Twenty-three women were listed as graduates in 1932. Only 22 are in this photo. Graduates were Hazel Arrita Boley – Mona Lee Booker – Lillie Alma Butcher – Naomi Dorothea Campbell – Clara Audrey Carmack – Aulene Alice Cowan – … Continue reading →
Shelby, NC — Heaven reclaimed Virginia Sparks Byers, 95, from the Shelby Wendover Hospice House on April 4, 2021. She was born on April 29, 1925 in Union, South Carolina to the late Joseph Sparks and Pearl Anthony Sparks. Virginia … Continue reading →
DAR honors Homesteader, nurse ‘Miss Amy’ by Diane Alenitsch Chronicle contributor – Dec 11, 2020 Family, friends and The Crab-Orchard Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently joined together to honor Amelia Young Cox Harshman, 1890-1988, affectionately known as “Miss … Continue reading →
This enumeration was made 26 April 1910 at the hospital location on Cleveland Place in the 11th Ward of the City of Knoxville. Based on Census rules, individuals enumerated were permanent residents of the institution. Some nurses were listed as … Continue reading →
The pages displayed below were scanned from the LMU Hospital Medical School’s yearbook, Neoplasm, published in 1913. The nursing school section was entitled the “Accessory.” Miss Orlena Ewing Painter, possibly an earlier graduate of LMU nursing school, was Directress of … Continue reading →
Miss Ophelia Hornsby on State Nurse Board Knoxville Woman is East Tennessee Member of New Commission ———————————— Board’s Duties Defined ———————————— To Issue Certificates to Nurses, After Proper Examinations ———————————— (Sentinel-News Special.) Nashville, May 5. — Gov. Hooper, acting under … Continue reading →
Pauline Greer Shoemaker, “Polly”, passed away on early Thanksgiving morning, November 28, 2019, in Florida. She is survived by her four children, Karen Greer Simmons (husband Peter) W. R. Shoemaker (Randy), Therese Shoemaker Brown (husband Kent) and Jeffrey M. Shoemaker … Continue reading →
The Museum at Mountain Home is raising funds for projects that include preservation of the KGH and other nursing exhibits located in the collection. This image is a small version of the story from the Johnson City Press on November … Continue reading →
Jean passed into eternal life, at home, on April 30, 2020. She was assisted at the end by Avalon Hospice Jean’s Family called her “Alma Jean” but she detested Alma, so always used “Jean Campbell” before marriage. She attended Athens … Continue reading →
University of Tennessee Isotopic Research Hospital opened in August, 1956, and became the successor to Knoxville General Hospital in addition to adding numerous new medical options to the region. The last graduating class from KGH finished its clinical hours at … Continue reading →
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