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Baley Fred Allred, M. D. (1927-2018)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on March 8, 2022 by BillieMarch 8, 2022

February 8, 1927 ~ February 2, 2018 Dr. B. F. Allred, age 90, of Jamestown, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2018, at his Home. Funeral Service will be Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at the Faith Baptist … Continue reading →

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Dr. Orlander L. Merritt (1930-1921)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on June 2, 2021 by BillieJune 2, 2021

Dr. Orlander L. Merritt, age 91, of Morristown, TN, passed away on Monday, May 31, 2021.   Dr. Merritt was born and reared in Washburn (Puncheon Camp Community), TN, graduating from Washburn High School and then from Lincoln Memorial University … Continue reading →

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Memories of Former Assistant to Martha Hefley, MD

KGH School of Nursing Posted on March 24, 2020 by BillieMarch 24, 2020

In My Lifetime:  Bearden Matriarch Recalls Researching Family History and Creating Her Own Margaret Vance Webb graduated from Knoxville High School in 1941. Webb went to some college at University of Tennessee to become a doctor, but she dropped out … Continue reading →

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Humorous Tale from Annals of KGH

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 19, 2016 by BillieJanuary 19, 2016

A snippet from the newspaper column, “Strolling,” by Bert Vincent, local-color writer: Which reminds me of an operation at General Hospital that Dr. C. W. Rain tells about.  The patient, from Newport, was named Hale.  An interne named Sleet gave … Continue reading →

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Glenn Ferrell Watts, Sr., MD

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 4, 2015 by BillieJuly 4, 2015

Born January 28, 1928, in Granville, TN – died August 19, 2003, at his Knoxville home, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Dr. Watts graduated from Baxter Seminary in 1946 and joined the US Army where he served in Japan as part … Continue reading →

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Last KGH Emergency Patient Was First UT ER Patient

KGH School of Nursing Posted on June 2, 2015 by BillieJune 2, 2015

These photos, probably from the Knoxville Journal, were published in August, 1956.  They show James Daughtery on his arrival at the then-closed KGH Emergency Room and afterward at the new UT Hospital Emergency Room.Dr. James Lett provided this clipping.

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Dennis M. Coughlin, MD

KGH School of Nursing Posted on April 27, 2015 by BillieApril 27, 2015

Dr. Dennis Coughlin, Jr., passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2009, at his Knoxville home with his family at his bedside. Born June 1, 1927, he was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Coughlin, Sr. A native … Continue reading →

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Robert Bruce Whittle, M. D.

KGH School of Nursing Posted on September 20, 2014 by BillieSeptember 20, 2014

WHITTLE, ROBERT BRUCE, M.D. – age 83, passed away at home surrounded by love after a brief illness. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 15, 1931. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert P. Whittle and … Continue reading →

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Memories of William Howell, M. D.

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 3, 2014 by BillieJuly 3, 2014

Monument Honors “Beloved” Dr. Boyd by Charles V. Patton – Knoxville Journal, January 29, 1956, Page 3-D There stands at the corner of Gay Street and West Main Avenue entrance to Knoxville County Court House, a marble monument imposing in … Continue reading →

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Howard-Henderson Hospital Bought by Three Surgeons

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 3, 2014 by BillieJuly 3, 2014

Howard-Henderson Hospital Bought by Three Surgeons Knoxville Journal, November 28, 1945, Page 1 Three young Knoxville surgeons — all of whom served with the U. S. Army Medical Corps — yesterday signed a contract for the purchase of Howard-Henderson Hospital … Continue reading →

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