Margaret Webb in 1941 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, … Continue reading
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
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
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. … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
John Harvey Bowen was born in Florence, Mississippi, April 25, 1924, and spent his early life in Lamar County, Mississippi. Moving to Collegedale, Tennessee, in 1939, he attended Southern Adventist University. Drafted into the Army Air Force in 1943, he … Continue reading
KENNEDY, DR. JOHN O. – age 88 of Knoxville, Tenn., a retired physician and direct descendant of Kennedy, Pierce, Blake and Perry families who were early settlers of Knox County, passed away Saturday, January 29th, 2000 at Fort Sanders Regional … Continue reading
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