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Dr Rush Quinn Hunter Sr.

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Dr Rush Quinn Hunter Sr.

Birth
Death
19 Sep 1955 (aged 57)
Burial
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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He attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, then went to Southern Methodist University, from which he graduated in 1918.
He received his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1922. After serving an internship at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, he served a residency at the Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital in Palestine and began his practice there. In partnership with his brother, Dr. R.H. Hunter, and a nephew, Dr. R.H. Kay, he owned and operated the Hunter-Hunter-Kay Clinic in Palestine until the time of his death.

Dr. Hunter was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Anderson-Houston-Leon Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1936. He was also a member of the Eleventh District Medical Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha medical fraternity, Rotary International, the Masonic Lodge and the Methodist Church. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and chief of staff at Memorial Hospital. From 1918 until 1920, Dr. Hunter was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.

On September 24, 1924, Dr. Hunter married Miss Aline West
He attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, then went to Southern Methodist University, from which he graduated in 1918.
He received his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1922. After serving an internship at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, he served a residency at the Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital in Palestine and began his practice there. In partnership with his brother, Dr. R.H. Hunter, and a nephew, Dr. R.H. Kay, he owned and operated the Hunter-Hunter-Kay Clinic in Palestine until the time of his death.

Dr. Hunter was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Anderson-Houston-Leon Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1936. He was also a member of the Eleventh District Medical Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha medical fraternity, Rotary International, the Masonic Lodge and the Methodist Church. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and chief of staff at Memorial Hospital. From 1918 until 1920, Dr. Hunter was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.

On September 24, 1924, Dr. Hunter married Miss Aline West


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