Personal note from Billie McNamara: Lynn was instrumental in gathering and preserving historical information for the KGH museum exhibit and archives. She was a joy to be around. Lynn’s obituary incorrectly reports she was a graduate of St. Mary’s. Lynn … Continue reading →
Photo from the University of Tennessee Libraries Digital Collections, Identifier 0012_000067_000231 Riverside Hospital, located on Riverside Drive, was established around 1918. It continued to operate until 1927 when it became Riverside-Fort Sanders Hospital and moved to 1909 Clinch Avenue. Dr … Continue reading →
It was my honor to meet and interview Mizz Virginia. Sadly, I still have questions to ask her. — Billie McNamara Virginia has a biography page at the North Carolina Nursing History Web site. Click here. Fortunately, the project recorded … Continue reading →
Bonzella was a precious person, friend, and nurse. She is sorely missed by all whose lives she touched, especially the students who learned the art and practice of nursing from a KGH-trained professional. TCAT Recipient of $80,000 Scholarship Fund Donation … Continue reading →
Hilda “Terry” Pickney Pitts, 84, of Fredericksburg, VA, formerly of Martinsville, VA, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Mary Washington Hospital. She was born on February 1, 1933, in Winchester, Tennessee, to the late Clara Sheppard Pickney and … Continue reading →
Wartime, VA nurse Trudy Fann reflects on full life By Jeff Keeling, May 21, 2015 From attending a two-room schoolhouse on the Cherokee Indian Reservation to World War II nursing duty on the Pacific Coast and a post-war career … Continue reading →
Evelyn Gamblin Bryan died May 15, 2021, at the age of 94. She was a World War II Cadet Corps Nurse and 1945 graduate of Appalachian Hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee. After “returing” from nursing, Evelyn spent 30 years as … Continue reading →
This photo, from the McClung Digital Collection, does not contain the names of those pictured. A Marcum family member, Don Moshos, identified three of the women from his aunt’s copy called “three sisters”– first on left is Geneva Marcum (1908-1930, … Continue reading →
KGH nurses would say “Of course she did” in response to this article about Almyra Reams. “She trained at the General, after all.” Almyra grew up in Franklin, Tennessee, and entered training relatively late — about age 28. Soon after … Continue reading →
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 →
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