The Pulaski (TN) Citizen, Dec 3, 1958
Dr. Shields Abernathy, 73, prominent retired surgeon at Memphis and a native of Giles County, died of a heart attack at 6:30 p. m. Friday (Nov. 28, 1958) at his home in Memphis. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday at St. John Episcopal Church in Memphis. Burial was in Memphis.
Dr. Abernathy was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He went overseas with a Memphis hospital until during World War I. He had been on the active staff at Baptist Hospital many years and also served several years on the faculty of University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Early in his career he was associated with Dr. Eugene Johnson, one of the most widely known surgeons in the Mid South at that time.
Dr. Abernathy was a member of Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Tennessee State Medical Society, American Radium Society and was a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He was a Mason and formerly of old Chickasaw Guards, University Club and Memphis Country Club.
Dr. Abernathy was the son of the late Dr. Charles A. Abernathy and Ella Ezell Abernathy. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in New York City, after which he returned to Pulaski to begin practice with his father. Later, he moved to Memphis where he became a cancer specialist. He retired four years ago due to ill health.
Dr. Abernathy's wife, Mrs. Helen Salisbury Abernathy, died in March, 1957. His survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Thurman Crawford, Memphis; a son, Lane Abernathy, Chappaqua, N. Y. and a half brother, Will Flournoy of Nashville.
Dr. Shields Abernathy, 73, prominent retired surgeon at Memphis and a native of Giles County, died of a heart attack at 6:30 p. m. Friday (Nov. 28, 1958) at his home in Memphis. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday at St. John Episcopal Church in Memphis. Burial was in Memphis.
Dr. Abernathy was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He went overseas with a Memphis hospital until during World War I. He had been on the active staff at Baptist Hospital many years and also served several years on the faculty of University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Early in his career he was associated with Dr. Eugene Johnson, one of the most widely known surgeons in the Mid South at that time.
Dr. Abernathy was a member of Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Tennessee State Medical Society, American Radium Society and was a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He was a Mason and formerly of old Chickasaw Guards, University Club and Memphis Country Club.
Dr. Abernathy was the son of the late Dr. Charles A. Abernathy and Ella Ezell Abernathy. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in New York City, after which he returned to Pulaski to begin practice with his father. Later, he moved to Memphis where he became a cancer specialist. He retired four years ago due to ill health.
Dr. Abernathy's wife, Mrs. Helen Salisbury Abernathy, died in March, 1957. His survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Thurman Crawford, Memphis; a son, Lane Abernathy, Chappaqua, N. Y. and a half brother, Will Flournoy of Nashville.
The Pulaski (TN) Citizen, Dec 3, 1958
Dr. Shields Abernathy, 73, prominent retired surgeon at Memphis and a native of Giles County, died of a heart attack at 6:30 p. m. Friday (Nov. 28, 1958) at his home in Memphis. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday at St. John Episcopal Church in Memphis. Burial was in Memphis.
Dr. Abernathy was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He went overseas with a Memphis hospital until during World War I. He had been on the active staff at Baptist Hospital many years and also served several years on the faculty of University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Early in his career he was associated with Dr. Eugene Johnson, one of the most widely known surgeons in the Mid South at that time.
Dr. Abernathy was a member of Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Tennessee State Medical Society, American Radium Society and was a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He was a Mason and formerly of old Chickasaw Guards, University Club and Memphis Country Club.
Dr. Abernathy was the son of the late Dr. Charles A. Abernathy and Ella Ezell Abernathy. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in New York City, after which he returned to Pulaski to begin practice with his father. Later, he moved to Memphis where he became a cancer specialist. He retired four years ago due to ill health.
Dr. Abernathy's wife, Mrs. Helen Salisbury Abernathy, died in March, 1957. His survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Thurman Crawford, Memphis; a son, Lane Abernathy, Chappaqua, N. Y. and a half brother, Will Flournoy of Nashville.
Dr. Shields Abernathy, 73, prominent retired surgeon at Memphis and a native of Giles County, died of a heart attack at 6:30 p. m. Friday (Nov. 28, 1958) at his home in Memphis. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday at St. John Episcopal Church in Memphis. Burial was in Memphis.
Dr. Abernathy was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He went overseas with a Memphis hospital until during World War I. He had been on the active staff at Baptist Hospital many years and also served several years on the faculty of University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Early in his career he was associated with Dr. Eugene Johnson, one of the most widely known surgeons in the Mid South at that time.
Dr. Abernathy was a member of Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Tennessee State Medical Society, American Radium Society and was a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He was a Mason and formerly of old Chickasaw Guards, University Club and Memphis Country Club.
Dr. Abernathy was the son of the late Dr. Charles A. Abernathy and Ella Ezell Abernathy. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and interned in New York City, after which he returned to Pulaski to begin practice with his father. Later, he moved to Memphis where he became a cancer specialist. He retired four years ago due to ill health.
Dr. Abernathy's wife, Mrs. Helen Salisbury Abernathy, died in March, 1957. His survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Thurman Crawford, Memphis; a son, Lane Abernathy, Chappaqua, N. Y. and a half brother, Will Flournoy of Nashville.
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