Tennessean is Nation’s Oldest Working Nurse
Helen Deneka, age 87 (in 2012) is thought to be the oldest working nurse in the United States. Read more at this link.
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Truett Haze Pierce, MD
TRUETT HAZE7 PIERCE (DAVID CLIFTON6, ISAAC GORDON5, HENRY N.4, GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born July 22, 1927 in Johnson County, TN. He married WANDA MAE RAINES June 20, 1953, daughter of CHARLES RAINES. She was born September 02, 1929. … Continue reading →
John Wiley Cooper Struck in Head with Mattock
PROMINENT JACKSBORO FARMER SLAIN WITH MATTOCK Knoxville, Oct. 16 John Wiley Cooper, prominent farmer of Jacksboro, Campbell county, is dead; and Will Clark, farmer, is in the Knox County jail on a murder charge as the result of an altercation … Continue reading →
Tennessee Women in World War I
The article linked below relates specifically to women from Davidson County, but the information about home life, nursing service, and Red Cross activities is relevant for nurses from any region in the state. Click here to read the article, “Davidson … Continue reading →
Knoxville Hospitals in 1910
Lincoln Memorial Hospital 902 Cleveland Place Miss Eva Westover, superintendent Lincoln Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses Dr. [Samuel D.] Acuff, medical director Knoxville General Hospital Dameron Avenue, corner of Cleveland Place J. M. Brooks, president; H. M. Aiken, vice-president; … Continue reading →
The Jenkins Sisters: “Angels of Bataan & Corregidor”
Three daughters of John Solomon and Martha Caledonia (née Smallwood) Jenkins, of Cocke County, Tennessee, graduated from KGH School of Nursing: Janie Univieve, Class of 1925; Ressa, Class of 1927; and Geneva Elizabeth, Class of 1930. Ressa and Geneva became … Continue reading →
Front Page of the News-Sentinel!
So grateful our search resulted in a front page article in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Please click here to read and view photos from the archives.
Continue reading →The Sad Tale of Mildred Turner
Source: Knoxville Journal — Dec 29, 1931 — Page 2 Girl Killed in Wreck Saturday, Buried Monday, Isn’t Legally Dead Although pretty Mildred Turner, 20, of No. 403 Warren avenue, was killed instantly Saturday in an automobile wreck near Bull … Continue reading →
WBIR TV Features KGH Nurses
KGH alumni were a featured story on WBIR-TV (Channel 10)’s Live at Five at Four show on September 18, 2012. The story, and accompanying video, are at the link below. Live at Five at Four
Continue reading →Introduction to the Archives Project
Billie McNamara created a Powerpoint presentation for National Archives Week (October, 2012). The presentation is available for viewing in a frame below.
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