Navy. He returned to Austin and worked with the Austin Anesthesiology Group until January 1955, when he went to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas as a resident in anesthesia.
Dr. Davis was a member of the Travis County Medical Society, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. He was also a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity and the Christian Church. He enjoyed flying and sailing, and received his private pilot's license when he was seventeen.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Davis, and two sisters, Miss Madelon Elaine Davis and Mrs. Florine Branch, all of Austin.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Davis' career.
He received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1949. He then interned for one year at the Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He began a general residency at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, but was recalled to active duty with the Naval Medical Corps in October, 1950.
He was commissioned as a lieutenant jg, and after several months in the United States, was sent to Korea where he maintained a battalion aid station for the Army with the Twenty-Fourth Division. He was awarded a United Nations Citation for his service. In 1951, he was transferred to the naval hospital in Oceanside, California, and shortly after this, he became ill and was hospitalized there until 1953, when he was retired by the Navy. He returned to Austin and worked with the Austin Anesthesiology Group until January 1955, when he went to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas as a resident in anesthesia.
Dr. Davis was a member of the Travis County Medical Society, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. He was also a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity and the Christian Church. He enjoyed flying and sailing, and received his private pilot's license when he was seventeen.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Davis, and two sisters, Miss Madelon Elaine Davis and Mrs. Florine Branch, all of Austin.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Davis' career.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Rex Edward Van Duzen, M.D. (1893-1955)
Dr. Rex Edward Van Duzen of Dallas, Texas, urologist, died in a local hospital on May 24, 1955, following a brief illness. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Dallas County Medical Society, and in 1954 served as chairman of the Urology Section of the American Medical Association. He was an honorary member of the Mexico Society of Urology; his other medical affiliations included membership in the American Urology Association, the Pan American Medical Association, and Phi Chi medical fraternity and fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He was chairman of the Section on Urology of the Southwestern Medical Association.
Born in Breckenridge, Michigan on November 15, 1893, he was the son of Charles Van Duzen and Amy Taylor Van Duzen. He was graduated from Alma College in Michigan in 1913 and received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. In 1918, he served an internship at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and two years later he served his residency in the University of Michigan Hospital. He did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Dallas in 1920 and had been in active practice here since that time.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner, belonged to the Dallas Country Club, and had served on the board of directors of the Dallas Athletic Club since 1949. During World War I, he served in the medical corps as a first lieutenant and was stationed in France.
Dr. Van Duzen was married to the former Miss Barbara Shaw of Galveston on March 15, 1922. She survives, as do three daughters; Mrs. Fred B. Freeman, Miss Yvonne Van Duzen and Miss Gail Van Duzen, all of Dallas; his mother Mrs. Amy Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, Michigan; two brothers, Dr. Verne L. Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, and Dr. Dale Van Duzen of Cleveland, Ohio.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the physician's career.
Born in Breckenridge, Michigan on November 15, 1893, he was the son of Charles Van Duzen and Amy Taylor Van Duzen. He was graduated from Alma College in Michigan in 1913 and received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. In 1918, he served an internship at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and two years later he served his residency in the University of Michigan Hospital. He did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Dallas in 1920 and had been in active practice here since that time.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner, belonged to the Dallas Country Club, and had served on the board of directors of the Dallas Athletic Club since 1949. During World War I, he served in the medical corps as a first lieutenant and was stationed in France.
Dr. Van Duzen was married to the former Miss Barbara Shaw of Galveston on March 15, 1922. She survives, as do three daughters; Mrs. Fred B. Freeman, Miss Yvonne Van Duzen and Miss Gail Van Duzen, all of Dallas; his mother Mrs. Amy Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, Michigan; two brothers, Dr. Verne L. Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, and Dr. Dale Van Duzen of Cleveland, Ohio.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the physician's career.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Thomas Owen Murray (1871-1953)
Thomas Owen Murray, 82, of 1211 McIlvaine Street in San Antonio, died in his home Friday August 14th. A native Texan, he was born in Wilson County on July 10, 1871 to Robert Washington Murray and Margaret Frances James Murray. Thomas moved to San Antonio in 1903 and had lived in the city for more than 50 years at the time of his death. He was a carpenter and a member of the Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church.
In 1909, Thomas married Miss Margaret Olivia Yeamans in San Antonio. Mrs. Murray survives, as do a son Thomas Owen Murray, Jr.; a daughter Mrs. Ray T. Dixon, both of San Antonio; three brothers, J.G. Murray, Obed R. Murray and I.C. Murray, all of San Antonio; and two sisters, Mrs. H.L. Miller of San Antonio and Mrs. G.M. Warren of Lavernia, Texas.
Services will be held at 10am Monday at the Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church. Interment will be at Roselawn Memorial Park.
== Obituary based on a notice in the San Antonio Express, 16 August 1953. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
In 1909, Thomas married Miss Margaret Olivia Yeamans in San Antonio. Mrs. Murray survives, as do a son Thomas Owen Murray, Jr.; a daughter Mrs. Ray T. Dixon, both of San Antonio; three brothers, J.G. Murray, Obed R. Murray and I.C. Murray, all of San Antonio; and two sisters, Mrs. H.L. Miller of San Antonio and Mrs. G.M. Warren of Lavernia, Texas.
Services will be held at 10am Monday at the Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church. Interment will be at Roselawn Memorial Park.
== Obituary based on a notice in the San Antonio Express, 16 August 1953. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
John Edward O'Neill (1886-1953)
Funeral services will be held at 10am Monday at Porter Loring Chapel for John Edward O'Neill of 240 Bushnell Avenue. Mr. O'Neill died Tuesday, August 11, 1953 in Muskegon, Michigan. He was born on August 13, 1886 in Charlotte, Michigan. He was president and general manager of the Mission Provision Company in San Antonio. From 1906-1921, he had been a manager for the Swift Packing Company.
He was a former national officer and member of the board of directors of the National Independent Meat Packers, a member of the San Antonio Country Club, and the Rotary Club. Surviving is his wife Mrs. Lula Philipe O'Neill of San Antonio.
The Rev. Harold C. Gosnell will officiate at the rites and interment will be in Mission Burial Park. Pallbearers will be F.E. Gerth, Sr., W.W. Adams, Col. H.G. Fitzgerald, T.A. Lambert, George Parker and Bob Smith.
= = Obituary published in the San Antonio (TX) Express, 16 August 1953. Date of birth was obtained from WWI registration papers, online. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this individual or his family.
He was a former national officer and member of the board of directors of the National Independent Meat Packers, a member of the San Antonio Country Club, and the Rotary Club. Surviving is his wife Mrs. Lula Philipe O'Neill of San Antonio.
The Rev. Harold C. Gosnell will officiate at the rites and interment will be in Mission Burial Park. Pallbearers will be F.E. Gerth, Sr., W.W. Adams, Col. H.G. Fitzgerald, T.A. Lambert, George Parker and Bob Smith.
= = Obituary published in the San Antonio (TX) Express, 16 August 1953. Date of birth was obtained from WWI registration papers, online. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this individual or his family.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
D. Alonzo York, M.D. (1867-1955)
Dr. D. Alonzo York, city health officer of Del Rio, Texas, for 21 years, died at his home on April 29, 1955. He was born in February 1867 in Clayton, Georgia to Van Buren York and Sara Hopper York. He received his preliminary education at the Hiawasse Institute in Clayton and then graduated from Mercer College in Mason. He completed his medical education at Emory University in Atlanta, which was then known as Atlanta Medical College. He practiced briefly in Georgia before coming to Texas, where he lived first in Mineola and then moved to Del Rio in 1911.
A member almost continuously since 1904 of the Medina-Uvalde-Maverick-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-McKinney-Terrell-Zavala Counties Medical Society, he was also a member of the Texas Medical Association and was elected to honorary membership in 1949. Dr. York was a former member of the board of directors of the World Health Organization and served as city and county health officer.
During World War I, he organized the first Red Cross chapter in the county and became its first instructor in First Aid. He was a Mason and a former member of the board of trustees of the Del Rio Independent School District. He was a charter member of the Lions Club and a member of the Methodist church. He helped found the San Felipe Country Club, and for many years was a golf enthusiast.
Dr. York and Miss Helena Moore were married on June 9, 1893. Mrs. Moore died on April 4, 1948. Survivors include a son, Dr. D.A. York, medical director of the Universal Match Corporation in Karnack; two daughters, Mrs. Sam Harwood of Brackettville and Mrs. Horace Fawcett of Del Rio; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
== Published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding the family or the career of the deceased.
A member almost continuously since 1904 of the Medina-Uvalde-Maverick-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-McKinney-Terrell-Zavala Counties Medical Society, he was also a member of the Texas Medical Association and was elected to honorary membership in 1949. Dr. York was a former member of the board of directors of the World Health Organization and served as city and county health officer.
During World War I, he organized the first Red Cross chapter in the county and became its first instructor in First Aid. He was a Mason and a former member of the board of trustees of the Del Rio Independent School District. He was a charter member of the Lions Club and a member of the Methodist church. He helped found the San Felipe Country Club, and for many years was a golf enthusiast.
Dr. York and Miss Helena Moore were married on June 9, 1893. Mrs. Moore died on April 4, 1948. Survivors include a son, Dr. D.A. York, medical director of the Universal Match Corporation in Karnack; two daughters, Mrs. Sam Harwood of Brackettville and Mrs. Horace Fawcett of Del Rio; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
== Published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding the family or the career of the deceased.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Samuel A. Scott, M.D. (1924-1955)
Dr. Samuel A. Scott, neurosurgeon, died at a local hospital in Amarillo, Texas, on June 18, 1955 of acute myocarditis. He had been hospitalized for several days with a streptococcal infection and was discharged and dressed to leave the hospital when he was stricken.
He was born in Houston, Mississippi, on June 23, 1924, the son of Alonzo A. Scott and Mantee Scott. He attended Mississippi State College and the University of Mississippi. He received his medical education at Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in 1947. He served his residency at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and interned for two years at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. He was associated with the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Memphis and the VA Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, for one year each.
Dr. Scott moved to Amarillo on February 1, 1955 and started his first private practice. During the few months he practiced there, he had built up an unusual practice in neurosurgery and was becoming highly regarded by his colleagues for his ability. He had applied for membership in the Potter County Medical Society but had not completed the necessary six months of practice required before he qualified for membership. He had previously qualified for the American Board of Neurological Surgery with the exception of the required two years of practice.
Dr. Scott was a member of the Baptist church. He served in the Army during World War II, and was recalled during the Korean conflict, spending two years in Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Scott and Miss Virginia Keough were married on January 20, 1951 in Blackstone, Virginia. Mrs. Scott survives, as do their two small children, Sandra and Brister. Dr. Scott's father, Alonzo A. Scott of Eden, Mississippi, also survives.
== published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Scott's career.
He was born in Houston, Mississippi, on June 23, 1924, the son of Alonzo A. Scott and Mantee Scott. He attended Mississippi State College and the University of Mississippi. He received his medical education at Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in 1947. He served his residency at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and interned for two years at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. He was associated with the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Memphis and the VA Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, for one year each.
Dr. Scott moved to Amarillo on February 1, 1955 and started his first private practice. During the few months he practiced there, he had built up an unusual practice in neurosurgery and was becoming highly regarded by his colleagues for his ability. He had applied for membership in the Potter County Medical Society but had not completed the necessary six months of practice required before he qualified for membership. He had previously qualified for the American Board of Neurological Surgery with the exception of the required two years of practice.
Dr. Scott was a member of the Baptist church. He served in the Army during World War II, and was recalled during the Korean conflict, spending two years in Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Scott and Miss Virginia Keough were married on January 20, 1951 in Blackstone, Virginia. Mrs. Scott survives, as do their two small children, Sandra and Brister. Dr. Scott's father, Alonzo A. Scott of Eden, Mississippi, also survives.
== published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Scott's career.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Edgar Harland Irvin, M.D. (1875-1955)
Dr. Edgar Harland Irvin, a retired eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, died in El Paso on April 17, 1955. He was the son of Dr. Orlando Clark and Elizabeth MacMillan Irvin, and was born on January 26, 1875 in Bunker Hill, Indiana. He attended public schools in Cleveland, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. In 1899, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became a staff member of Hotel Dieu in El Paso and had practiced in that city for 53 years. He retired in 1952.
Dr. Irvin was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the El Paso County Medical Society almost continuously from 1904 until 1948. He was a past president of the El Paso County Medical Society, and a member of Phi Alpha Sigma medical fraternity. During World War I, he served as a captain in the medical corps.
Dr. Irvin and Miss Ida B. Crawford were married in Philadelphia on April 18, 1900. Survivors include Mrs. Irvin of El Paso, one daughter, Mrs. W.D. Woodul of El Paso; two sons, Harland M. Irvin of Los Angeles, California, and C.M. Irvin of El Paso; one sister, Miss Hallie P. Irvin of El Paso, eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Irvin was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the El Paso County Medical Society almost continuously from 1904 until 1948. He was a past president of the El Paso County Medical Society, and a member of Phi Alpha Sigma medical fraternity. During World War I, he served as a captain in the medical corps.
Dr. Irvin and Miss Ida B. Crawford were married in Philadelphia on April 18, 1900. Survivors include Mrs. Irvin of El Paso, one daughter, Mrs. W.D. Woodul of El Paso; two sons, Harland M. Irvin of Los Angeles, California, and C.M. Irvin of El Paso; one sister, Miss Hallie P. Irvin of El Paso, eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Robert Wayne Bagwell, M.D. (1916-1955)
Dr. Robert Wayne Bagwell of Borger, Texas died on May 23, 1955 of coronary thrombosis. He was born in Claude on June 10, 1916 to Robert L. Bagwell and Bertie Weeks Bagwell. He attended elementary and high schools in Claude, then graduated from the University of Texas in 1937. His medical education was obtained at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1941, and he served his internship at the Baltimore City Hospital. Dr. Bagwell practiced briefly at Kenvir, Kentucky and Amarillo, Texas; then became assistant resident in Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.
Immediately after his work there, he reported for duty with the medical corps of the United States Navy. In 1944, he served with the Eighth amphibious force in the European-African area. He later was assigned to naval hospitals in San Bernardino and Corona, California.
After the war, Dr. Bagwell joined the staff of the North Plains Hospital in Borger, where he remained until the time of his death. He was a member of the Top o' Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and Phi Chi medical fraternity. He was also a member of the Borger Chamber of Commerce.
On August 1, 1943, Dr. Bagwell married Miss Josephine Kelln in Austin, Texas. Mrs. Bagwell and three children (Jan, Suzanne, and Robert Wayne) survive. His mother Mrs. Bertie Bagwell of Claude survives, as do two brothers, Don Bagwell of Claude and Bill Bagwell of Farmington, Arizona. Six sisters also survive: Miss Imogene Bagwell of El Paso, Mrs. Johnnie Doshier of Vega, Mrs. Janice Berg of Washington D.C., Mrs. Maurine Leach of Lubbock, Mrs. Edith Morris of Ralls, and Mrs. Estelle Melton of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Immediately after his work there, he reported for duty with the medical corps of the United States Navy. In 1944, he served with the Eighth amphibious force in the European-African area. He later was assigned to naval hospitals in San Bernardino and Corona, California.
After the war, Dr. Bagwell joined the staff of the North Plains Hospital in Borger, where he remained until the time of his death. He was a member of the Top o' Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and Phi Chi medical fraternity. He was also a member of the Borger Chamber of Commerce.
On August 1, 1943, Dr. Bagwell married Miss Josephine Kelln in Austin, Texas. Mrs. Bagwell and three children (Jan, Suzanne, and Robert Wayne) survive. His mother Mrs. Bertie Bagwell of Claude survives, as do two brothers, Don Bagwell of Claude and Bill Bagwell of Farmington, Arizona. Six sisters also survive: Miss Imogene Bagwell of El Paso, Mrs. Johnnie Doshier of Vega, Mrs. Janice Berg of Washington D.C., Mrs. Maurine Leach of Lubbock, Mrs. Edith Morris of Ralls, and Mrs. Estelle Melton of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Thomas Stafford Love, M.D. (1895-1955)
Dr. Thomas Stafford Love, an honorary member of the Texas Medical Association, died at his home in Dallas on June 26, 1955 of a heart attack. He was born September 5, 1895 in Springfield, Missouri, to the late Thomas B. Love and Martha Goode Love. He attended public schools in Dallas and graduated from the old Bryan High School, now known as Crozier Technical High School. After attending the University of Texas and Washington and Lee University in St. Louis, he went to Tulane University in New Orleans, where he was president of his graduating class in 1920.
Dr. Love served his internship at the Biltmore General Hospital in Biltmore, North Carolina. He was a resident at the New Orleans Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New Orleans in 1923. Later that year, he began his practice in Dallas, specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
He had been a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Dallas County Medical Society since 1923, and was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association this year. Dr. Love was also a member of the Southern Medical Association, the Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolarynogology, and Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity.
He was a member of the Dallas Athletic Club, the Brook Hollow Golf Club, Beta Theta Pi social fraternity, and the Presbyterian church. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War I, and was assigned to a hospital in Washington, D.C.
Miss Ethel Jeansonne and Dr. Love were married on June 25, 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. Love survives, along with two children, Thomas Stafford Love, Jr. and Mrs. Bedford Wynn, both of Dallas.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Love served his internship at the Biltmore General Hospital in Biltmore, North Carolina. He was a resident at the New Orleans Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New Orleans in 1923. Later that year, he began his practice in Dallas, specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
He had been a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Dallas County Medical Society since 1923, and was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association this year. Dr. Love was also a member of the Southern Medical Association, the Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolarynogology, and Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity.
He was a member of the Dallas Athletic Club, the Brook Hollow Golf Club, Beta Theta Pi social fraternity, and the Presbyterian church. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War I, and was assigned to a hospital in Washington, D.C.
Miss Ethel Jeansonne and Dr. Love were married on June 25, 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. Love survives, along with two children, Thomas Stafford Love, Jr. and Mrs. Bedford Wynn, both of Dallas.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Friday, December 23, 2011
William Alexander Beaty (1855-1961)
William Alexander Beaty, known to his many relatives and friends as "Uncle Bill", died at his home in Brownsville, Texas December 5, 1961, at the age of 106. He was born July 16, 1855 near Lincoln, Arkansas, the son of Alexander and Emily Holt Beaty, pioneers in this area. On his maternal side he was the grandson of Jack and Elizabeth Pogue Holt, who came here from Tennessee in 1829.
He grew up on a farm on what was to become Beaty Mountain, north of Lincoln. As a boy of seven, he heard the gunfire in the battle of Prairie Grove. Later, he watched Confederate troops march by his parents' farm and stop to water their mounts.
In the course of his long life, Mr. Beaty saw and participated in the making of quite a bit of history. As a young man he went to the Indian Territory and also spent some years in Texas. He was a cowpuncher, a ranch foreman, and at one time kept a store in Red Rock, Oklahoma. He was in Oklahoma for the opening of the Cherokee Strip where he rode a horse named 'Frank' and won his share of land. He was so grateful to 'Frank', and thought so much of him, he brought the horse to Arkansas with him when he came several years later.
He married Mondella Stoner in Oklahoma and to this union four children were born: Travis of Lincoln, Frank of Mt. Comfort, Mildred (who died at an early age), and Mrs. Merle Whitlow of Brownsville, Texas, with whom he had made his home for several years before his death. Other survivors are ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His wife died in 1918.
He was accustomed to spending his summers in Lincoln, Arkansas at the home of his son Travis, before he became unable to travel. He was here for his 100th, 102nd, and 103rd birthdays, celebrated in conjunction with the Holt reunion, where he was the oldest member and the guest of honor. On his 100th birthday he was made an honorary member of the Washington County Historical Society and on his 101st birthday was presented with the "Washington County Pioneer" certificate.
Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church, with Rev. Joe Dickens and Rev. Walter Pennell officiating. Interment was in Lincoln cemetery next to his wife.
= = = obituary written by Ruth Holt Payne of Route 2, Lincoln, Arkansas, in 1962 and published in the Arkansas Family Historian. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He grew up on a farm on what was to become Beaty Mountain, north of Lincoln. As a boy of seven, he heard the gunfire in the battle of Prairie Grove. Later, he watched Confederate troops march by his parents' farm and stop to water their mounts.
In the course of his long life, Mr. Beaty saw and participated in the making of quite a bit of history. As a young man he went to the Indian Territory and also spent some years in Texas. He was a cowpuncher, a ranch foreman, and at one time kept a store in Red Rock, Oklahoma. He was in Oklahoma for the opening of the Cherokee Strip where he rode a horse named 'Frank' and won his share of land. He was so grateful to 'Frank', and thought so much of him, he brought the horse to Arkansas with him when he came several years later.
He married Mondella Stoner in Oklahoma and to this union four children were born: Travis of Lincoln, Frank of Mt. Comfort, Mildred (who died at an early age), and Mrs. Merle Whitlow of Brownsville, Texas, with whom he had made his home for several years before his death. Other survivors are ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His wife died in 1918.
He was accustomed to spending his summers in Lincoln, Arkansas at the home of his son Travis, before he became unable to travel. He was here for his 100th, 102nd, and 103rd birthdays, celebrated in conjunction with the Holt reunion, where he was the oldest member and the guest of honor. On his 100th birthday he was made an honorary member of the Washington County Historical Society and on his 101st birthday was presented with the "Washington County Pioneer" certificate.
Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church, with Rev. Joe Dickens and Rev. Walter Pennell officiating. Interment was in Lincoln cemetery next to his wife.
= = = obituary written by Ruth Holt Payne of Route 2, Lincoln, Arkansas, in 1962 and published in the Arkansas Family Historian. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Robert Earl Cone, M.D. (1894-1955)
Dr. Robert Earl Cone, head of the University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Urology, died at his home in Galveston, Texas, on May 24, 1955, of adenocarcinoma of the stomach. He was born in Galveston on February 27, 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.O. Cone, Sr. He was graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 1915, and returned to Galveston to complete his medical education at the University's Medical Branch, receiving his degree in 1919.
After an internship at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Dr. Cone served his residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in Cleveland. In 1920, he began his teaching career in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and was made an adjunct professor of urology in 1942. He became a consultant to the board of urology at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston in 1954, and held that position until the time of his death.
Dr. Cone held membership in many professional organizations. He was a member and past president of both the Texas Urological Society and the South Central Section of the American Urological Association. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Urology, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Galveston County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the Texas Surgical Society. His medical fraternity was Phi Rho Sigma.
Dr. Cone was a member of the Galveston Artillery Club, the Galveston Country Club and the Episcopal Church. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity, and director of the Woodley Petroleum Company in Houston. He is remembered as an outstanding athlete in his college days and played one year with the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. More recently he won a number of trophies as an amateur golfer.
Miss Malcolm Parten and Dr. Cone were married on October 4, 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Mrs. Cone and two children, Mrs. Mary Chadwick Philley of Houston and Dr. Robert Earl Cone, Jr. of Galveston, survive. Other survivors include his mother Mrs. E.O. Cone, Sr. of Galveston, a brother E.O. Cone, Jr., and a sister Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan, both of El Paso.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
After an internship at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Dr. Cone served his residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in Cleveland. In 1920, he began his teaching career in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and was made an adjunct professor of urology in 1942. He became a consultant to the board of urology at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston in 1954, and held that position until the time of his death.
Dr. Cone held membership in many professional organizations. He was a member and past president of both the Texas Urological Society and the South Central Section of the American Urological Association. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Urology, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Galveston County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the Texas Surgical Society. His medical fraternity was Phi Rho Sigma.
Dr. Cone was a member of the Galveston Artillery Club, the Galveston Country Club and the Episcopal Church. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity, and director of the Woodley Petroleum Company in Houston. He is remembered as an outstanding athlete in his college days and played one year with the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. More recently he won a number of trophies as an amateur golfer.
Miss Malcolm Parten and Dr. Cone were married on October 4, 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Mrs. Cone and two children, Mrs. Mary Chadwick Philley of Houston and Dr. Robert Earl Cone, Jr. of Galveston, survive. Other survivors include his mother Mrs. E.O. Cone, Sr. of Galveston, a brother E.O. Cone, Jr., and a sister Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan, both of El Paso.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Robert Wilkins Holton, M.D. (1878-1961)
Dr. Robert Wilkins Holton of Terrell, Texas, passed away October 22, 1961. He was born on April 4, 1878 at Headsville Village (Robertson County). He was the son of John D. Holton and Eliza Ann Breed Holton. He was the 10th in a family of 11 children. Both his parents were schoolteachers, and his father was a Civil War veteran as well as a Baptist minister.
He received his early education in public and private schools, and taught school for one year before entering the University of Louisville. He was graduated from the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky in 1906. He practiced medicine between school terms, and practiced in Kaufman County for more than fifty years, losing less than 30 days from his practice as a result of personal illness throughout his career.
Dr. Holton was a pioneer in the construction and administration of hospitals in the county. He served as a flight surgeon with the Royal Air Force training unit located at Terrell during World War II, as medical administrator of the local Selective Service System, and on the Advisory Committee to Selective Service.
Dr. Holton once estimated that he delivered more than 6,000 babies, mostly in Kaufman County. He was active in civic affairs, having been a member of the Lions Club, active master Mason, member of the Shrine, member of the school board and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was named General Practitioner of the Year in 1955.
Survivors include his sons Charley Holton and Robert W. Holton, Jr., both of Terrell, and a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Johnston also of Terrell. Four grandchildren also survive.
= = = Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He received his early education in public and private schools, and taught school for one year before entering the University of Louisville. He was graduated from the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky in 1906. He practiced medicine between school terms, and practiced in Kaufman County for more than fifty years, losing less than 30 days from his practice as a result of personal illness throughout his career.
Dr. Holton was a pioneer in the construction and administration of hospitals in the county. He served as a flight surgeon with the Royal Air Force training unit located at Terrell during World War II, as medical administrator of the local Selective Service System, and on the Advisory Committee to Selective Service.
Dr. Holton once estimated that he delivered more than 6,000 babies, mostly in Kaufman County. He was active in civic affairs, having been a member of the Lions Club, active master Mason, member of the Shrine, member of the school board and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was named General Practitioner of the Year in 1955.
Survivors include his sons Charley Holton and Robert W. Holton, Jr., both of Terrell, and a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Johnston also of Terrell. Four grandchildren also survive.
= = = Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Carie D. Gipson, M.D. (1897-1955)
Dr. Carie D. Gipson of Three Rivers, Texas, died in a local hospital on July 27, 1955, of coronary thrombosis and diabetes. He was born November 22, 1897 in Braxton, Mississippi to Dr. and Mrs. W.M. Gipson. He attended Southwest Texas Normal College at San Marcos and the University of Texas, and received his medical education at Baylor University College of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1927. He served his internship in St. Paul's Hospital in Dallas. He practiced for eleven years in Pecos before moving to Three Rivers in 1938.
Dr. Gipson was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Bee-Live Oak-McMullen Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1947. He was also a member of Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity, the Lions Club, the American Legion, the Chamber of Commerce, the Masonic Lodge and Shrine, and the Baptist church. He was a first lieutenant in the Reserve Corps of the United States Army.
Dr. Gipson and Miss Clara Norvell were married on June 15, 1929 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Survivors include Mrs. Gipson, a son C.D. Gipson Jr. of San Diego, California; a daughter Mrs. Harrell Banks of San Antonio; his mother Mrs. John Edmondson of Edwards, Mississippi; one brother, Dr. J.F. Gipson of Port Isabel; two sisters, Mrs. Bryan Boyd of Three Rivers and Mrs. J. Beasley of Crystal City. He also leaves one grandson.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Gipson was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Bee-Live Oak-McMullen Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1947. He was also a member of Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity, the Lions Club, the American Legion, the Chamber of Commerce, the Masonic Lodge and Shrine, and the Baptist church. He was a first lieutenant in the Reserve Corps of the United States Army.
Dr. Gipson and Miss Clara Norvell were married on June 15, 1929 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Survivors include Mrs. Gipson, a son C.D. Gipson Jr. of San Diego, California; a daughter Mrs. Harrell Banks of San Antonio; his mother Mrs. John Edmondson of Edwards, Mississippi; one brother, Dr. J.F. Gipson of Port Isabel; two sisters, Mrs. Bryan Boyd of Three Rivers and Mrs. J. Beasley of Crystal City. He also leaves one grandson.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Monday, December 19, 2011
French Nestor Smith, M.D. (1891-1955)
Dr. French Nestor Smith died at his home in Harlingen, Texas on July 10, 1955, of cancer. He was born April 15, 1891 in Red Creek, West Virginia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Smith. He attended the University of West Virginia and the West Virginia Wesleyan College before beginning his medical education at the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1921.
Dr. Smith practiced briefly in Dalton, Ohio before going to Canton, where he practiced for nine years. He then moved to Harlingen, where he had practiced for 25 years. He was a member of the Texas Medical Association, and the Cameron-Willacy Counties Medical Society. He was a member of the Methodist church, was a past master of the Masonic Lodge, a past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Knights Templar.
While still a medical student, Dr. Smith joined the Army and served from 1917 until 1919. On January 1, 1917 he married Miss Martha Matheney in Oakland, Maryland. He is survived by his wife, two sons; Robert Fenton Smith, D.D.S. of Corpus Christi and French N. Smith, Jr. of Harlingen; one daughter, Mrs. K.B. Slavin of Hillsboro; three sisters, Mrs. R.C. Teter, Mrs. Margaret Judy and Mrs. Jennie Johnson, all of Parsons, West Virginia; and two brothers, Daniel Smith of Parsons and P.C. Smith of Canton, Ohio.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Smith practiced briefly in Dalton, Ohio before going to Canton, where he practiced for nine years. He then moved to Harlingen, where he had practiced for 25 years. He was a member of the Texas Medical Association, and the Cameron-Willacy Counties Medical Society. He was a member of the Methodist church, was a past master of the Masonic Lodge, a past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Knights Templar.
While still a medical student, Dr. Smith joined the Army and served from 1917 until 1919. On January 1, 1917 he married Miss Martha Matheney in Oakland, Maryland. He is survived by his wife, two sons; Robert Fenton Smith, D.D.S. of Corpus Christi and French N. Smith, Jr. of Harlingen; one daughter, Mrs. K.B. Slavin of Hillsboro; three sisters, Mrs. R.C. Teter, Mrs. Margaret Judy and Mrs. Jennie Johnson, all of Parsons, West Virginia; and two brothers, Daniel Smith of Parsons and P.C. Smith of Canton, Ohio.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Nowlin Watson, M.D. (1878-1955)
Dr. Nowlin Watson of Clarksville, Texas, physician for 54 years, died in a local hospital on June 8, 1955, of hypertensive heart disease. He was born in Clarksville January 24, 1878, the son of John Watson and Myra Nowlin Watson. After attending public schools in Clarksville, he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville. When the Spanish-American War broke out, he left his class to join the Army and was assigned to a hospital unit in Jacksonville, Florida. He was later ordered to Savannah, Georgia and received his discharge there. He returned to his medical studies and was graduated in 1901.
Dr. Watson practiced in Clarksville from the time of his graduation until the time of his death. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Red River County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1947 and 1948. He was also the city health officer of Clarksville for 41 years. In this capacity, he pioneered in combating malaria, and through his efforts, Clarksville became known as the "mosquito-free city". In recognition of his work, the citizens of his town honored him with a banquet, and the Texas Public Health Association presented him a Certificate of Merit and an honorary membership in the organization.
He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Shrine, having been in the Masonic Order for 53 years. He was a past president and charter member of the Clarksville chapter of Rotary International, and had a 30 year record of perfect attendance. He served on the Exemption Board during World War I, and received the Selective Service System Medal for his service during World War II.
In 1914, Dr. Watson married Mrs. Emma Kneisley Hocker, who died in 1945. An adopted son, Sam K. Hocker, survives, as does a sister, Mrs. F.B. Mason, both of Clarksville.
--- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Watson practiced in Clarksville from the time of his graduation until the time of his death. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Red River County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1947 and 1948. He was also the city health officer of Clarksville for 41 years. In this capacity, he pioneered in combating malaria, and through his efforts, Clarksville became known as the "mosquito-free city". In recognition of his work, the citizens of his town honored him with a banquet, and the Texas Public Health Association presented him a Certificate of Merit and an honorary membership in the organization.
He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Shrine, having been in the Masonic Order for 53 years. He was a past president and charter member of the Clarksville chapter of Rotary International, and had a 30 year record of perfect attendance. He served on the Exemption Board during World War I, and received the Selective Service System Medal for his service during World War II.
In 1914, Dr. Watson married Mrs. Emma Kneisley Hocker, who died in 1945. An adopted son, Sam K. Hocker, survives, as does a sister, Mrs. F.B. Mason, both of Clarksville.
--- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
George Thomas Blackwell, M.D. (1882-1955)
Dr. George Thomas Blackwell of Gorman, Texas died at his home on June 13, 1955, of coronary thrombosis. He was born in Eastland County on January 19, 1882 and received his medical education at the College of Medicine and Surgery in Chicago. After practicing four years in Romney, he moved in 1919 to Gorman where he practiced until the time of his death.
With his brother, Dr. Blackwell founded the Blackwell Hospital in Gorman. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Eastland-Callahan-Stephens-Shackelford-Throckmorton Counties Medical Society.
He was a member of the Baptist faith, served as mayor of Gorman for 18 years, and was for many years a member of the school board. He was also a member of the Domino Club.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Frankie Brogdon of Ramney; a daughter Mrs. D.V. Rodgers of Gorman; two brothers, Almus Blackwell D.D.S. of Stamford and Albert Blackwell of Lubbock; and four grandchildren.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
With his brother, Dr. Blackwell founded the Blackwell Hospital in Gorman. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Eastland-Callahan-Stephens-Shackelford-Throckmorton Counties Medical Society.
He was a member of the Baptist faith, served as mayor of Gorman for 18 years, and was for many years a member of the school board. He was also a member of the Domino Club.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Frankie Brogdon of Ramney; a daughter Mrs. D.V. Rodgers of Gorman; two brothers, Almus Blackwell D.D.S. of Stamford and Albert Blackwell of Lubbock; and four grandchildren.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Monday, December 12, 2011
David Houston Hudgins, M.D. (1868-1955)
Dr. David Houston Hudgins of Forney, Texas, physician for 54 years, died at his home on June 25, 1955 of a cerebral vascular accident. He was born to Anderson Pierce Hudgins and Eliza Skelton Hudgins in Scottsboro, Alabama, on March 2, 1868. He came to Texas with his parents in 1880 to settle in Grapevine. He finished his preliminary education there, and graduated from the old Memphis (Tennessee) Medical College in 1894. He interned at a state hospital in Little Rock Arkansas. Following his internship, Dr. Hudgins practiced six years in Crandall, Texas and moved in 1901 to Forney, where he practiced until his retirement in 1949.
Having been a member of the Texas Medical Association since 1904 through the Kaufman County Medical Society, he was elected to honorary membership in 1951. He had served for 17 years as secretary of his county society, was its delegate for 20 years, and was president three times. He was vice-president of the Texas Medical Association in 1928, a past president of the North Texas Medical Society, a member of the American Medical Association, and a charter member of the Fifty Year Club. He kept up with advances in medicine by taking postgraduate courses every five years until he was 60 years old, and had studied in New Orleans, Philadelphia and New York City.
Dr. Hudgins was a member of the Christian Church, the Lions Club and was for many years a member of the Forney Independent School's board of directors. He was a member of the medical advisory board in the selective service system during World War II, and received a medal for his services.
On November 15, 1896, Dr. Hudgins married Miss Nannie Elizabeth Anthony in Crandall. They had two children, and Mrs. Hudgins died in 1909. Miss Mary Alice Pinson became Dr. Hudgins' second wife on April 2, 1913, in Forney. She survives, as do a daughter Miss Inez A. Hudgins of Ridgewood, New Jersey, a son Jack W. Hudgins of Dallas; one brother Dr. Benjamin E. Hudgins of Dallas, two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Having been a member of the Texas Medical Association since 1904 through the Kaufman County Medical Society, he was elected to honorary membership in 1951. He had served for 17 years as secretary of his county society, was its delegate for 20 years, and was president three times. He was vice-president of the Texas Medical Association in 1928, a past president of the North Texas Medical Society, a member of the American Medical Association, and a charter member of the Fifty Year Club. He kept up with advances in medicine by taking postgraduate courses every five years until he was 60 years old, and had studied in New Orleans, Philadelphia and New York City.
Dr. Hudgins was a member of the Christian Church, the Lions Club and was for many years a member of the Forney Independent School's board of directors. He was a member of the medical advisory board in the selective service system during World War II, and received a medal for his services.
On November 15, 1896, Dr. Hudgins married Miss Nannie Elizabeth Anthony in Crandall. They had two children, and Mrs. Hudgins died in 1909. Miss Mary Alice Pinson became Dr. Hudgins' second wife on April 2, 1913, in Forney. She survives, as do a daughter Miss Inez A. Hudgins of Ridgewood, New Jersey, a son Jack W. Hudgins of Dallas; one brother Dr. Benjamin E. Hudgins of Dallas, two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
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