Montez Wayne was born 2 November 1884 in Lebanon, Marion County, KY. She died 9 January 1969 in Marion County. Ms. Wayne was unmarried. Ms. Wayne served as Director of the KGH School of Nursing for two periods: briefly, in … Continue reading →
Caption from clipping: Careful, Doctor! — Dr. Nat T. Winston Jr., state commissioner of mental health, takes great pains (from his expression) penning an orchid on Miss Jane Keller at the dedication of a new building named in her honor … Continue reading →
Nurse Jane Keller Funeral Rites Today Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today [October 22, 1973] in Berry’s Chapel for Miss Jane Keller, widely beloved Knoxville nurse who died Saturday in Baptist Hospital of a chronic heart ailment. … 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 →
Miss Keller Retires from Hospital Career Knoxville Journal, January 28, 1967, Page 3 “Quietly and without fanfare,” that’s how Miss Jane Keller did her work through many years at Knoxville General Hospital and, since 1952, at Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital. … Continue reading →
Jane Keller’s Nearing End of Fourth ‘Nursing Life’ by Dwayne Summar – Knoxville News-Sentinel, May 19, 1963, Page B-16 Back in 1921, a young Sevier County girl climbed the steps of old General Hospital on Cleveland Place, defying a Victorian … Continue reading →
Amelia Margaret “Amy” Young Cox Harshman (pictured here at age 91) was born October 5, 1890, near Crab Orchard, Tennessee. Amy’s mother, Helen Godding Young, was a trained nurse from Massachusetts. Amy wrote of her life and her career as … Continue reading →
Elsewhere on this site, you can read a short biography of Amelia “Amy” Young Cox Harshman, who was a pioneer nurse in Knoxville. Amy’s sister, Jessie, was also a registered nurse. The following excerpts from Jessie’s obituary give details of … Continue reading →
Mary Jane “Jeane” Stewart Boehm, 88, of Amarillo died Saturday, April 20, 2013. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel with the Rev. Corky Holland, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are … Continue reading →
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