UVA Medical Alumni Association & Medical School Foundation

Samuel N. Whitacre
Died: December 21, 2012

Samuel N. Whitacre, 88, of Frederick County, died Friday, December 21st at Westminster Canterbury.

Dr. Whitacre was born in Whitacre, Virginia, the son of Lee Nimrod and Lula B. Whitacre. He married Jo Ann Van Valkenburgh on June 6, 1953 in Charlottesville.

Whitacre graduated from Gainesboro High School in 1943. He served as a Senate Page in the Virginia State Legislature, including a year as Page for the Speaker of the House. He was awarded Outstanding Greenhand in 1939, was a member of the 1942 Virginia Crop Judging team at the 4H World Conference in Chicago and was an FFA Virginia State Farmer in 1943.

He served in the US Army from 1943-1945, and was on the SS Sacajawea headed for Guam and then Japan when the war ended and the ship returned to port, a story he loved to tell.

He attended the University of Virginia for both college and Medical School, graduating in 1953. He interned at Cincinnati General Hospital, followed by a Family Practice Residency at the Medical College of Virginia.

Dr. Whitacre joined the medical practice of Dr. Willis Lacy in 1956. In 1964, he moved to Amherst Street where Dr. Gary Wake joined him. In 1970, they started Amherst Family Practice which continues today to serve the community as his legacy.

Dr. Whitacre was a member of the Winchester Memorial Hospital Medical Staff from 1956-1991, serving a term as president. He served on the board and as a president of the Northwest Systems Agency. He became a diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice in 1974 and was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of the University of Virginia in 1976, training nurse practitioners.

Whitacre was an active member and Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church. He served on the Board of the Commercial and Savings Bank and the Lord Fairfax Community College Board, also serving as President. He was Co-Chairman on the Committee for Merger Information in the 1960′s. He was a member of the Board of the Henry and William Evans Home for Children, the Clearbrook Fire Company, including 10 years as Chairman, and a member of Stonewall Ruritan Club.

He was a founding member and a president of Lake St. Clair, and served as a Chairman of The Winchester Star Leadership Award committee.

Whitacre was at heart a country boy who enjoyed everything about farming. He was happiest on his tractor, in his workshop, and in the fields tending to his cattle. His Clearbrook farm gave him much enjoyment, especially after retiring from medical practice in 1991.

His family was at the center of his life and he took great pleasure and pride in his five children and twelve grandchildren. He loved traveling with his family within the states and to foreign countries. Sam and his wife JoAnn took many trips with children and grandchildren to celebrate special occasions.

In addition to his wife JoAnn, he is survived by his son Peyton Whitacre of Winchester Virginia, daughters Susan and husband, Dr. Brian Weiss of Raleigh, NC, Kay and husband William Pommerening of Arlington, VA, and Laura and husband Jeffery France of Westlake Village, CA, and son Lee Whitacre and wife, Leigh Anne of Clearbrook, Virginia. He will live on in the memory of his grandchildren, Laura, Erin, and Jack Weiss, Will, Virginia, and Darcy Pommerening, Sam, Chloe and Peter France, Logan, Kaye and Christian Whitacre.

Dr. Whitacre was the last member of his immediate family. Sisters Kathryn and Hilda, brothers George and Frank are deceased.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, December 27th at 11am at First Presbyterian Church on Loudoun Street. Burial at Mt. Hebron will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Youth Development Center, The Building Fund of The First Presbyterian Church, and The Evans Home for Children.

Please view obituaries and tribute wall at http://www.ompsfuneralhome.com.

GEORGE GARTLEY LIPSEY, MD, born in Memphis, TN, October 11, 1934, one of thirteen children to John Wright Lipsey and Lillian Turner Lipsey, died September 5, 2012 from complications related to Parkinson’s disease.

Dr. Lipsey devoted his life to God, family, medicine and country and was a champion of generosity to those in need. He was a life long Christian continuing to gain strength in his Lord during his debilitating disease. He accepted the challenges of Parkinson’s with the same grace and determination by which he lived his life. Friends often spoke of Dr. Lipsey as “a man of character and integrity”. Borrowing a phrase, George was an “everyday man who did extraordinary things”.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father, two sisters, and three brothers – Juanita Enochs, Sara Irwin, Howard Lipsey, Malcolm Lipsey and John William Lipsey.

He is survived by his loving wife and childhood sweetheart, Barbara Irvine Lipsey, whom he married September 18, 1954; three sons and one daughter – Steven (Abigail) of Knoxville, TN, Thomas (Joni) of Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard (Sandy) of Atlanta, GA, and Nicole Lipsey Gustafson (Brooke) of Arlington, VA; eleven grandchildren – David (Nicole), Rebecca, Cynthia, Jonathan, Caleb, James, Brad, Paige (Matt), Andrew, Micah, Ella, and three great-grandchildren, Leighton, Reid and William. He is also survived by six sisters and one brother – Mercedes King, Barbara Hallmark, Mary Reasor, Margaret Pressley, Patsy Baker, Carol Wells and David Lipsey.

He was proud to be known as a “SCRAPPER” graduating from the original South Side High School in 1952. He graduated from Memphis State College, with a BS Degree in 1962, graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1966 and completed his internship at Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL in 1968. He interrupted his Medical Training to proudly serve his country as a Captain in the United State Medical Corps during the Vietnam Conflict in 1968 and 1969. He completed his Medical Residency in Anesthesia at The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA in 1971.

Dr. Lipsey and the family returned to Memphis in 1971, where he was invited to join Affiliated Anesthesiologists, PC. Dr. Lipsey was a member of the American Medical Association and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Lipsey performed the first Anesthesia Surgical procedure at Baptist East Hospital, the first Anesthesia Surgical Procedure at East Memphis Surgical Center and served as Director of Medicine at East Memphis Surgical Center. He faithfully practiced Anesthesia for thirty-one years in the Memphis Baptist Hospital System until his retirement in 2002.

Dr. Lipsey was a consummate “Grill Chef”. He and his wife enjoyed sharing their home and George’s “famous” beef tenderloin with family, friends and colleagues. His love of travel and golf brought him pleasure throughout his lifetime until he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2004 but continued to travel and play the game as his health permitted.

The family wishes to acknowledge the loving care and friendship by the staff in Job’s Way, Kirby Pines. The family also wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the caring staff at Crossroads Hospice.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, September 7 at Memorial Park Funeral Home, Poplar Avenue. A Celebration of Life will be held at Christ United Methodist Church, Wilson Chapel on Saturday, September 8 at 11 a.m., with Dr. Lipsey’s son, Rev. Dr. Thomas Brian Lipsey officiating. Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family requests that you consider making memorial gifts to the Church Health Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Christ United Methodist Church, 4488 Poplar Avenue. Memorial Park Funeral Home, “Behind the stone wall”, 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at http://www.MemorialParkOnline.com

Stephen L. Thompson, MD

Campbell County has lost one of its finest citizens. Dr. Stephen L. “Doc” Thompson, age 73, passed from this world surrounded by his family on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at the only home he ever knew in Rustburg.

Dr. Thompson was born on April 21, 1939 to the late Samuel J. Thompson and Laura Watkins Thompson. His sister, Elizabeth T. Hoback, his brothers, Samuel J. Thompson, Jr. and Robert A. Thompson and his niece, M. Christie Crutchfield preceded him in death. Dr. Thompson grew up in Rustburg and had many fond memories of the times spent with his childhood friend, W. H. “Buzzy” Overbey, Jr. He graduated from Rustburg High School and could have followed in his father’s footsteps, who was a lawyer and the Commonwealth Attorney for Campbell County, or his mother’s footsteps, who was a long time educator. Instead he decided to pursue a career in medicine just like his grandfather, Dr. Otis Lee Watkins, who was a general practitioner and per Dr. Thompson, a true “country” doctor. He received his Pre-Med degree from Washington & Lee in 1961 and Medical Degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1965. From 1965 to 1966 he interned at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

When he completed his internship Dr. Thompson enlisted in the United States Army and departed for Vietnam September 3, 1966, where he was a member of the First Battalion of the 28th infantry, of the First Infantry Division. He ascended to the rank of Captain and received two bronze stars for valor due to his evacuation of the wounded under fire and for his efforts when his battalion sustained many casualties in capturing a base camp. He saved the lives of two Vietnamese children and was also awarded a soldier’s medal, after he talked a distraught soldier out of detonating a live grenade. He received an honorable discharge while stationed at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Georgia on July 26, 1968. Upon completion of service to his Country, Dr. Thompson and his family returned to Rustburg where he recognized his lifelong ambition of opening Village Family Practice to serve the medical needs of the community. For many years he was the only doctor in town and would often see as many as sixty patients per day. His work ethic was tireless and outside of his office he was available for numerous house calls and consultations throughout his life. Dr. Thompson served as the county medical examiner for more than 30 years, was the attending physician for the Rustburg Correctional Unit # 9 and gave generously of his time and talents to the less fortunate through his many hours of service to the free clinic at the Campbell County Health Department. In the late 1990′s he merged his practice into Central Virginia Family Physicians to help ensure that his beloved community would have continued access to health care services after his retirement. Continuing in the family tradition, his daughter, Tracey Thompson Rosser, became a nurse and for many years worked by his side. Dr. Thompson retired in 2011, after which the medical facility was deservingly named after him.

For over the past twenty years the love of Dr. Thompson’s life has been his wife, Sandra A. Thompson, who cared tirelessly for him as he battled health issues during the latter part of his life. The two were inseparable and shared many good times with friends traveling, dancing and almost always laughing. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his uncle, Otis Lee Watkins, Jr.; his daughter, Tracey; his son, Stephen L. Thompson, Jr.; his stepson, Aubrey H. Hall, III and his wife, Shannon; and his stepdaughter, Allison P. Appelman, and her husband, Sandy; his niece, Martha T. Campbell; his niece Suzanne T. Saunders; his nephew, Samuel J. Thompson, III and his nephew, David N. Hoback. Also surviving are his grandchildren, Travis H. Rosser, Stevie E. Rosser, Aubrey H. Hall, IV and Samuel T. Hall, who all adored him.

A memorial service in Dr. Thompson’s honor will be held at 7:00 pm today, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Rustburg United Methodist Church with the Rev. Sung Woon Yoo and the Rev. Dr. Larry E. Davies officiating. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post #16. A reception will follow in the church’s multi-purpose center. In lieu of flowers the family requests that consideration be given to making a contribution to the Campbell County Relay For Life ‘s effort to find a cure for cancer, c/o American Cancer Society , 2050 Langhorne Road, Lynchburg, VA 24501.

Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory, Lynchburg (434-237-9424) is assisting the family. Condolences may be sent by visiting: http://www.tharpfuneralhome.com.

Tweedy, Franklin Vaughn MD 85, of Sun City passed away on August 19, 2012 in Hospice Care.

Doctor Tweedy a native of Lynchburg, Virginia was the epitome of a true southern gentleman and an exceptional and entertaining story teller.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 1st at the Church of The Palms UCC, 14808 N. Boswell Boulevard, Sun City, AZ.

He was born December 10, 1926 to E.C. and Tola Cardwell Tweedy in Rustburg, Virginia. After graduating from E.C. Glass High School in 1944 he worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a Railway Mail Clerk until he joined the U.S. Merchant Marines serving out of the Philippines during WW II. After the war ended he enrolled in the Virginia Military Institute as a member of the class of 50B and continued his medical education at the University of Virginia School of Medicine graduating in 1954. He then joined the Rotating Intern Staff of William Beaumont Army Hospital in El Paso, Texas. During the Korean conflict he was transferred to the 24th Army Field Hospital in Toul, France. Upon finishing his Army service in September 1957 he was discharged as a Captain and then enrolled in the Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, Michigan, after which he served an Ophthalmology Residency at the Cincinnati General Hospital. Upon completion of his residency he opened a private office in Lynchburg, Virginia for the practice of Ophthalmology from November 1960 until November 1979 when he moved to Sun City, Arizona, and became a member of the staff of the Dulaney Eye Clinic, now the Barnet, Dulaney, Perkins Eye Center where he practiced for eleven years until retiring in July 1990.

Dr. Tweedy was a lifelong traveler having visited every continent except Antarctica and fifty five different countries within those continents. He drove all over Yugoslavia before the downfall of Tito and afterwards the countries developed from that breakup. He did the same in South Africa before the elimination of apartheid. He went to Russia in the days of Stalin and then again in 2007. He made three separate month long trips to New Zealand visiting both the North and South Islands. When not traveling the world he enjoyed the campsites in Arizona. He was a charter member of Union Hills Country Club in Sun City and upon retiring he enjoyed playing golf heading up a group jokingly referred to as “the walking wounded”. He was a member of the Rotary Club both in Virginia and in Sun City. He honored his military service by joining the American Legion and his Scottish heritage with long membership in the Scots Club of the West Valley. He was married to Gray Johnson, a graduate nurse of the Virginia Baptist Hospital from March 1953 until she was deceased on June 5th, 1987. He married Bonnie Thompson Francis in January 1988 and was happily married for the rest of his long life.

Survivors include his wife Bonnie, her sister Darlene and husband Richard Fontaine of Spokane, Washington, and their daughters Robin Dodds of Cheney, Washington and Susan Fontaine of Wilmington, Delaware and their husbands, Bonnie Fuller the daughter of Bonnie’s deceased sister Lois and her daughter Arden Peters both of Durango, Colorado, sisters-in-law Gerry Thompson of Phoenix and Bertha Thompson of Oracle, Arizona, and their children. He is also survived by the sisters and brother of his first wife Gray, Gladys and Eugene Johnson of Orange, Virginia, and Sue Packer of Florida and her children. Dr. Tweedy is also survived by a niece Rena Chauffe of Louisiana, and her three children.

In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to Hospice of the Valley or to The Church of the Palms, Sun City, Arizona.

In Memory of
Dr. Thomas E. Wilson, III
March 25, 1932 – August 26, 2012
Obituary

Thomas Epps Wilson, III, MD, 80 passed away Sunday at home, surrounded by his loving wife and children. Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday August 29, 2012 in the Chapel of First Baptist Church of Jackson. Visitation will be Tuesday August 28, 2012 from 5:00pm till 7:00pm at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home High Street and Wednesday from 10:00am till 11:00am at the church. Private graveside services will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.

Dr. Wilson, a native of Jackson, graduated from Millsaps College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. After training in internal medicine at the University of Mississippi, he completed a fellowship in rheumatology at Mayo Clinic before returning to Jackson, where he practiced for over 30 years. In addition to his private practice, he volunteered his services at the Crestwood Clinic for Christ. A true American patriot, he also served alongside the Marines as an officer of the US Naval Medical Corps Reserves in the 1960′s.

Dr. Wilson was a lifetime deacon at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, where he volunteered with the Benevolents. He was a board member of the Common Bond and Buried Treasures. During his retirement, he devoted much of his time to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), elected as their outstanding volunteer twice.

Tommy loved the outdoors, especially boating and sailing with his family and friends. He was an avid fan of Ole Miss football and Atlanta Braves baseball. He deeply loved the Lord and his family. He is survived by his devoted wife of 57 years, Esther Coker Wilson, and his daughter Clara Gwen Waller and husband Rush of Memphis TN, and sons Thomas Coker Wilson and James Ward Wilson of Jackson; grandchildren Ben Waller, Wilson Waller, Katilyn Wilson, Clara Ward Wilson, and Coker Wilson; sister, Gwen Lynch and husband Bill of Jackson. He was preceded by his parents Dr. Thomas and Gwen Wilson and his infant son Thomas E. Wilson, IV.

The family requests that Memorials be sent to NAMI or the Buried Treasures Ministry

MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK
June 12, 2012
Fulton Williams Fite, M.D. (Col. USAF, Ret.)
1928 – 2012

Fulton Williams Fite was born May 16, 1928 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to E. Halsell Fite, MD and Elizabeth Williams Fite. He attended schools in Muskogee until 1944 when he went to Faribault, Minnesota to attend Shattuck Military School. He graduated from there in 1946 and then attended the University of Oklahoma where he pledged Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Fulton then transferred to the University of Virginia where he received both a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Biology, and was an associate member of Sigma XI (research fraternity). He then did graduate work in parasitology at the University of Georgia where he completed all but his thesis on a PHD. Fulton returned to UVA to attend medical school where he was a member of the Raven Society (Scientific Excellence), and the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, from which he was presented the Eben J. Carey Memorial Award in Anatomy. He graduated from there with a Medical Degree in 1958. Dr. Fite did a rotating internship at Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He did a residency in General Surgery at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and then an Otolaryngology residency at Brooke Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

While in the Military he was Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology at the USAF Hospital, Clark AFB in the Philippines and then Chief of Otolaryngology at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. Dr. Fite then became Asst. Chief of Otolaryngology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Texas and Training Officer of USAF Residency Training Program in Otolaryngology. In 1970 he became Chief of the Otolaryngology and Director of the Residency Training Program for the USAF. He was appointed as a Consultant to the Surgeon General in 1971 and was a Clinical Assistant Professor in Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. While in the service he received the Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service and on retirement was awarded the United States Meritorious Service Medal. Dr. Fite was a Fellow in the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and the American College of Surgeons. He was a member of the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Military Otolaryngologists where he served as President, Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, where he served as Secretary-Treasurer, Life Member of the Military Officers Association and member of The Deafness Research Foundation (Centurion Club), Life Member of the American Medical Association, the Oklahoma Medical Association, and the East Central Medical Association, Alumni Association at O.U., Alumni Association UVA. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and of the First Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Fite retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1977 and entered private practice in Muskogee. He retired from his private practice in 1992. Fulton married Francis Ann Woodard in 1952. This marriage ended in 1976. He married Shirley I. (Venus) Storts on March 5, 1977. They enjoyed traveling to all but two states in the U.S. and to Canada and Mexico. Fulton enjoyed bird hunting, antelope hunting in Wyoming, and deer and elk hunting. He also enjoyed reading and was a Civil War Buff.

Dr. Fite was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, Coleman B. Fite and Edward H. Fite, M.D. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; his children, Cynthia (Cindi) and husband Gary Uecker of Kendelia, Texas, Kevin F. Fite and wife Lela of Tulsa, Kathryn (Kathi) and husband Steve Estes of Elgin, Texas; step-children, Richard Storts, Cheryl and husband Kurt Robinson of Muskogee, Linda and husband Scott Smith of Piedmont, OK; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Please make any remembrances to your favorite charity.

Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at First Presbyterian Church, 500 West Broadway Street, Muskogee, with Reverend Ann Brizendine officiating.

Services are under the direction of Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory, 1830 N. York Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Condolences may be sent to http://www.cornerstoneofmuskogee.com

Otha Allen Barnhill, MD ELIZABETHTOWN – Otha Allen Barnhill, MD, died at home on Sunday, July 29, 2012, in Elizabethtown, NC, where he had lived with his wife, Nell Overton Barnhill, and their family for 57 years. He was 87.

Dr. Barnhill was born February 17, 1925, near Stokes, North Carolina. He was the fourth and last child of Nolie and James Barnhill and was the only surviving member of that family.

Dr. Barnhill began school in Stokes and graduated from Greenville High School in 1942. He met his future wife as a child and married her on March 24, 1944. During World War II, Dr. Barnhill was drafted in September 1944 and served in the US Army in Germany and Austria as part of the 103rd Infantry Division and the Second Chemical Mortar Battalion.

Dr. Barnhill attended East Carolina Teachers College, now East Carolina University, in Greenville, NC, and received his BS in Medicine from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MD from the University of Virginia Medical School. The couple returned to North Carolina in 1953 and lived in Durham, where Dr. Barnhill did his residency at Watts Hospital. In 1955, the family moved to Elizabethtown, where Dr. Barnhill opened his medical practice, and the family became part of the community and members of the Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church. Dr. Barnhill practiced medicine in Bladen County for 45 years. He was known as a superb diagnostician and was one of the last of the true county doctors.

Dr. Barnhill was an amateur radio operator, W4HDE, and an avid fisherman throughout his life. Dr. and Mrs. Barnhill enjoyed dancing and were regular attendees at Merrymakers dance group and other dance gatherings for many years.

Dr. Barnhill is survived by his wife, Nell; two daughters, Donna Clark of Durham and Jennifer Barnhill of White Lake; one son, Allen Barnhill, and his wife, Kathy, of Houston, TX; five grandchildren: Martha Odom and her husband Tommy and Leslie Clark, all of Charlotte; Jason Clark of Rhinebeck, NY; and Julia Barnhill and Joshua Barn-hill of Houston; by three great-grandchildren: Tripp, Annie, and Max Odom; and by a son-in-law, John Clark. In addition, Dr. Barnhill is survived by 28 nieces and nephews and dozens of their children and grandchildren.

Burial is private. A memorial service will be held at Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church at a time to be announced.

Dr. Arthur Ebbert, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Yale University died on June 7, 2012 at the age of 89 in Hamden, Connecticut. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia in August, 1922. When he was in grade school, he and his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and later to New Rochelle, New York. His father was a business executive. A few years before he entered high school, they moved back to Wheeling.

He decided in high school that he wanted to go to medical school. He received his B.A. degree and then in 1946 his M.D. degree, both from the University of Virginia. After a year as an intern at the University of Virginia Hospital, he went on duty in July, 1947 as an Army medical officer. He served almost two years in Japan.

He was discharged from the Army in April, 1949 and returned to the University of Virginia for post-graduate training in internal medicine. On completion of the three year program, he joined the faculty as an instructor.

He was invited to join the Yale School of Medicine faculty in 1953 and moved to New Haven. He rose through the faculty ranks and became a professor of medicine. He also held position as an assistant dean and later associate dean. He became the first deputy dean in 1974 and served in this position until 1987.

He was editor of the Yale School of Medicine Alumni Bulletin from 1953 to 1986, an honorary trustee of the Associates of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, and a fellow of Silliman College at Yale.

He retired from the faculty in 1988, but continued to live in New Haven and subsequently in Hamden, Connecticut.

Dr. Paul Meredith Wodlinger, 64, of Issaquah, Wash., formerly of Washington, died Sunday, July 29, 2012, after a long battle with chronic illness.

He was born October 19, 1947, in Seattle, Wash., a son of Gerda Guttmann Wodlinger and the late David Wodlinger.

Dr. Wodlinger worked as a pediatrician in Washington for nearly 20 years and played an active role in Beth Israel Synagogue, Washington. He loved watching sports and going to games, especially his beloved Pittsburgh Penguins, and he was a car enthusiast.

Dr. Wodlinger was a graduate of Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Mass., Haverford College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

On August 14, 1977, he married his loving wife of 27 years, Roberta Schnitzer, who died February 4, 2005.

Surviving, in addition to his mother, are a daughter, Marcie Wodlinger; a son, Jeffrey (Ilana) Wodlinger; a grandson, Isaac Wodlinger; nieces and nephews Dani, Josh and Marianna Newson, Rachel Fesler-Schnitzer and Nicola and David Wodlinger; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Geri Schnitzer Newson and Samuel Newson, Linda Schnitzer and Ardon Overby, Martin Schnitzer, Marsha Malkin and Hilary Wodlinger.

Deceased is a brother, Eric Wodlinger.

Friends will be received from noon to 1 p.m., the hour of services, Wednesday, August 1, 2012, in Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington, with Rabbi David Novitsky officiating. Interment will follow in Beth Israel Cemetery, Oak Spring Road, Washington.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Jewish Family Service of Seattle, 1601 16th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Pittsburgh JF&CS, 5743 Bartlett Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, Deerfield Academy, 7 Boyden Lane, P.O. Box 87, Deerfield, MA 01342 and University of Virginia Medical School, P.O. Box 800793, Charlottesville, VA 22908.

Dr. James Ellis Dill, 71, resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, and beloved husband, father, brother, Christian leader, and physician, died suddenly of a heart event on July 5, 2012. For almost 40 years, Dr. Jim dedicated his life to alleviating the physical and emotional suffering of countless patients. He and his wife Bobbie, an RN, were among the first husband-wife Christian medical teams to establish a truly whole person medical practice. There, people found hope, as well as healing, because all components of health: physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational, were part of the treatment plan. In addition, he found time to publish numerous articles about his special interest area of diagnosing hidden gall bladder disease to alleviate the chronic pain of many patients.

Dr. Jim and his wife also coauthored three books on healthy living with David B. Biebel for which Dr. Dill received the 2011 Outstanding Writer’s Award at Straub Clinic & Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.

He was born in Schenectady, N.Y., and graduated from Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, Va., and Davidson College in Charlotte, N.C. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Va., in 1967. Dr. Jim married Roberta Titus Pain in 1966 and interned at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pa., before serving in the Army and completing his residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. The majority of his time in private practice was spent in Massachusetts and Virginia as a board certified gastroenterologist before joining the staff at Straub Clinic and Hospital.

While in Honolulu, he and his wife made a number of trips to American Samoa to serve the medical needs of patients after a Tsunami devastated their island.

His love of his family and friends, and of life itself, enriched us all. He leaves behind his loving wife of 46 years, Roberta “Bobbie” Dill, three children, Eric James Dill, Adam Frederick Dill, and Rachel Dill Roberson; as well as three granddaughters, Taylor Elizabeth, Kendal Morgan, and Amaya Mae. He also leaves behind his sister, Betsy Morgan Dill. He was proceeded in death by his father, Joseph Ellis Dill and mother, Louise Peck Dill.

Dr. Jim was a vibrant Christian. He and his wife have been active in First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu. He is absent from the body but present with the Lord and we rejoice in that certainty. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and patients who loved and respected him in both Hawaii and the United States.

A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 27, 2012, at Buchanan Presbyterian Church in Buchanan, Va., followed by a private graveside service for family.

The family requests that any memorial contributions be made out to: “STRAUB FOUNDATION,” c/o Nina Mullally, Straub Clinic & Hospital, 888 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813-3097 Please write “Jim Dill Samoan Fund” in the note field.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Albert Ayerst Carr, beloved physician, husband, father and grandfather died Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 surrounded by his family.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy Lanford Carr; four children Lynn Davis (Mitch), Bert Carr (Tricia), David Carr, and Stephanie Woodward (Taylor), and grandchildren Lauren and Trey Carr; Chesley Lemons (Jason) and Doug Carr; Keenan, Victoria, Abby and Chai Davis; Nan and Reed Woodward. Also surviving are his sister Natalie Matthews, sisters and brothers-in-law: Bonnie and Tom McNeal, Gayle and Bud Hudnall and many nieces and nephews.

Dr. Carr was born to Natalie Ayerst and Albert Carr in Richmond, Va on March 23, 1934. He grew up in McKenney, Va and graduated from Southside McKenney High School. Dr. Carr graduated from the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Post graduate training took place at the University of Virginia, and three years in the Endocrine section of the Heart Institute at the National Institute of Health in Maryland. He returned to the University of Virginia to be chief resident of medicine.

Following his residency program, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska to practice in the Department of Medicine at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine. In 1967, he and his young family moved to Augusta where he was chief of the Hypertension Section of the Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia. In 1995, he retired from MCG and went into the private practice of medicine where he also continued his cardiovascular research.

He was a member of the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Virginia and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha at the University of Virginia School of Medicine; Chief of Staff of Trinity Hospital; past president of the Richmond County Medical Society, past president of the Georgia Society of Internal Medicine. He received the Paul Harris Award. He served many years as a delegate to the Medical Association of Georgia. He was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon. He was a member of Augusta Country Club.

A memorial service will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 2:00 pm today, Friday, July 20th. Memorials may be made to Covenant’s Building Fund. Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484.

Please sign the guestbook at http://www.thomaspoteet.com

Published in The Augusta Chronicle from July 19 to July 20, 2012

Frank Wilson Price Jr., died at his home on Friday, June 29, 2012, at the age of 85. He was born on April 24, 1927, in Mokpo, Korea, the son of Dr. Frank W. Price Sr. and Essie Ott McClure Price, who were for many years missionaries in China. His birth occurred while his parents sought temporary refuge in Korea during a period of civil war in China. After early schooling in China, Price was graduated from Yale University in 1949 and the University of Virginia Medical School in 1953.

He served in the United States Army Medical Corps from 1953 to 1958. After a period of general practice in California, he undertook specialty training in pediatrics at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, North Carolina, during 1967 to 1969. Thereafter, until his retirement in 1992, he was a public health physician with the Virginia State Health Department, first as a health director and then as a pediatric clinician in the Central Shenandoah Health District. He was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

He was a past member of the Virginia Public Health Association, the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Medical Society of Virginia, and the Rockbridge County Medical Society, in which he served as Secretary- Treasurer for eight years.

Dr. Price was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister, Mary Virginia Price Miller, of Orlando, Fla.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn West Price, of Lexington, Va.; daughters, Terry P. Mason and Barbara P. Roakes and husband, Eddie, both of Forest, Va.; sons, Richard H. Price, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Scott M. Price and wife, Karen, of Richmond, Va.; and four grandchildren, Emily, Houston, Chelsea, and Caroline.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at Lexington Presbyterian Church with Dr. William Klein officiating. Interment will be private. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. The family suggests that memorials be designated for the Children’s Medical Center, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 9013, Charlottesville, VA 22907-6105, or to the Rockbridge Area Free Clinic, 25 Northridge Lane, Lexington, VA 24450. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home and Crematory, Lexington, Va., 540-463-2912.

Published in Roanoke Times on July 3, 2012

John Houston McClung died on Sunday, July 8, 2012, at his Kendal residence in Lexington. His daughters, Patricia (Portola Valley, Calif.), Susan Culpepper (Lexington), Nancy (Hendersonville, N.C.), Marney (Hendersonville, N.C.), Barbara Call (Harrisonburg), and his son, Jay (John Houston McClung Jr.) were with him. His wife of 58 years, Charlene (Honey) Mann McClung, predeceased him in 2007. He was the son of Anna (Nancy) Wayland McClung Gravatt and Dr. O. Hunter McClung Sr., and the half brother of Dr. O. Hunter McClung Jr., of Lexington, Eugenia McClung Nesbitt (Catonsville, Md.), and Eleanor McClung Powell (Suffolk, Va.). Their mother, Eugenia Harman McClung, had died in the influenza epidemic of 1918.

His father met and married Nancy, a Hopkins-trained nurse, in 1922. John was the last surviving member of this family, all raised in the white house on the corner of White Street and Jackson Avenue. In addition to his six children, McClung is survived by 15 grandchildren; and three great-children.

McClung was born on November 9, 1923, in Lexington, where he attended Lexington public schools and entered Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1940 (Class of 1944). He enrolled at University of Virginia (UVA) medical school in December of 1943, on an accelerated schedule because of World War II (which ended just as he finished his M.D.).

As an intern at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia he met a nurse–the love of his life–whom he married in her hometown of Lansdowne, Pa., October 1949. They moved to Glasgow, Va., the same month and immediately set up a medical practice. He operated a busy solo practice there for almost 47 years, retiring at age 72 in 1996.

McClung loved Rockbridge County and was proud of the fact that his ancestors were among the original Scotch-Irish pioneers who settled at Borden’s Grant around 1740. He always said he was born to be a physician.

His grandfather finished medical school at UVA before the Civil War, and served the community of Fairfield until the turn of the century, when his son–John’s father–took over before taking a job as the VMI physician, and eventually starting a private practice in Lexington. His brother, Hunter, 10 years his senior, also practiced in Lexington for many years. John was devoted to his patients and loved telling stories of the early days, when some house calls (including baby deliveries) in remote areas or bad weather were made on tractors, and once a hitched ride on a logging truck.

He and his wife raised their family at Balcony Downs near Glasgow, moving to Providence Hill in Lexington in 1986 after the children left home, and eventually retiring to Kendal at Lexington. He enjoyed good health until very recently, when his children were able to care for him his last weeks with the help of Rockbridge Area Hospice and the staff at Kendal’s Webster Center.

The family will receive visitors at Harrison Funeral Home in Lexington from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. His ashes will be interred in a private family service at Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts be made to Rockbridge Area Hospice or another charity. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, Va., 540-463-2912.

Published in Roanoke Times on July 10, 2012

Robert Calvin Brownlee, III

Litchfield Beach, SC

On Thursday evening at 7:03 PM sickness ceased and the gift of life eternal became reality for Robert Calvin Brownlee, III. Before his soul departed he lay in the arms of his beloved wife, Judith Irby Brownlee. The two of them sang their favorite Psalms and prayed together. What a gift, what a blessing, what a privilege!

Dr. Brownlee was born on March 13, 1922 in the small college town of Due West, South Carolina to Robert Calvin Brownlee, Jr. and Eleanor Louise Pressly. He was their only child. He was raised in the AR Presbyterian church where he was baptized and was a lifelong Presbyterian having served as a deacon in the Greenville, SC ARP church.

Dr. Brownlee and his wife have three children. Katherine Brownlee Chambers of Charlotte, NC (spouse C. Labron Chambers, Jr., MD and son Tripp), Jonathan Irby Calvin Brownlee, MD of Shelby, NC (spouse Molly Powell Brownlee and children Jack, Janie, and Charlie) and Robert Calvin Brownlee, IV, MD of Charleston, SC. Dr. Brownlee was predeceased by his precious granddaughter, Sloan Preston Chambers on September 26, 2011. Dr. Brownlee also has two daughters from a previous marriage – Eleanor Brownlee Koets of Summerville, SC (spouse Donald Joe Koets and children Julia and Joseph) and Susan Walker Brownlee of Somerset, NJ. Dr. and Mrs. Brownlee have spent time after retiring from Chapel Hill, NC at their homes in Litchfield Beach, SC and Dr. Brownlee’s family home in Due West, SC which they have lovingly restored. Dr. Brownlee realized a lifelong dream in 2007 when the entire family celebrated Christmas at the family home.

Dr. Brownlee earned his B.A. from Erskine College in 1943. He matriculated to medical school at Vanderbilt University and graduated in 1945. There he began his residency in Pediatrics which was interrupted by World War II. He served as a Captain in the US Air Force. In addition, he was recalled to serve in the Korean War. He completed his residency at the University of Virginia and then returned to Vanderbilt where he served as Chief Resident. In 1951 he was co-founder of the Christie Pediatric Group in Greenville, SC, during which time he served as consultant to and later director of the State Crippled Children’s Clinic and Shriners Hospital. Dr. Brownlee left the Christie Group in 1970 to become Director of Pediatric Education at Greenville Hospital System. There he established the residency program for Pediatrics. In 1976 he became affiliated with the American Board Pediatrics where he served as an oral examiner and as President until 1992. During Dr. Brownlee’s professional career he held faculty appointments at Medical University of South Carolina, University of Pennsylvania (CHOP), and University of North Carolina School of Medicine (Go Heels!). Dr. Brownlee served on many medical boards and chaired many medical committees. In retirement he thoroughly enjoyed pediatric practice at the Orange/Chatham County, NC Comprehensive Health Services Clinic. Dr. Brownlee was asked to be the first medical diplomat into China from the U.S. following the Chinese Revolution. He later served as a pediatric diplomat to Egypt.
Dr. Brownlee loved sports and participated in golf and tennis with skill and enthusiasm. While in Greenville, SC he served on the Board of Governors of the Greenville Country Club and was instrumental in design and construction of the tennis house. Nine weeks before Dr. Brownlee inherited eternal life he enjoyed a game of golf with older son Jon.

Our family is so thankful for the enormous blessing of having known, loved and been loved by such a beautiful, selfless and wise human being who truly qualified as the epitome of a southern gentleman.

His request was for any memorial gifts to go to the ABP Foundation, 111 Silver Cedar Court, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 or to where he and his love were married: The Old Brick Church in Fairfield County, c/o TCS Lever, 1787 Windsor Drive, Lancaster, SC 29720.

Funeral services will begin at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Due West A.R.P Church, 112 North Main St., Due West, SC. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service in the church fellowship hall.

A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting http://www.harrisfuneral.com

HARRIS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES of Abbeville is assisting the Brownlee family.

Published in The News & Observer on June 25, 2012

On April 10, 2012 ANDERSON M. RENICK, JR., M.D. beloved husband of Carol Fischer Renick; devoted father of Karen R. Kays and her husband Jonathan, Anderson M. Renick, III and his wife Kathy, Gerald W. Renick and his late wife Rhonda and Mark W. Renick;step-children Steven J. Fisher and his fiancée Ja-Naé and Laurie S. DeZwart and her husband Troy; brother of Ann Cecil Renick and C. John Renick; he is also survived by his former wife and mother of his children Martha Frost; his grandchildren Holly, Laurel, Ginger, Rachel, Daniel, Brittany, Brandon and step-grandchildren Seth and Noah.

Friends may call at the family-owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26) on Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral Services will be held at Towson United Methodist Church on Saturday at 11:00 AM. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Owen C. Meadows Jr., MD, of Beckley, West Virginia, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, peacefully at home in the arms of his loving wife, surrounded by his three border collies, Thomas Jefferson, Katie and Reagan. He had been in ill health for a number of years. One of the original members of Associates in OB-GYN with Dr. Charles Merritt, Dr. Warren Elliott, and Dr. Robert Pulliam, he retired in 2000, due to ill health, after delivering over 8000 babies. He loved his patients.
He was born in Hinton, West Virginia, the son of the late Owen C. and Hattie Goff Meadows. He graduated from Hinton High School where his love of football began. He was inducted into the Hinton High School Football Hall of Fame. He continued his education at Woodberry Forest where he was honored for being the Athlete of the Year. He attended the University of Virginia for undergraduate Medical School and residency in OB-GYN for four years. While at the university, he was a member of the mystic Order of Eli Banana and the Z Society. He also played football for four years and loved that linebacker position. Dr. Meadows loved the University of Virginia.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Brenda J. Meadows; sons, Robert Scott, Elise and Cody of Bethel, Maine; and Chris Meadows, his wife, Becky, and their daughter, Crystal of Valencia, California.
Dr. Meadows was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force, before pursuing his education at University of Virginia, where his love of our military began. He worked at the Beckley Military Processing Station, helping with physical examinations up until two weeks ago. He was a member of the Beckley Presbyterian Church, staff at Raleigh General Hospital for forty years, the West Virginia State Medical Society, Raleigh County Medical Society and many more medical associations; as well as the University of Virginia Executive Committee for a number of years.
Services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2012, at the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Reverend John McKinnon officiating.

Friends may call on Friday, June 1, 2012, from 12 p.m. until the time of service.

Following his wishes, Dr. Meadows was cremated and his ashes will be interred at the University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium. A true gentle soul, he loved God, medicine, family and his dear friends, and his faithful companions. He will be truly missed. The family request donations of sympathy be made to either the Beckley Presbyterian Church or the Raleigh County Humane Society. Condolences may be sent to the family’s guestbook at http://www.meltonmortuary.com. Arrangements by MELTON MORTUARY, INC Beckley, WEST VIRGINIA

Published in the Daily Progress on May 31, 2012

SMITH, Mason, M.D., 97, died on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

Dr. Smith was born in Richmond and graduated from John Marshall High School. He received his B.S. and M.D. degrees from the University of Virginia, served his internship at Baltimore Union Memorial Hospital, and his residency at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

He entered the Navy and was later reassigned to the Marine Corps, where he was stationed in Hawaii, Iwo Jima and Nagasaki during and immediately after World War II. Dr. Smith maintained a practice in ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery in Richmond from 1945 to 1984. He was a member of the American Medical Society, the Medical Society of Virginia, and was president of the Virginia Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Society. Dr. Smith was also clinical instructor and adjunct professor at the Medical College of Virginia, and clinical faculty and faculty practice at McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital.

He was a member of Fishing Bay Yacht Club and was Commodore there in 1972. Dr. Smith also taught navigation courses for the club as well as for the Coast Guard, and taught boating safety courses for the Power Squadron.

In his retirement, he volunteered at the Science Museum of Virginia, Virginia Voice, and AARP.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ramsay Richardson Smith and is survived by his two sons, Allan Mason Smith and Paul Richardson Smith.

Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, May 16 at 10 a.m. in Hollywood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Old Dominion Eye Foundation, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, The Science Museum of Virginia, or to the charity of your choice

Norfolk – Lee Elias Whitlock Jr passed away peacefully in his home on the morning of April 2 2012 at the age of 92. Born in Norfolk to Lee E. Whitlock Sr & Rae Reed Marx Whitlock on July 8, 1919, he was a lifelong resident of this city.

He graduated from Maury High and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was predeceased by his dear wife, Marion Hoy Procise Whitlock. He met his future wife while visiting a fraternity brother in the hospital where she was the nursing supervisor and nurse to Lee’s friend. They married in 1943 and enjoyed 63 loving years until her passing in 2007. Together they raised three children and a houseful of cats and dogs, with a special love for Dobermans.

Lee served in the Navy from 1945 through the Korean War as surgeon aboard the battleship USS Iowa. When he was discharged, he was honored by being “”piped over the side”" as he left the ship. Practicing not only at Norfolk General, Leigh Memorial & Bayside General, he taught surgery to EVMS surgical residents at DePaul where he was on staff from 1946 to 1987 and was well known as an excellent teacher and mentor. His dedicated bedside manner made him beloved by his patients, who fondly recall the extra rounds he would make for them, sometimes even still dressed for duck hunting. They also appreciated his house calls and how he would gladly accept vegetables as payment.

In addition to medicine, Lee was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. He farmed cotton, corn and peanuts in Surry County; in 2003, the county awarded him Conservation Farmer of the Year. Spending time on the farm was one of his great pleasures. He also raised camellias, grafting them and creating new strains.

So great was Lee’s capacity for friendship that he made long-enduring relationships with people of many different backgrounds and generations. He will be deeply missed by his friends and family who loved his sense of humor, his lively storytelling, his shrewd mind and independent spirit.

Lee is survived by his daughter Nancy Whitlock Corriveau and Chuck Runkel, of Crystal River, FL, son Lee E. Whitlock III and Kathryn Gross Whitlock, son Lawrence Benjamin Whitlock and wife Nancy Collins Whitlock, of Norfolk & Virginia Beach; and granddaughters, Amanda Baker Whitlock of Chapel Hill NC, Rachel Procise Whitlock & her fiance Dashiell Lewis of Asheville NC.

The family would like to make special recognition of his devoted & loving caregivers: Elizabeth Hoggany, Missouri Land, Yvonne Goffighan, Edna Land, Lola Johnson, Christie Smith & Irene Yancy.

A service in celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday the 5 at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home,Tidewater Drive Chapel. The family will gather an hour prior to the service to receive visitors.

Dr. Jethro Hurt Irby Jr., 94, of Martinsville, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at KingÆs Grant Retirement Community.

He was born on Oct. 23, 1917, in Blackstone, to Prudence Bagley and Jethro Hurt Irby. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Margaret Price Irby; his wife of 14 years, Margaret Ann Choate Irby, who died in December; a sister, Netta Bagwell; and a brother, Dr. Robert Irby.

He attended Hampden Sydney College, received his medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed his internship at Medical College of Virginia.

During World War II, he was attached to the ArmyÆs 82nd Airborne Division and was captain of a battalion aid station. He served during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he moved to Martinsville and started a medical practice.

Throughout his years as a family doctor, Irby delivered more than 5,000 babies and gave numerous flu shots to local textile and furniture workers. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Martinsville where he served as an elder and Sunday school teacher and was instrumental in developing an outreach project at the church called WHO (We Help Others). Irby spent his last 18 years at KingÆs Grant. He played an active role there, started a coffee klatch and participated in a weekly Bible study.

Surviving are his three children, Jeff Irby, Prue Swerlick and Jim Irby; and six grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the KingÆs Grant Victory Chapel and at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Martinsville.

The Revs. Jenny Spivey, Paul Johnson and Rusty Reaser will officiate.

The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall at the church following the 3 p.m. service.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Martinsville, 1901 Patrick Henry Ave., Martinsville, Va. 24112, or KingÆs Grant Fellowship Fund, 350 KingÆs Way Road, Martinsville, Va. 24112. Arrangements are by McKee-Stone Funeral Home, Martinsville

Dr. Willie Herman Morris Jr.-

Dr. Willie Herman Morris Jr., 80, of Lynchburg, died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Peggy Crabtree Morris.

Born in Lynchburg, August 1, 1930, He was a son of the late Willie Herman Morris Sr. and Phyllis McDaniel Morris.
Dr. Morris was a Graduate of UVA Medical School, Diplomat of the American Board of Surgeons, Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, member of the Virginia Surgical Society, Lynchburg Academy of Medicine, Southern Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society, American Medical Association.

He was an avid golfer, a member of Boonsboro Country Club and Centenary United Methodist Church.

In addition to his wife Dr. Morris is survived by two sons; Willie Herman Morris III and his wife, Elisabeth, of Lynchburg, and Charles Steven Morris and his wife Caroline of Pinehurst, NC; three brothers; Leonard J. Morris and his wife Barbara of Waters Edge, Ronald E. Morris and his wife Jane of Austin Texas, Lawrence E Morris of Fairfax and one sister , Betty Mae Ware and husband Tony of Big Island; four Grandchildren ; W.H. Morris IV, Zachary Morris, Taylor Morris and Haley Morris.

The family will receive friends Monday from 6:30 to8:30 pm at Diuguid Wiggington Chapel.

The Rev. C. Douglas Pillow and Rev. Wayne Lanham will hold a graveside service Tuesday at 11:00 am at Fort Hill Memorial Park.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.

Diuguid Wiggington Chapel is in charge of arrangements

Dr. Marvin M. Sager
On March 30, 2011, Dr. Marvin M. Sager dearest husband of Beverly Sager (nee Rosenberg); loving father of Mike Sager of San Diego, CA and Wendy Sager of Baltimore, MD; brother of the late Paul Robert Sager; adored grandfather of Miles Sager.

Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane on Friday, April 8, at 1:00 p.m. Entombment Oheb Shalom Memorial Park – Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. In mourning at 4001 Old Court Road – Apt # 416 (Pavilion in the Park), Baltimore, MD 21208.

Dr. Stephen William Rose, MD

Stephen was born on August 16, 1944 and passed away on Monday, November 1, 2010.

Stephen was a resident of Eastwood, Kentucky.

Richard Coffman Shrum Dr. Richard Coffman Shrum, the only child of the late Luther Joseph Shrum and Zula Coffman Shrum, was born in Dayton, Virginia, on November 5, 1915, and died in Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 27, 2011.

Dr. Shrum graduated from Dayton High School in 1932, attended Augusta Military Academy for one year and in 1937 graduated from Bridgewater College where he was a member of Tau Kappa Alpha (an honorary forensic fraternity), valedictorian, and class president. After teaching math at Covington High School for one year, he entered medical school at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1938, became a member of Alpha Omega Alpha in 1941, and graduated in 1942.

Following an internship at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC, Dr. Shrum joined the Medical Corps, United States Army serving initially at the Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and later with the 24th Infantry Division, in the Philippine Islands as a Battalion Surgeon (in his description, “a glorified first-aid man”) during the latter stages of World War II and then in Japan during the early part of the occupation. Shortly after arrival in Japan, Dr. Shrum was appointed Division Surgeon, an administrative position, necessitating his visiting many sites on the islands of Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu, including the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For serving with infantry troops in combat, he was authorized to wear the Combat Medical Badge and awarded a Bronze Star Medal.

Under a program authorizing army physicians to take residencies in civilian hospitals, Dr. Shrum completed a residency in General Surgery at the Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1951. In addition to being the Chief Resident his last year there, he was first assistant to the late, renowned Dr. Fred W. Rankin. Dr. Shrum was Chief of the Surgical Service, United States Army Hospital, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from July 1951 to December 1954 and Chief of the Surgical Service, 2nd Field Hospital, Munich, Germany from January 1955 to March 1956 when he resigned his commission in the Regular Army (taking a commission in the United States Army Reserve) to enter civilian practice.

Dr. Shrum remained in the United States Army Reserve until November 5, 1975, when he retired with the rank of Colonel. While in the Reserve, through correspondence courses and residency, he graduated from the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and from the United States War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Shrum was in private solo practice of General Surgery in Charlottesville, Virginia from July 1, 1956, until his retirement in February 1985. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 1954 and re-certified in 1980. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the Society of Consultants to the Armed Forces, and other regional and local professional organizations. He was on the Regular Staff of the Martha Jefferson Hospital and the Visiting Staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Although Dr. Shrum was not the first American Board certified surgeon on the staff of the Martha Jefferson Hospital, he was the first certified surgeon to be recertified by the American Board of Surgery. At the Martha Jefferson Hospital he held the following offices, Secretary of the Medical Staff, Vice-President of the Medical Staff, President of the Medical Staff, Vice-President of the Board of Trustees, and President of the Board of Trustees. During the last five years of his practice he was a member of the Admissions Committee, School of Medicine, University of Virginia.

Dr. Shrum belonged to Farmington Country Club and, while in practice, was a member of the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce. He was a life-long member of the Methodist Church having had his membership transferred to First United Methodist Church, Charlottesville, from Dayton Methodist Church where his paternal great grandparents, grandparents, and parents had been members.

Dr. Shrum was predeceased by his beloved wife of 65 years, Maureen Parrott Shrum.

He is survived by two sons, John Richard Shrum, MD and his wife, Ellen Martha Olin Shrum, PhD, of Charlottesville, and Joseph Parrott Shrum, MD of New Orleans; four grandchildren, Martha Maureen Sharpton and her husband, Jeremy Marshall Sharpton, of Arlington, John Joseph Shrum and his wife, Cara Lane Shrum, of Portland, Oregon, Katherine Olin Shrum of Portland, Oregon, and James Richard Shrum of Charlottesville; and two great-grandchildren, Tucker Brady Sharpton of Arlington and Calais Adeline Shrum of Portland.

During the past year, Dr. Shrum was richly blessed by the care and compassion of the Hospice of the Piedmont team; his family is eternally grateful for Hospice’s immeasurable support.

Condolences may be sent to the Shrums at 1420 Foxbrook Lane, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Development Fund, Martha Jefferson Hospital, 459 Locust Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902.

A celebration of Dick’s life will be held at First United Methodist Church, 101 East Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2011. A reception at the church will follow the service.

VIRGINIA BEACH – Dr. Francis G. Griffin, MD, 85, died June 5, 2011 at Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital.

Dr. Griffin was born July 19, 1925 in Windsor, VA, the son of the late John Hudson Griffin and Maude Rose Griffin.
He graduated from Windsor High School. He attended Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond and graduated from The University of Virginia Medical School in 1951.

Dr. Griffin practiced obstetrics and gynecology in the Air Force for nine years before locating in Virginia Beach in 1965 and retiring in 1987.

Dr. Griffin was predeceased by his first wife, Nancy Woodworth Griffin; his beloved daughter, Deborah Griffin Edenfield; three brothers and a sister.

He is survived by his wife, Leslie Ackiss Griffin of Virginia Beach; a son, Francis G. Griffin Jr. and his wife Judy of Virginia Beach; his stepson, Clark S. Lambert Jr. and his wife Susan of Virginia Beach; six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Dr. Griffin is also survived by his brother, Herbert Wilson Griffin and his wife Myrtle of Richmond, VA; a son-in-law, James Edenfield of Glennville, GA; and several nieces and nephews.

His memberships include Virginia Beach Medical Society, Virginia Medical Society, American Medical Society, American College Obstetrics & Gynecology Society, South Atlantic College Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Virginia Obstetrics & Gynecology Society.

A memorial service will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, at Virginia Beach United Methodist Church by the Rev. Ted David.

The family requests that contributions in Dr. Griffin’s name be made to The Agape Sunday School Class or to the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church, 212 19th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.

H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, is handling arrangements.

Dr. Powell (Leon) Perkins, 87, longtime physician and general surgeon in Kokomo, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, in Vero Beach, FL. He was born February 3, 1924, in Bradshaw, WV. He was the son of Ola Irene Linton and Marsh M. Perkins, both deceased. He had one sibling, Talma Perkins Robertson, also deceased.

Dr. Perkins was married to Doris Jean Skiles Perkins for 52 years. She preceded him in death in 2002.

Dr. Perkins attended Concord College in Athens, WV, where he received bachelor degrees in journalism and biology. He continued his education at the University of Virginia Medical School, where he received his doctorate of medicine in 1948.
He served as a Navy health officer toward the end of World War II. After the war, he was in the Navy Reserves. He traveled with the Marine 1st Division during the Korean War. He interned at the University of Iowa Hospital and did his surgical residency at Detroit Receiving, where he became chief of surgical residents. After his residency, he practiced at St. Joseph Hospital and Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo for nearly 40 years.

He enjoyed travel, but most of all spending time with his family.

Dr. Perkins is survived by his three children, Linda J. Gottfried MD, Williamsburg, VA, Nancy L. Speer, Seattle, WA, and Edward L. Perkins, PhD, Savannah, GA. He is also survived by five grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to the Doris Perkins Genetic Breast Cancer Research Fund, make checks payable to U.Va Medical School Foundation, UVA Medical School Foundation, P.O. Box 800776 Heath System, Charlottesville, VA 22908.

Dr. Albert McCray Jones, Sr., age 88, a resident of Washington, NC, died Monday, June 13, 2011, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2011, at First Presbyterian Church of Washington officiated by Rev. Lee Kinney and Rev. Darryl Evans. A graveside committal with military honors will follow at Oakdale Cemetery.

Dr. Jones was born in Beaufort County on September 2, 1922, son of the late Montague Jones and the late Frances Cayton Jones. He was a 1940 graduate of Washington High School and earned his AB degree at UNC Chapel Hill in 1944. Dr. Jones then served his country for two years in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He received the Purple Heart award for injuries received in battle at Iwo Jima. Following his military service, Dr. Jones received his medical education at the University of Virginia. He served his internship at De Paul Hospital in Norfolk, VA, followed by five years in General Practice also in Virginia and a three-year residence in OB/GYN at the Medical College in Richmond. Dr. Jones returned to his native Beaufort County and completed his medical career at Jones-Tayloe Clinic of Washington. He married the former Elsie Marie Langley, of Chocowinity, on August 17, 1947, who survives. Dr. Jones was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington. He was a Diplomate for the College of OB/GYN and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Surviving along with Dr. Jones’ wife Elsie of the home is a daughter: Frances Jones Nelson and her husband C.J. of Creedmoor, NC.; three sons: Albert McCray “Mac” Jones, Jr. and his wife Carol of Washington, David “D” Jones and his wife Emily of Columbia, SC, and Kevin L. Jones and his wife Melinda of Hendersonville, TN, and seven grandchildren: Dr. Mac Jones III and his wife Lauren of Washington, Sara Ashley Jones of Washington, Savannah Jones of Greenville, Anna Frances Jones of Columbia, SC, Allie Jones of Greenville, Kevin L. Jones II of Hendersonville, TN, and Avery Jones of Hendersonville, TN. Dr. Jones was preceded in death by a brother: Montague Jones, Jr.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and other times at the home.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly asks that memorial contributions be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1346, Washington, NC 27889. Condolences may be offered by visiting http://www.paulfuneralhome.com.

NORFOLK – Dr. H. William “Bill” Fink, 95, beloved and esteemed pediatrician, husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away in his home June 13, 2011.

The son of Myron and Ida Fink, of blessed memory, Dr. Fink was born in Washington Heights, NY. He moved with his parents to Norfolk during the Great Depression, and graduated first in his class from Maury High School at the age of 16. He attended the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, now known as ODU, skipped his senior year, and went straight to medical school at the University of Virginia. Dr. Fink did his pediatric internship at the Boston Floating Hospital and pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, before enlisting in the Navy as the doctor on the destroyer, U.S.S. Halford, during World War II .

Dr. Fink began practicing pediatrics in Norfolk in 1946 and served tens of thousands of children in his 55 years of practice with Pediatric Specialists. Many families fondly recall the numerous house calls he made over the years, his love of this community and the hands-on practice that eventually included his sons, Robert and Fred as his partners. He practiced with a warmth, grace, humor and humility which complemented his clinical expertise and knowledge. He was committed to care for the needy, and served as a wonderful role model to all. His commitment to medicine in the community also involved helping to establish Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters 50 years ago; being president of the Tidewater Pediatric Society, the Norfolk Academy of Medicine, the Virginia Pediatric Society, and the DePaul Hospital Medical Staff; consultant at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital and establishing the Cerebral Palsy Center in Norfolk. He authored several journal articles on pediatrics, was a frequent lecturer and mentor for medical students and residents and he was a television spokesperson on relevant pediatric issues.

His honors included Professor Emeritus at Eastern Virginia Medical School, recipient of the March of Dimes Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics and multiple Best Teacher Awards at EVMS.
His loving family include, Lorraine Snyder Fink, his beloved wife of 62 years; five children, Andrew (wife Kim), Robert (wife Dana), Edward, Fredric (wife Debby) and Joni (husband Rami); nine grandchildren, Simon, Dustin and Erica Fink, Kevin and Kathryn Fink, Talia and Yuli Burstein, and Ashley and Austin Fink.

With Lorraine, Bill travelled every continent and loved the arts especially opera and WHRO. He supported Lorraine’s artistic creations. He savored family, golf, tennis, racquetball, and dancing and was a prolific reader of medical journals. He was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple and the Simon Jewish Community Center.

The family is so grateful for Dr. Fink’s loving group of caregivers, LaVerne Bynum, Arkedra Reese, Jawney Brothers, Roland Rich, Venus Dilvay and Orga Boone, and for Novella Harding, who worked in his home for 50 years.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by H.D. Oliver, Norfolk Chapel. A private graveside service will be followed by a memorial service at Ohef Sholom Temple on Thursday, June 16, at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.

JULIUS FOGEL
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Julius Fogel of Chevy Chase, MD. Beloved husband of the late Marguerite Fogel; devoted and loving father Suzanne (Peter) Spencer and David (Ilana) Fogel; adored grandfather of Claire, Hannah, Ian, Ariel, Amir and Leah.

A funeral service will be held Today – Sunday, September 26 – 1 p.m. at DANZANSKY-GOLDBERG MEMORIAL CHAPELS INC., 1170 Rockville Pike, Rockville MD 20852. Interment to follow at Garden of Remembrance Memorial Park – Clarksburg, MD. The family will receive friends Saturday evening October 2 and Sunday evening October 3 at the residence of David and Ilana Fogel.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Washington Hebrew Congregation.

Dr. Lucius Gaston Gage, Jr.-
Dr. Gage died Sunday, September 4, 2011 at home. Born in Charlotte on June 7, 1925, he was the son of Dr. Lucius Gaston Gage, Sr. and Margaret White Gage.

He was educated in the Charlotte city schools and entered Duke University for his undergraduate degree after his junior year in high school. He then went on to Duke Medical School where he was recognized for exemplary performance. He completed his residency at the University of Virginia.

He returned to Charlotte to practice medicine at the Nalle Clinic with his father, the late Dr. Lucius G. Gage, Sr., a founding partner, assuming the Director position in the Allergy and Arthritis Department.

Outside of his medical practice, ‘Doc’, as he was affectionately known by his family and friends, had a passion for nature preservation. His home Mossgeil, reflected this love. Mossgeil, meaning ‘my story’, embodied the heart of his feelings. There, he created a sanctuary for wildlife, cultivated beautiful gardens, enjoyed his love of horses, and trained hunters and jumpers. He was an accomplished equestrian and rode with the Mecklenburg Hounds. He vacationed frequently at his summer home in Blowing Rock built by his grandfather, S.C. Supreme Court Justice George W. Gage, in 1898. He was active in the Blowing Rock Horse Show and served as its president.

Dr. Gage is survived by his son, James Clinton Easley and wife Cynthia McMahon Easley and their daughter Jessica Maitland Easley of Marvin, NC; his brother, Gaston Hemphill Gage, Sr. and wife Jane of Charlotte and three nephews.
A graveside service to celebrate Dr. Gage’s life will be held on Wednesday morning, September 7, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery, 700 West 6th St., Charlotte, NC.

Memorials may be made to Humane Society of Charlotte, 2700 Toomey Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28203; Sierra Club, 85 Second Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; or the Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014.

David K. Wiecking David K. Wiecking, 78, departed this life peacefully on Friday, July 22, 2011.

David was the retired Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia. David was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended Episcopal High School in 1950 and Princeton University in 1954. After serving two years in the United States Navy, he entered Johns Hopkins School of Medicine graduating in 1960.

While in medical school, he met Mary Jane Stoll, and they wed in August 1959. The couple moved to Charlottesville in 1960 so David could attend the University of Virginia’s medical school residency program. David completed two years of surgical residency, followed by three years of Pathology residency, to become Board Certified in Forensic Pathology.

While completing his medical residency, David also attended and graduated from the University’s School of Law in 1969 and passed the Virginia State Bar. Based in Richmond, David served as the Chief Medical Examiner from 1972 until 1993.
Under his twenty-one year tenure, the office became one of the most respected state-run, forensic laboratories in the nation. Of particular note was his personal involvement in directing the lab in conducting the nation’s first successful DNA-based prosecution for capital crimes. During his tenure, he also taught at the Medical College of Virginia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served on the board of the American Board of Forensic Science. He retired in 1993.

He and Mary Jane moved to Westminster Canterbury in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2003. Throughout his life, David enjoyed train travel, a passion which he shared with his wife, riding almost every passenger track in the contiguous United States. He was a voracious reader with a respected intellect and a deep passion for baseball and the Redskins – a fan to the end of his days. David was a man of great humor, generosity and compassion. He was beloved by all.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mary Jane; his son and his wife, Lieutenant Colonel James (United States Marine Corp Retired) and Helen Wiecking; his daughter and her husband Jack and Caroline Wiecking Murphy; his daughter and her, husband, Eric and Janet Wiecking Leimeister; his grandchildren, Addison Wiecking, Peyton Wiecking, Annajane Murphy, Isaac Murphy, Fiona Murphy, Nora Murphy, and Violet Leimeister.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given to Westminster Canterbury, WCBR Fellowship Fund, 250 Pantops Mountain Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911 or Episcopal High School, 1200 Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302.

A memorial will be held at Westminster Canterbury 250 Pantops Mountain Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2011.

A reception will follow immediately after the memorial service

VIRGINIA BEACH – Claiborne Willcox Fitchett, MD, 87, died on July 2, 2011 after a long period of declining health.
Claiborne was born June 10, 1924 in Norfolk, the son of Pearl Harris Fitchett and Marion Stevenson Fitchett, MD. He was a 1942 graduate of Granby High School, attended the University of Virginia and was a 1947 graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School where he earned a medical degree and a Master of Science in surgery.

His medical training was interrupted by service to his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War serving as a medical officer.

In 1954, he returned to Norfolk to begin his medical career, first in private practice with his father and then as a founder and leader in Norfolk Surgical Group until his retirement. In his more than 40 years of practicing surgery at Norfolk General and Leigh Memorial hospitals, Claiborne held a number of surgery leadership positions including chief of Division of General Surgery at Medical Center Hospitals in 1978. His love of medicine and his desire to make medical education more accessible led him to play an instrumental role in the founding of Eastern Virginia Medical School. Claiborne was a longtime member of the faculty and served in many leadership positions at EVMS including Rector. In 2000 EVMS awarded Claiborne an Honorary Doctor of Science degree in appreciation for his service to the school. It was at EVMS that he discovered his love of teaching and sharing his passion for medicine with the next generation of medical professionals. In the words of one of his partners, “this uniquely gifted surgeon was a true mentor in every sense of the word…he showed me firsthand the true joy of doing what you love to do and doing it as well as you possibly can.”

He was active in local, state and national medical and surgical societies and held leadership roles including president of Virginia Surgical Society, the Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons and the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association. Among his many published articles on surgery, the one that he perhaps enjoyed the most was a historical monograph “Surgery and Surgeons in Virginia, 1607-1995,” which he co-authored with his very close friend and fellow surgeon, the late W. Levi Old, MD.

When not practicing medicine, Claiborne loved either being in a duck blind or on the golf course with his many, friends – old and new, young and not so young – that he made at the Ships Cabin Club and the Princess Anne Country Club. He enjoyed the camaraderie from his association with The Virginia Club and his book club, The Literary Society. He was also a former member of the Board of Norfolk Collegiate School and a longtime member of The Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk where he served on the vestry.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Margaret Hitch Fitchett and his two daughters, Mary Fitchett Carpenter and her husband Cato of Baltimore and Susan Fitchett Robertson and her husband, Walter of Richmond and four grandchildren, Cato Douglas Glover Carpenter Jr. and Margaret Page Carpenter of Baltimore and Mary Fitchett Robertson and Robert MacLeod Woods Robertson of Richmond.

The Fitchett family warmly thanks the many caring staff members of Elder Care for their dedicated service and kindness to Claiborne during his illness.

A memorial service will be held at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 7400 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23505 on July 6th at 11:00 a.m. The family will have a burial.

Memorial donations can be made in Claiborne’s name to EVMS Foundation, P.O. Box 5, Norfolk, VA 23510 or The Church of the Good Shepherd.

H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Laskin Road, is handling arrangements.

Charles B. Bray, MD, 93, of Roanoke, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2011.

Dr. Bray was born on July 26, 1918, in Birmingham, AL, where he attended public school. From 1936 to 1940 he was a student at Vanderbilt College, where he was on the wrestling team for three years and played freshman football. He attended the University of Virginia Medical School from 1941 to 1944, completed his internship at John Sealy Hospital, University of Texas in 1945, and served in the Army Medical Corps from 1945 to 1947. Dr. Bray did his residency at John Seal Hospital from 1947 to 1949 and worked at the Crippled Children’s Hospital, University of Alabama from 1949 to 1950.

He was in private practice in Roanoke from 1950 to 1955. In June 1955 he partnered with Drs. Louis P. Ripley and Phillip Trout to found the Roanoke Orthopedic Clinic, from which he retired in 1989. During his career he was recognized for the care he provided during the polio epidemic of 1950, treating over 500 patients in Southwestern Virginia. Dr. Bray was affiliated with Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Community Hospital. He also consulted for the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford County Memorial Hospital, and the University of Virginia School of Medicine where he was an Associate Professor of Orthopedics and a member of the Medical Advisory Committee. In 2006 Dr. Bray was awarded the Roanoke Academy of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. He was instrumental in helping develop the University of Virginia Roanoke affiliate residency program, providing training for UVA orthopedic residents.

A man who truly loved life, and especially the outdoors, Dr. Bray was an avid sportsman, hunter, swimmer, and tennis player. He had a passion for dogs and was seldom seen without one by his side. Long-time member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, he served in a number of leadership roles, including being Senior Warden. He was instrumental in establishing the church’s columbarium and worked faithfully maintaining the church garden.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Susan H. Bray; and grandson, Zachary Bray.

Left to cherish his memory and spirit are his three children, Jane White and husband, Ed, of Danville, Charles Bray III and wife, Kathleen, of Beaufort, SC, and Sally Craver and husband, Sam, of Roanoke; four grandchildren, Sally Paxton and husband, Marcus, Virginia Lozier and husband, Casey, Emily Kassel and husband, Brian, and Andrew Bray; and five great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Dr. Bray’s life and faith will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2011, at St. John’s Episcopal Church. The Rev. Barkley Thompson will officiate and a reception at the church will immediately follow.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to St. John’s Episcopal Church, the Bradley Free Clinic, or to the charity of your choice.

The family would like to thank all the nurses and staff of 3 West, Lewis Gale Hospital.

Arrangements by Oakey’s Roanoke Chapel and Crematory.

Dr. Powell Garland Dillard, Jr., 87, of Lynchburg, Virginia died Wednesday August 17, 2011. He was the son of the late Dr. Powell Garland Dillard and Nannie Sue Hoge Dillard.

He was preceded in death by one brother, John Hoge Dillard of Greensboro, North Carolina.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Margaret Ann Corlett, four daughters, Celia Dillard Potekhen and husband Richard, Dorie Dillard Smiley and husband Knight, Ann Dillard Ackley and husband Rob and Corlett Dillard Keefer and husband Scott. He is also survived by 13 grand-children; Will Culpepper and wife Cristy, Molly Miller and husband Peter, Nancy Potekhen, Joseph Nelson and wife Meg, Garland Nelson, Emily Vanzant and husband Court, Robert Ackley and wife Carly, Ann Browning McCarty and husband John, Tyler Keefer, Harris Keefer, Krissy Potekhen, Langdon Zimmer and husband Tom, Will Smiley and wife Mollie and 9 great-grandchildren; MacKenzie Nelson, William Culpepper, Ella Vanzant, Gunnar Vanzant, Henry Zimmer, Anne-Charles Zimmer, Abigail Smiley, Owen Smiley and Masun Braun. He also leaves a very close life-long friend, Elliot Schewel.

Dr. Dillard was the first male child born at Virginia Baptist Hospital, then Bedford County, Virginia, on August 2, 1924. He was educated in the Lynchburg public schools and received BA and MD degrees from the University of Virginia, the latter in 1947. He was elected to the Raven Society and Phi Beta Kappa. He served a surgical internship at the University of Virginia Hospital and then a residency in Radiology at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio. He continued in Radiology as a Fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota until 1952 and was certified by the American Board of Radiology in 1951. Dr. Dillard served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean conflict and returned to Lynchburg in 1954 where he was in private practice until his retirement in 1989.

He served as President of the Virginia Radiological Society and was elected to the degree of Fellow in the American College of Radiology in 1969. He was Chief of Staff at Lynchburg General Hospital, President of the Lynchburg Academy of Medicine, President of the Lynchburg unit of the American Cancer Society and President of the Piedmont Hospital Service prior to its merger into the Virginia Blue Cross plan. He maintained an interest in public education, serving as President of public school parent-teacher organizations and was a member of the Lynchburg School Board, the board of the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center and was a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. In 1966, Dr. Dillard and other physicians traveled to Puerta Cabesus, Nicaragua to act as medical missionaries for the Moravian Church. They set up new medical equipment and trained local medical personnel in new techniques and operation of equipment. He served as a Deacon and was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg.

The family wishes to express appreciation to Centra Hospice, Allie, Brenda, Dr. Pat Pletke, Dr. Dwight Oldham, the wonderful nurses of Pearson Cancer Center and John Scholer and Gail Midkiff of First Presbyterian Church. The family extends a special thank you to Matilda Bowles for her friendship, care and support.

A graveside service will be held at Spring Hill Cemetery, Saturday August 20th at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be at the Dillard residence Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Academy of Fine Arts capital campaign, 600 Main Street 24504, where Dr. Dillard was instrumental in establishing a memorial fund in the name of his late grandmother, Ella Woodroof Dillard. Donations may also be made to Centra Hospice, 3300 Rivermont Avenue 24503, or the Alan B. Pearson Cancer Center, 1701 Thomson Drive 24501.

Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434-237-9424. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting http://www.tharpfuneralhome.com.

Published in The News & Advance on August 19, 2011

In Memory of
Dr. Charlton B. Futch
April 1, 1941 – October 2, 2011
Obituary:

Dr. Charlton Butler Futch, age 70, passed away October 2, 2011, at his residence on St. Simons Island, GA. Born April 1, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Agnes Muir Greenlaw, he attended Suffield Academy in Connecticut and graduated from Hamilton College with a B.S. degree in biology. He received his Medical Doctorate degree with honors from The University of Virginia Medical School in 1966.

Following graduation, he served in the United State Navy as senior medical officer with the rank of commander while stationed in Charleston, SC, from 1967-1969. Dr. Futch served his surgical internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City from 1969-1973. He became the chief resident in 1973.

Dr. Futch moved to St. Simons Island in 1974, where he established his surgical practice until his retirement in 1997. He also established the Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS) program in Southeast Georgia to train emergency medical responders.

Chuck was a member of Christ Church, Frederica’s Choir, the Sea Island Men’s Golf Association and was involved in many causes to benefit the community he loved. He was passionate about his family and friends and took great joy in sharing his amazing sense of humor with everyone. Chuck had a love for nature and the outdoors, was a voracious reader, and could often be found on the golf course or gardening at home. He was a proud and wonderful grandfather who was affectionately called Grandoc by his six loving grandchildren.

During his medical career in the Golden Isles, he was staff surgeon, Southeast Georgia Medical Center; director SICU; transfusion committee chairman, chief of surgery, chairman of the trauma and disaster committee, medical staff vice president and chairman of the quality assurance and utilization review committee.

He held memberships in many professional societies including being named fellow, American College of Surgeons, American Society of General Surgeons and American Trauma Society. He also was a member of the Southern Medical Association, Georgia Medical Association, Georgia Surgical Society, American Medical Association, American Heart Association and was a fellow for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Anne, and their sons Jeff (Jill) of Raleigh, NC; Jon (Kym) of Columbus, GA, and Jason (Eason) of Oxford, MS. Also surviving are his grandchildren, Sam, Jon II, Abigail, Olivia, Andrew and Bowen. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Glynn Morris, sisters-in-law, Arlene Futch and Marty McGee, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jessie Vanderhorst, and brother, George Futch.

The family will receive friends at the residence from 6-8 p.m. Friday, October 7, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Christ Church Frederica with Father Stephen McWhorter officiating and Msgr. John Kenneally assisting. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society of Glynn County.

Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home and Oglethorpe Crematorium entrusted with arrangements.

Richard T. Wade, M.D., age 80, is now rejoicing in heaven as of September 30th, 2011. He remained at home under the care of Hospice of Volusia /Flagler. During his final days he was surrounded by his loving family and pets.

He was a past member of both the Lynchburg Wesleyan Church, and the First Church of the Nazarene in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was a current member of the First Church of the Nazarene, New Smyrna Beach. He served as Sunday school superintendent, Sunday school teacher, and church board member for many years. With the Port Orange United Methodist Church he, his wife, and daughter volunteered as medical Missionaries in remote clinics in Jamaica for many years.

He attended E.C. Glass High School, then served for 2 years in the United States Army. He attended Business College, Lynchburg College, and the Medical College of Virginia. He completed his medical internship and residency at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, and the University of Virginia. He was in private practice in Lynchburg Virginia for 25 years specializing in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.

After retiring to Florida in 1990, he volunteered with the Volusia County Health Department, and later worked full time with the Health Department in adult medicine for ten years. He also worked at the Veterans Health Center in Daytona Beach for 2 years.

His hobbies were Bible Study, woodworking, yard work, carpentry, and spending time with his family and loved ones.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Claytor T. Wade and Leezetter J. Wade, both from Lynchburg, Virginia. He is survived by his loving wife, Susan K. Wade of New Smyrna Beach, Florida; a devoted sister, Jenny W. Mason of Lynchburg, VA. In addition to his wife he is survived by his children; Wanda Gay Wade Flores of Lynchburg Virginia, Richard Terrell Wade, Jr. (Kim), of Hopewell, Virginia, Susan Wade May of Lynchburg, Virginia, Trisha K Kudzol (Marc) of Port Orange, Florida, Brent Wade (Patti) of Concord, Virginia, and Ryan Wade (Neaka) of Edgewater, Florida. He is also survived by his loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Breanne Dean (Eric), D.J. Oliver (Desiree), Brittney Flores (Shawn Marshall), Joey Flores, Corey Flores, Steven May, Cody May, Brescian Wade, Daniel Wade, Shasta Jap, Amanda Babukovic, Nathan Pittard, Christie Whitehead, G. Bradley Whitehead, Curtis Brent Wade, Nick Pfarner, Hannah Wade, Ciara Place-Warren, Austin Place, Morgan Place, and Micheal Ryan Wade Jr., Jayden Marshall, Shayla Marshall, Colin Dean, Brooklyn Breeden, Ashley Wade, Hunter Babukovic, Rebecca Pfarner, Johnathan Routin and Victoria Breeden. Extended family includes: Marian W. Wade, Voydee Spinner, Charlie Davis, Alison Davis, Hagen Davis, Judith C. Stemmerman, George Prosock, Emily Prosock, Logan Tifft and LeeAnna Prosock. Also included are many other family and friends that he loved and whom loved him.

The visitation is from 5-8 p.m. today (Sunday, October 2, 2011) at Settle-Wilder’s Chapel, New Smyrna Beach. The service will be held at The First Church of the Nazarene in New Smyrna Beach, Florida at 3:00 p.m., Monday, October 3, 2011.

Graveside service to follow at Sea Pines Memorial Gardens, Edgewater, Florida.

The family welcomes all those who want to share in our celebration of life after the graveside service, at the home of Richard and Susan Wade in New Smyrna Beach.

Dr. Harry Walker- STATESVILLE

Harry Gordon Walker, M.D., beloved husband, father and friend to many, left this earth to join our heavenly Father surrounded by his family, on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Helping people was the most rewarding aspect of his long career. Dr. Walker was born Nov. 17, 1924, in Bessemer City, to Marshall G. Walker and Nannie C. Walker Martin. He graduated from Bessemer City High School in 1941 and spent one year at Gilford College in pre-med. He entered the U.S. Navy and was sent to the University of Virginia for two years. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945. He completed two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the last two years at UVa School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1949. He completed a rotating internship in OB/GYN and then completed his training in general medicine with additional training in obstetrics and gynecology in Savannah, Ga., in 1952. Dr. Walker opened his office for General Practice of Medicine in Statesville on July 1, 1952. In 1953, he formed a partnership with Dr. John Stegall, and they practiced together until Dr. Stegall retired in 1985. He was then joined by Dr. David Cash, whom he delivered, and they practiced together until Dr. Walker retired in 1995. Dr. Walker was on the original staff of Iredell Memorial Hospital and served as Chief of Staff, Chief of Obstetrics and Chief of Medicine. He became a member of the Board of Trustees of Iredell Memorial Hospital in 1985 and, from 1986 to 1997, served on the Board of Directors (vice president from 1996 to 1997). He delivered approximately 4,000 babies throughout his career with about 3,400 in Statesville during his earlier practice years.

He was a member (50 years) and past president of Iredell County Medical Society as well as a member of the N.C. Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He helped organize and was a member of the Board of Directors and past president of the Board of Hospice. He served on the Board of Directors of Kings Grant Retirement Community. He served on the Board of Directors and was past chairman at the Open Door Clinic and also worked in the clinic as a volunteer physician from 1995 to 2002. He was active in fundraising for 5th Street Ministries.

Dr. Walker was an Elder and an active member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as 2001 president of the Men’s Bible Class. He was also a founding member of the Forest Park Presbyterian Church. He served as the president of “”Good News of Statesville”" at Kings Grant Retirement Community for three years and was a board member there for 25 years.

Dr. Walker enjoyed many activities, including tennis, golf, boating, gardening and water exercise at the YMCA. He and his wife, Mary Helen, traveled to 48 states and over 45 countries over the course of their 40-year marriage. When asked, he would tell you his favorite trip was to the Galapagos Islands followed by the Inside Passage to Alaska. He valued his close relationships with his family, many friends, and the doctors, nurses and hospital staff that he worked with over his career.

Dr. Walker is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mary Helen Walker; three children, Gilda Walker Morris (Lee), Cheryl Walker Morand (Ralph) and Harry “”Hank”" Gordon Walker, Jr. (Kathy); two step-children, James “”Jimmy”" E. Pharr, Jr. (Ida) and Mary Katherine “”Kathy”" Pharr Osborne (Doug); and one foster son, Jim Kiser (Elaine). In 1974 he was preceded in death by one step-daughter, Nancy H. Pharr. Also surviving are grandchildren, Carson Morris-Reyes (Pablo), Everett L. Morris, IV (Jaymee), Jessie C. Morris, Michele Walker, Christie Walker, Nicole Morand Colman (Bob), Robert Morand (Becky), Erica Cosgrove, John Cosgrove, Aaron Safford (Stacy), Kameron Safford, Shelly Safford, Elisa Pharr Green (Kent), James “”Trey”" E. Pharr, III, Josh (Joni) Bowling, Erik Kiser; and 15 great-grandchildren, Eli Morris-Reyes, Catherine Morris, Caleb and Maddie Colman, Allie, Olivia and Sophia Morand, Bella Cosgrove, Michaela and Connor Bowling, Jaxon and Evan Safford, Carson and Courtney Smith, and Caleb Green. He also enjoyed his special relationships with his sisters-in-law, Peggy H. Owen (Bill) and Barry H. Braford, and numerous other special nieces and nephews.
Memorial services for Dr. Harry Walker will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at First Presbyterian Church with Revs. Stephen Scott and Grant Sharp and Mr. Grant Sutphin officiating.

The family will receive friends today, March 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Nicholson Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers will be the First Presbyterian Church Young Men’s Bible Class and Dr. Walker’s Breakfast Club members.
A special thanks to his friends and physicians, Drs. Ruby Grimm, Henry Walters and Roger Roark.

The family wishes to extend their deepest appreciation to Iredell Memorial Hospital and all the staff for their compassionate care for Dr. Walker and his family. We would also like to express our gratitude to Ike Skinner and Maria Salazar for their valued services over the years.

Iredell County and our community is a better place because of his many years of service. Dr. Walker will be greatly missed and was still helping people until recent weeks.

Nicholson Funeral Home is serving the family of Dr. Harry Walker.

Dr. Janssen Benno Jr.

Benno Janssen Jr., M.D. of West Palm Beach, Florida, died at home, Wednesday, March 14, 2012, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on April 6, 1922, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first son of Edith Patton and Benno Janssen, noted Pittsburgh architect, living there until 1939, when the family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. Janssen attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from the University of Virginia December 1943.

From January 1944 until June 1946, he served as an officer in the United States Navy aboard the USS Missouri in the secondary battery fire control department. He was present at the signing of the end of World War II on September 2, 1945, standing only twelve feet from General Douglas MacArthur. During Janssen’s war service he kept a scrapbook of the Missouri’s daily log. In 2010, he made a visit to New Orleans, accompanied by his children, and donated this invaluable resource to the grateful National World War II Museum.

Following the war, Janssen attended the Harvard Business School, earning an MBA in 1948. He then attended the University of Virginia Medical School, graduating in 1954. Subsequent training was two years at the University of Virginia Medical Center, one year at the New York Hospital Cornell, and two years at Duke University Medical Center as a fellow in gastroenterology under Dr. Julian Ruffin.

Moving to West Palm Beach, Dr. Janssen joined Drs. Rotter, Warren, and Spivey in 1959, as a gastroenterologist and internal medicine specialist, and served at Good Samaritan and Saint. Mary’s Hospitals. He was a volunteer physician for Palm Beach County beginning in 1995, at the Caridad Health Clinic for Migrants from 1999 until 2003, and at the Samaritan Clinic (First Baptist) from 2002 until recently.

Janssen had a real love of sports, having played on the 1943 University of Virginia football squad and the 1942 golf team. He won the Oakmont Pennsylvania Country Club Championship in 1938, the Western Pennsylvania Junior Championship in 1939, and played in seven US Amateur Championships from 1938 through 1951.

In 1972, he and his wife became founding members of Mayacoo Lakes Country Club. Janssen coached Gray Y football for five to six years in the 1970′s and was an assistant high school baseball coach for three or four years. From 1977 until 1987, he was football team physician at North Shore High School, also teaching a one hour class on medicine and drugs at the school from 1984 until 1987.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Jeanne Chappelka Janssen; a daughter, Susan Janssen Kah and husband, Chipper of North Palm Beach; two sons, Benno III “Chip”, local contractor, and wife, Kelly, of Jupiter, and Roger Patton, local architect and wife Karyn, of West Palm Beach; and nine grandchildren, Christopher, Trevor, and Rebecca Kah, Blake, Kacey, Peyton, Benno Janssen IV, Eloise and Patton Janssen.

Additional survivors include his brother, Alexander Patton Janssen of Charlottesville, Virginia; and brother-in-law, Roger Chappelka and wife, Anne, of Landisburg, Pennsylvania. He was pre-deceased by his sister, Mary Patton Janssen of Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Janssen family will receive friends from 3 until 5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the fellowship hall at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach, Florida.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers donations may be made in Dr. Janssen’s name, to the University of Virginia; or Hospice of Palm Beach County 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407.

Family members are most grateful both to Hospice and to Ruth Brown who provided kind and capable care.
Arrangements by Quattlebaum Funeral Home 561-832-5171.

Published in the Daily Progress on March 18, 2012

CHUN–Jin K., M.D.

The Department of Surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine mourns the sudden and tragic death of our distinguished colleague and dear friend. A highly regarded and talented plastic surgeon, Dr. Chun proudly served the Department and the Hospital for over 20 years as the Chief of Microsurgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery. He was a recognized authority in complex reconstructive breast cancer surgery. His devotion to his patients and their quality of life was his passion. He excelled as a teacher and mentor to generations of plastic surgeons.

We extend our sincere condolences to Dr. Chun’s wife, Jane, and his sons: Justin, Hunter and Miles. He will be dearly missed by all his colleagues and patients.

Michael L. Marin, M.D. Chairman, Dept. of Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine Lester Silver, M.D. Chief, Div. of Plastic Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Published in The New York Times on March 20, 2012.

PAYNE, PHILIP MARSHALL, II

Philip Marshall Payne, II, M.D., age 83, of Melrose passed away at his home on December 22, 2011. Dr. Payne was born in Staunton, Virginia on September 6, 1928, to the late Philip Marshall and Catherine (Yates) Payne.
Prior to his retirement, Dr. Payne was a practicing Urologist in Ft. Myers, Florida for many years and on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Dr. Payne was a proud graduate of the University of Virginia and following service in the Navy during the Korean War, the University of Virginia’s Medical School. Dr. Payne completed his internship and residency at Shands Hospital in Gainesville.

In 2005, Dr. Payne and his wife moved from the Eastern Shore back to Florida where he was active with the Trinity Episcopal Church, the Melrose Business and Community Association, and the Melrose Historical Society. Dr. Payne was also instrumental in the founding of the Barrier Islands Center in Machipongo, Virginia.
Dr. Payne, an avid fisherman, is survived by the best catch of his life, his beloved wife of 57 years Ann (Wilson) Payne, and their five children – Captain Philip M. Payne, III, S.C., USNR-Retired (Cynthia) of Tallahassee; Margaret Blizzard (Richard) of Melrose; Oona Lewis (Eddie) of Wilson, NC; Susan Russo (Carmine) of East Hampton, MA; and Dr. Sarah Speese (Clark) of Augusta, GA. Dr. Payne also leaves behind seven grandchildren of whom he was very proud, Reid and Kyle Lewis; Drew, Eric, and Annie Speese; and Ben and Katie Payne; his beloved nieces, Carlie Garonzik of New York, NY and Bonnie Bennet of Chester, CT; and his loving aunt, Gladys Yates of Dallas, TX.

A special note of gratitude is also extended to his friends of many decades, John Sheppard and Richard Messmer of Ft. Myers and Joseph Kelley of Old Town.

A memorial service for Dr. Payne will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Melrose with Mother Michael N. Armstrong officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that contributions be made to either of the following – the Barrier Islands Center, 7295 Young St., P.O. Box 206, Machipongo, VA 23405;

Trinity Episcopal Church, 204 State Road 26, Melrose, FL 32666;

Putnam County Library, Melrose Branch, 306 Wynnwood Avenue, Melrose, FL 32666;

or Haven Hospice, 6400 St. Johns Ave., Palatka, FL 32177.

ROWAN–Robert L., MD, on March 13, 2011. Beloved husband of the late Yetta. Loving father of Cindy, Kirk, Dahlia and Robert. Cherished grandfather of seven. Interment private.

Dr. Eugene Russell Bebeau , 88, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, in Beaumont. Born September 26, 1923, in Palmar, Massachusetts, to Aurore Dumas Bebeau and Eugene Paul Bebeau, he was the second of five children and grew up in Danville, Virginia.

He graduated from Hampden Sydney College, attended the University of Virginia Medical School where he completed his Anesthesia residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, the Class of 1953.
Eugene then met his beloved wife, Grace Kouns, they married on August 3, 1953, and moved to Beaumont which became their home.

He, along with a dear friend, Bill Darnell, founded Anesthesia Associates of South East Texas and practiced medicine for forty-four years. It was the first group of anesthesiologist in Texas.

The greatest love of his life was for his wife and nine children born within a ten year span, which included two sets of twins. He was an avid sports fan, art coinsurer and world traveler. Some highlights of his life, included being the Athletic Director and coach at St. Anne’s Catholic School, where he coached football, baseball and basketball for seven years. He also coached Little League baseball at Spindletop from 1964-1969, winning one city championship. He was President of Spindletop Little League for four years and eventually the Spindletop Little League Field was named Bebeau field. He took a great interest in the development of the youth of Beaumont both boys and girls. He also drove the cheerleaders and players to many games over the years. He was a longtime supporter of St. Anne’s Catholic School, Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School, Lamar University Athletics and Rice University Athletics, where he was a season football ticket holder for fifty years. One of his greatest attributes was his love of people; he truly never met a stranger and was a devote Roman Catholic.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Grace Marie Bebeau, who died in October of 1997; his brothers, Eddie and Fred; and his sister, Gertrude.

He is survived by his sister, Nancy; nine children; seventeen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; close family friend, Lonnie Mae DuCre’; loving companion, Mary Louise Smith; and devoted nephew, Johnny Lowery.
The family would like to especially thank Dr. Gary Clayton, close personal family friend and the ICU staff at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, in Beaumont.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 8, 2011, at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2715 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will begin at 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 7, 2011, with a Rosary recited at 6:30 p.m., at Broussard’s.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to St. Anne Catholic School Foundation, 375 North 11th Street, Beaumont, Texas 77702-1834; Lamar University Girls Basketball, 4440 South M. L. King Parkway, Beaumont, Texas 77705-5748; or a charity of your choice.

John Brewer Petter, 91, died Monday, October 3, 2011 in Knollwood Nursing Home.

He leaves his wife of sixty one years, Elizabeth (Geiler) Petter, and four daughters, Barbara Putnam of Southborough, MA, Elizabeth Thompson of London, England, Ann Petter of New York, and Carolyn Workman of Williston, VT and two grandchildren, Jack and Ella Workman.

Born in Amatol, NJ on March 17, 1919, son of Gladys Brewer and John Petter.
He graduated from Texas Military Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and was a graduate of University of Virginia and its medical school, Class of 1943. He was a member of the Glee Club, and was made a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in medical school. He was a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Rotary International. Following an internship in Cleveland, Ohio, Jack was a surgeon in the Army Medical Corps in World War II where he achieved the rank of Captain. He served in the 101st General Hospital based near Taunton England. He attended the Neurenberg Trials.

Jack began his practice of thoracic surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Rutland, MA and soon moved to Worcester with his family where he served in all the Worcester hospitals throughout his career.
Jack enjoyed sailing, skiing, photography, especially of New England’s covered bridges, travel, classical music, and jazz. He was tenacious about his love of life, and within this love, his family was the most important.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m Thursday, October 6 in All Saints Church, 10 Irving St. A private burial is planned for a later date. There are no calling hours.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Briarwood Retirement Community, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, MA 01606, The Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609, or the charity of your choosing.

Caswell-King Funeral Home, 474 Grove St. is directing arrangements.

Boring, Charles Eugene Jr. June 8, 1934 – Oct. 24, 2011 Dr. Charles Eugene Boring Jr., 77, of Sarasota died Oct. 24, 2011.

Charlie was born in Key West, Fla. He graduated from St Petersburg High School in 1952. He then served in the US Marine Corps serving in Korea and Japan. He graduated from Florida State University and the University of Florida School of Medicine. He completed two years of residency at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Md. and his Orthopedic Surgery residency at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. In 1970 he and his wife Linda moved to Sarasota where he was in private practice for 30 years. He was a long time friend of Bill W. He was an avid boater and fisherman and loved the Gulf coast of Florida.

Survivors include his loving wife of 43 years Linda; daughters Beth Fox of Sarasota, Allison Burnap and Andrea Breyer of Rhode Island. Other survivors are Charlie’s brother George of New Jersey; sisters Marcia Cunningham and Julie Walls of Arkansas, and Candy Taylor of Georgia; nine grandchildren, Sara, Gerard, Jeni, Willy, Andrew, Kelly, Timmy, Ashley and Paige.

Services will be private. National Cremation & Burial Society is in charge of arrangements
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to TideWell Hospice, 5955 Rand Blvd, 34238.

Dr. Walter Copley McLean, died at his home with family by his side on Friday, November 11, 2011, he was 89.
Copley was born on May 5, 1922, in McBee, South Carolina, where his father, Walter Leod McLean, farmed and his mother, Annie Elam Copley McLean, taught history. At age six, he moved to South Hill, Virginia, with his mother, sister and brother, after the death of his father.

Copley graduated as valedictorian from South Hill High School in 1939, and from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, in 1943, where he was president of the student body, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Societies. He then attended the University of Virginia Medical School where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received his MD in 1946. While in medical school, he married Margaret “Peggy” Kleppinger, a nursing student at the University of Virginia from Allentown, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 1944. After medical school, he interned at the University of Virginia Hospital until July, 1947, while serving as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy Medical Corp.
From 1949 until July, 1952, he practiced family medicine in South Hill where he and his wife started their family. In 1952, Copley was appointed a fellow in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia under the guidance of Dr. Byrd Leavell before completing a residency in Otolaryngology. After obtaining his board certification, Copley joined the local practice of Hedges, Fitzhugh, Humphries, and Crigler. He practiced there as well as at the Martha Jefferson Hospital and at the University of Virginia Medical Center where he was a professor until his retirement in 1998. Over his 50 years of practicing medicine, residents greatly admired him as a mentor and valued his guidance. He was especially appreciated by his patients and staff for his empathy, his homespun wisdom and his warm bedside manner.
In addition to a busy medical practice, Copley was a loving and devoted husband and father as well as a generous contributor to the community. With children at the local schools, he often was in the stands to cheer or on the sidelines to provide medical advice and care. Fall weekends found him faithfully at University of Virginia football games and he was a loyal supporter of the men’s and women’s basketball teams and the baseball team as well. He loved to wear his orange and blue. The family time at the farm along the Swift Run River in Greene County was rejuvenating for Copley as he enjoyed his friendships made through farming as well as time spent tending to his vegetable garden.

For nearly a decade, he was Chairman of the Charlottesville School Board and was praised for his integrity and courage and for his calm and judicious manner. He was a long time board member and officer of the Foxfield Racing Association, a board member of St. Anne’s-Belfield School, a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, a long time member of the University of Virginia Medical School Admissions Committee, President of The Medical Society of Virginia, a board member of The University of Virginia Health Services Foundation, President of The Albemarle County Medical Society, President and Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, a member of Rotary International, and a lifelong member of both the University Medical Alumni Association and the Virginia Student Aid Foundation.

Copley is survived by his wife of 67 years, Peggy, his sister, Elizabeth M. Nanney; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth W. McLean, Elizabeth K. Cargill and Jean K. Langeloh; his children, Dr. W. Copley McLean Jr. and wife, Merri, of Asheville, North Carolina, Stephen Thomas McLean and wife, Caroline, of Charlottesville, Mark Andrew McLean and wife, Ann, of Richmond, Peter Kleppinger McLean and wife, Carol Ann, of Middletown, Delaware, Martha Elizabeth Rodgers and husband, Dr. Bradley Rodgers, of Greenwood, Virginia, and Christopher Laubach McLean of Charlottesville; 17 grandchildren, four great- grandchildren, nieces, nephews; and Lutrell Franklin who has been a loving member of the family for nearly 50 years.

Copley was preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Patricia Ann McLean; his brother, Mark; his daughter-in-law, Mary Mac Stroud McLean; and his nephew, Geoffrey Langeloh. The family would like to thank Dr. Barbara Post for her faithful medical care. The family also would like to express its deep appreciation to Pedro Llamas and his brothers, Jorge and Jose, for their remarkable devotion and care and to Loretta Starks, Wilbur Daniels, Ron Berube and Randy Seelye for their gentle and compassionate assistance. A memorial service will be held 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2011, at the University of Virginia Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, if one wishes, contributions may be made to the Walter Copley and Margaret Kleppinger McLean Scholarship Fund (recognizing medical students exhibiting compassionate, patient-centered care) c/o University of Virginia Medical Foundation, P.O. Box 800776, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0776.

Published in the Daily Progress on November 16, 2011

Thomas Austin Sydnor Jr.

Thomas Austin Sydnor Jr. passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Austin was born on October 13, 1930, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of the late Virginia and Austin Sydnor.
He was also preceded in death by his wife, Peggy W. Sydnor.
Austin graduated from St. Christopher’s in Richmond, Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Virginia Medical School. He served in the United States Navy as a flight surgeon onboard the U.S.S. Ranger. Following completion of his medical education and residency, he served as a specialist in Ear, Nose, and Throat until his retirement.
He is survived by his son, Thomas E. Sydnor and his wife, Hunter, of Denver, Colorado; his daughters, Margaret S. Jenkins and her husband, Lee Bryant Jenkins III, of Wilson, North Carolina, and Anne Austin Sydnor of Charlotte, North Carolina. He is also survived by a sister, Terry Lovering and her husband, Joe, of Virginia Beach; his grandchildren, Henry Austin Sydnor, Margaret Daniel Sydnor, L. Bryant Jenkins IV and Austin Sydnor Jenkins; a sister-in-law, Rebecca Pettygrove and her husband, Marshall; and many nieces and nephews.
Austin will be remembered for his great sense of humor and his generous, adventurous spirit.

A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, November 14, 2011, at St. Paul’s Memorial Church on 1700 University Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, if one wishes, a donation in Austin’s memory may be made to Hampden-Sydney College, P.O. Box 637, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943 or St. Paul’s Memorial Church, 1700 University Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Friends may send condolences to the family at http://www.hillandwood.com.

Dr. John H. (Jake) DeTar, MD, 86, passed into eternal life on November 20, 2011, in his home in Hauser, ID, surrounded by his loving family. Born June 16, 1925 into an over-achieving family in Detroit, Michigan, his father, Dr. John S. DeTar (Claudis DeTar, mother) was a past president of the American Academy of General Practitioners and a co-founder of Blue Shield. His uncle Vernon was an internationally recognized organist and choirmaster.

He is survived by his sister Mary Roth of San Diego, his wife of 62 years, Ann Wilson DeTar, and seven sons and five daughters: John DeTar (Mary now deceased), Cathy Dillon (Tom), Molly Murphey (Rick), Dr. Josephine DeTar, Amy Ginski (Steve), Dr. Michael DeTar (Carrie), Patrick DeTar (Angelica), Dr. Thomas DeTar (Cynthia), Francis DeTar (Maureen), Daniel DeTar (Celia), Therese Cook (Jared), and Dr. Edward DeTar (Julie). In addition, 64 grandchildren and 55 great grand children survive him. He is also preceded in death by 2 great-grandchildren.

After attending Dennison University, Dr. DeTar received his medical degree in 1948 from the University of Michigan. He continued his postgraduate studies at U. of Virginia and Yale, and completed his residency program at Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle. Stationed in Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, during the Korean War, he provided medical care for many, including indigenous Eskimos in the area. He then practiced Urology for over 40 years in Reno, Nevada, serving on the staff at St. Mary’s Hospital and Washoe Medical Center.

He founded the Incandescent Cystoscope Fund, which donated needed urology equipment throughout the Third World, especially in Africa. He loved his profession, and treated his patients with dignity and grace, which inspired many of his children to likewise enter the medical field.

Jake DeTar’s patriotic interest in politics throughout his life included anti-communist grassroots lobbying and letter-writing campaigns. “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” was emblematic of Jake’s approach to public action. After his conversion to Catholicism, his activism focused on the recognition of the doctrine of the establishment of the Social Kingship of Christ. He was outspoken in his defense of the unborn and in the cultivation of a Culture of Life ‘from the womb to the tomb’.

In the 1960s Dr. DeTar founded Athanasius Press, a conservative Catholic publishing house to preserve traditional Catholic teaching and liturgy. He was one of the first to critically analyze the negative effects of the new translations of the Mass.

He wrote “Crusillo: To Deceive the Elect”, now in it’s fourth edition, and whose title is taken from Matthew’s Gospel. This gospel is read once a year on the last Sunday of the Church calendar, which this year was on the day he died. In recent years he was happy to see that the Church was bringing back her traditional liturgy, a cause to which he was dedicated.

He was a great proponent of physical fitness and sports activities, much to the delight and benefit of his growing brood who would accompany him to the slopes of Slide Mountain and Mount Rose Ski Resort, NV. When jogging became a new activity in the culture, Jake found a new passion entering many running races over the years.

He was also an avid sailor, spending most his summers in Michigan, racing E scows with his children on Torch Lake, his favorite place in the world. He treasured many memories on the golf course as well. In later years, he could be found at Idlewild Park, Reno, on the skating rink, demonstrating his spins, crossovers, slides and glides to everyone’s delight, although Ann, his wife, had forbidden him to do jumps without a helmet.

Jake embraced the good, the true, and the beautiful. This manifested itself in his love for God through the practice of his Catholic faith, his love for his family whom he imbibed with an appreciation for Christian culture, and his patriotic love for his country. Jake would ask, in your charity, to please pray for the repose of his soul.

Rosary: 5:30PM Friday, December 2nd, 2011 at Immaculate Conception Church, 614 East 5th Avenue, Post Falls, Idaho.

Requiem Mass: Saturday, Nov. 3rd, 2011, 8:00AM, Immaculate Conception Church, followed by burial at St. Joseph Cemetery, 17806 E. Trent Ave., Spokane, WA. For further information call 208-777-7156.

Published in Reno Gazette-Journal on November 27, 2011

Dr. Ann Bates, the wife of Princeton men’s lacrosse coach Chris Bates, passed away earlier today after a nearly decade-long battle with cancer. She was nine days past her 43rd birthday.

“She was the most courageous, inspirational person I ever met,” said Chris Bates. “She hit every challenge head on. She was really just an inspiration.”

Ann Bates was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2003. Since then, she twice fought off the disease, first then and again when she was diagnosed with a form of leukemia in the summer of 2009, just three days after her husband was named the Tiger head coach.

After a bone marrow transplant and a lengthy stay in the hospital, Ann Bates was in remission – until the brain tumor returned this past May. She had surgery to remove the tumor, but ultimately the disease overtook her. She passed away early this afternoon.

Ann Bates was a graduate of William & Mary, and she attended medical school at the University of Virginia before doing her residency in pediatrics at North Carolina. It was there that she met Chris Bates, who was a graduate student at UNC and about to become the head coach at Drexel.

“She loved Princeton,” Bates said. “She loved Princeton lacrosse. She was such a big part of the program at Drexel, and it’s a great sadness that she never really got the same opportunity here.”

Ann and Chris Bates have one child, their 10-year-old son Nicholas. Funeral arrangements are still pending.

Laurence was born on October 20, 1932 and passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011.

Laurence was a resident of Litchfield, Ohio

John W. Hollowell, MD, 89, died December 7, 2011, at home in Portsmouth, Virginia. A Tidewater native, Jack was the son of Mattie Leggett and Edward Caleb Hollowell of Deep Creek, Virginia. Following graduation from Deep Creek High School, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of William and Mary in1943 and a medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in1946. He completed a surgical internship at the University of Virginia Hospital and then served two years’ active duty as a lieutenant in the United States Navy Medical Corps. After leaving the Navy, Jack relocated to New York City where he was a resident from 1949 to 1952 at Roosevelt Hospital (now St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center) in Manhattan. There he met Mary Louise Akert, a Roosevelt Hospital student nurse from Flin Flon, Manitoba. They married in January 1953 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan.

Declining an offer from Roosevelt’s Chief of Urology to practice medicine in New York, Jack returned with his wife to Portsmouth to become the city’s first urologist. In addition to practicing urology for four decades, he was an attending urologist and chair of the surgical departments at both Portsmouth General and Maryview Hospitals, a consultant to the US Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, and assistant professor in the Department of Urology at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Jack’s other professional accomplishments included terms of service as President of the Medical Society of Virginia, President of the Tidewater Urological Society, and President of the Portsmouth Academy of Medicine. He also served on the Boards of Directors of Portsmouth General Hospital, Tidewater Health Care, Eastern Virginia Health Systems, Tidewater Regional Health Planning Council, and the Hampton Roads Health Coalition; on the Medical Advisory Committee of the Tidewater Kidney Foundation; and as co-chair of the development fund of the University of Virginia Medical Foundation and of the State of Virginia Medicare Advisory Committee.

In the community, Jack served as Chair of the Portsmouth City Planning Commission, United Way of Hampton Roads Portsmouth Campaign, and Craney Island Commission; a member of the London House Board of Directors; and several terms on the Vestries of St. Christopher’s and Trinity Episcopal Churches. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Portsmouth for 55 years, which he served as President and where he was a Paul Harris Fellow. The Commonwealth of Virginia General Assembly issued a Joint Resolution in 1993 commending Jack for his “distinguished career of service to the citizens of Portsmouth and the Commonwealth.”

Jack is survived by his wife of almost 59 years, Mary Louise, and four children: Heather Hollowell of Portsmouth, Mary Louise Shelton (and husband Curtis Lee Shelton) of Cary, NC, Lesley Hollowell (and husband E. Stanley Murphy) of Portsmouth, and John Warren Hollowell, Jr. (and wife Cynthia East Hollowell) of Lancaster, VA; four grandchildren: Sarah Tucker Hollowell and Emma East Hollowell, John Curtis Martin Shelton, and Mary Caroline Amnunziata; sister Judith H. Leach of Deep Creek and brother Frank Lee Hollowell of Bethesda, MD. He was predeceased by both parents and a sister, Mary Louise Hollowell, and brother, Edward C. Hollowell, Jr.

The family would like to thank Kevin D. Wilson, MD for his care over the years.

A Eucharist celebration in thanksgiving for Jack’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday December 16, 2011 in Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 Court Street, Portsmouth, VA. A reception will follow. Burial will be private. Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth, is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation (4510 Twin Pines Road, Portsmouth, VA 23703), The Portsmouth Humane Society (4022 Seaboard Court, Portsmouth, VA 23701), or Trinity Episcopal Church (500 Court Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704).
Published in The Virginian Pilot on December 11, 2011

Dr. E. Wayne Gilley, 89, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at his residence on Lookout Mountain.
He was born in Gate City, VA, the son of Milford and Carrie Gilley.

Dr. Gilley graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1948. After receiving his internship at Cincinnati General Hospital, he served as both a Junior and Senior Resident in Internal Medicine. After which, he was awarded a fellowship at The Mayo Clinic. During his two years at the Mayo, He spent a year in cardiovascular diseases, and his second year in pulmonary diseases.
In 1953, Dr. Gilley and his wife came to Chattanooga where he became an associate of the Campbell Clinic. In 1955, Dr. Gilley was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians. In 1960, he was elected President of the Tennessee Society of Internal Medicine and the Tennessee American College of Physicians. After he was recertified in 1977, Dr. Gilley served as the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of North Park Hospital, now knowm as Memorial North Park, a position he held until his retirement in 1992.

Dr. Gilley was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Denny Gilley and his sister, Virginia Gilley Flanary, of Kingsport, TN.

Dr. Gilley is survived by his wife of 34 years, Christine Roseborough Comolli Gilley; his children, Dr. James Gilley (Bonnie), Caroline Gilley Willingham (Tom), Susan Gilley Carson (Philip), Christine Comolli Oxford (Barry), seven grandchildren, Mike, Allison, and Brooke Gilley, Alex and Virginia Willingham, Will and Jay Carson, and Barry and Drewry Oxford; and four great-grandchildren.
The entire Gilley family would like to extend their gratitude to Sandy Tidwell and Kristy Sharp for their loving care and friendship.

The family will receive friends at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011, until the time of the service at 2:00 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd with the Rev. Wil Keith officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Church of the Good Shepherd, 211 Franklin Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350, or to the charity of your choice. Arrangements are by Wann Funeral Home.

Wilbur Burger…”the fight is over but the battle is won!”
Wilbur Burger passed away on January 8, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on March 31, 1937 and will be highly missed by all that knew him. He was a beautiful, caring man who touched everyone he came in contact with.

Wilbur was born and raised in Farmville by his parents and a very supportive and large extended family that had a strong work ethic and sincere Christian faith which guided him in his daily life. After high school he went to Randolph-Macon College and graduated with honors in pre-med. He was president of his senior class along with being the athletic trainer on the football team. He then went to the University of Virginia for med school where he was elected to AOA and The Raven Society, which were both appreciated very much, he graduated with honors in 1963. Once finishing his training at the Medical College of Va. in hematology and oncology he went into the Air Force and served at Andrews Air Force Base.

In 1969 he came to Lynchburg with Drs. Scott, Shotton, Sackett and Glenn and later started the Lynchburg Hematology and Oncology clinic which he opened in the summer of 1974. Along with the clinic he was instrumental in bringing an up to date radiation department to LGH which brought a new and quality service to central Virginia oncology. He will be remembered as an excellent physician who cared deeply for all of his patients and the others that worked with and around him. Putting other’s needs first was a trait and quality he carried out daily in a very unselfish manner which we could all learn from.

Along with medicine and the practice of it, he enjoyed gardening, golf, fishing and most of all his family. He is survived by his loving wife Elizabeth [Libby] Jarrett Burger, his son W. France Burger Jr., daughter in law Mary A. Burger, granddaughter Hundley E. Burger, brother William Marshal Burger Jr. and wife JoAnne H. Burger along with their two daughters Teresa B. Stubblefield (Jay, Marshall and Lilly) and Mary B. Curry (Dale). Hundley was one of his biggest joys along with Libby. He recently wrote “Lynchburg has been a wonderful place to live, work and raise our family. I hope that I have made some meaningful contributions to the community through the years that we have been here. For the past 54 years, Libby has been a constant companion and partner. Her love and compassion have only been equaled by her vision and determination.” Wilbur touched many lives and will be deeply missed by family, friends, patients and all who he cared for so much.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 12, 2012 for family and friends. It will be held at Westview Cemetery in Farmville, VA, located on South Main Street, where he will be laid to rest with his much loved son Scott Jarrett Burger and his parents, Annie Maude Dowdy Burger and William Marshal Burger.

Following the graveside service in Farmville, there will be a service to celebrate his life at First Presbyterian Church, which he attended for 38 years and was a Deacon, in Lynchburg at 2:00 PM on the same day. The Burger family will receive visitors in the Fellowship Hall at the church immediately following the service. First Presbyterian Church is located at 1215 VES Road Lynchburg, VA 24503.

Contributions can be made in his honor to the American Cancer Society, 2316 Atherholt Road, Lynchburg, VA 24501, Centra Hospice, 2097 Langhorne Rd., Lynchburg, VA 24501 or First Presbyterian Church, 1215 V.E.S. Road, Lynchburg, VA 24503.

The family would like to sincerely thank everyone who has provided care and support though this long and trying time. A special thanks goes out to his doctors, nurses and staff along with Centra Hospice, and the whole medical community, which provided excellent care and support throughout his illness.

Diuguid Funeral Service & Crematory- Wiggington Road Chapel, 385-8900, is assisting the family.

Robert S. Kaplan MD, passed away on January 16, 2012 at the age of 86.
War hero, lifesaver, husband and father for 60 years, entertainer, philosopher, raconteur, terrible manager of money and, above all, lover–Bobby was all of these and much more. He was awarded the Bronze Star during World War II for his outstanding service in the European theater, including his daring reconnaissance across the Rhine prior to the advance of Allied Forces. His surgical skills saved thousands of lives during many years of practice. Beloved? You bet–by his family, friends and patients.

He is survived by his life companion, Joan; his four sons and their wives; eight grandchildren and countless admirers.

Services are pending.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Orange County Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at http://www.jdrfoc.org.
Published in The Desert Sun on January 22, 2012

Jeff Jackson Ligon, 44, died at his home on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. He was surrounded by his loving family, whom he cherished.

Jeff was a sincere follower of Christ who left this world a better place than he found it.His lifetime of service and accomplishment began early. An Eagle Scout, Jeff graduated from the McCallie School in 1986.Following McCallie, Jeff attended Vanderbilt University and graduated in 1991.After graduating from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia. Later he went to Vanderbilt University for a Dermatology residency, and since 2002 practiced at Chattanooga Skin and Cancer ClinicFellow physicians recognized Jeff's talent and leadership. He was past president of the Tennessee Dermatology Society, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Service to others came naturally to Jeff. On numerous missionary trips to Haiti, Romania and Peru, he gladly provided his skilled care to hundreds of individuals.Raised in Brainerd United Methodist Church, Jeff joined Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church when he returned to Chattanooga. He faithfully served that congregation as a Deacon.Surviving Jeff are his wife of 17 years, Elizabeth (nee Libby), of Memphis, and their three children, Foster, Curren and Abby. It was while Jeff and Elizabeth were in Ethiopia to adopt Abby in 2011 that Jeff first became aware of his illness.

Also surviving are his parents, Beverly and Dr. Barry Ligon, of Chattanooga; his twin brother, Dr. Neal Ligon; his wife, Gayle; and his nieces and nephew, Meg, Laura and Samuel, all of Chattanooga.

A Memorial service will be conducted at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The family will receive friends at 5 -7 p.m. at LMPC on Friday, Feb. 3.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bethany Christian Services, c/o Ethiopia/Africa Kinship Program, 400 S. Germantown Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411, St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, LMPC Deacons Mercy Fund.Please share your thoughts and memories at http://www.chattanoogaeastchapel.com.Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel

TIMOTHY B. GILBERT MD, 50, of Severna Park MD, died in his home on February 9, 2012.
Tim was born in Luray, VA to Edward and Jean Gilbert on May 3, 1961. He graduated from Luray High School. Dr. Gilbert went on to receive his undergraduate and medical degree from University of Virginia. After completing his Anesthesia Residency at George Washington University Medical Center, he completed his Cardio-Thoracic fellowship.

Dr. Gilbert served as Director of Cardio-Thoracic Anesthesia at the University of Maryland Medical School. He also earned a M.BA. and M.S. in Information Technology from the University of Maryland.

As a teen, Tim loved serving as a volunteer firefighter. Throughout his life he had a passion for teaching and learning, music, and helping people. He also enjoyed cooking and home improvement. Tim was a loving father and husband.
He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Phyllis; his children Ian, Keller, Andrew and Lila Grace of Severna Park; his father Edward (Argie) of Florida, and his brother Jay (Gilda) of Winchester, VA.

He was preceded in death by his mother Jean.

A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 1 PM in the St. Martins in the Field Episcopal Church, 375 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146. Interment will be private. Arrangements handled by Barranco & Sons, P.A. Severna Park Funeral home.