Dr. Harmon Childress, 73, Dies in Hospital at Gilmer
GILMER, Texas, Jan. 8—Dr. Harmon J. Childress, 73 medical, civic and political leader widely known throughout this area died Thursday in his own hopital here after a long illness.
He was born in Upshur County and spent his whole life here, devoting a great amount of his time to charitable work. In 1909, after graduating from Tulane University, he started practice in Gilmer and at the time of his death he was believed to have had the longest tenure of any doctor in this section of the state.
For more than thirty years he was county Republican chairman and known as "Mr. Republican' of this democratic stronghold. He was able, before his illness, to take an active part in the last presidential campaign.
Dr. Childress served as president of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank for many years and later remained as a director after his resignation from the executive post. And his strong advocacy of the latest farming methods found fruition in his extensive agricultural interests.
Other former membership included the school board directorship of the chamber of commerce and a stewardship of the First Methodist Church here. He was a 50 year member of the Bethesda Lodge in Gilmer, having the longest Masonic membership here, and was a member of the Hella Temple Shrine in Dallas.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W. E. Quinn. Mrs. Christine Ramey and Mrs. R. E. Gates, all of Gilmer. And four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church here. Burial will be in Gilmer Cemetery.
Dallas Morning News
January 9, 1953
GILMER, Texas, Jan. 8—Dr. Harmon J. Childress, 73 medical, civic and political leader widely known throughout this area died Thursday in his own hopital here after a long illness.
He was born in Upshur County and spent his whole life here, devoting a great amount of his time to charitable work. In 1909, after graduating from Tulane University, he started practice in Gilmer and at the time of his death he was believed to have had the longest tenure of any doctor in this section of the state.
For more than thirty years he was county Republican chairman and known as "Mr. Republican' of this democratic stronghold. He was able, before his illness, to take an active part in the last presidential campaign.
Dr. Childress served as president of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank for many years and later remained as a director after his resignation from the executive post. And his strong advocacy of the latest farming methods found fruition in his extensive agricultural interests.
Other former membership included the school board directorship of the chamber of commerce and a stewardship of the First Methodist Church here. He was a 50 year member of the Bethesda Lodge in Gilmer, having the longest Masonic membership here, and was a member of the Hella Temple Shrine in Dallas.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W. E. Quinn. Mrs. Christine Ramey and Mrs. R. E. Gates, all of Gilmer. And four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church here. Burial will be in Gilmer Cemetery.
Dallas Morning News
January 9, 1953
Dr. Harmon Childress, 73, Dies in Hospital at Gilmer
GILMER, Texas, Jan. 8—Dr. Harmon J. Childress, 73 medical, civic and political leader widely known throughout this area died Thursday in his own hopital here after a long illness.
He was born in Upshur County and spent his whole life here, devoting a great amount of his time to charitable work. In 1909, after graduating from Tulane University, he started practice in Gilmer and at the time of his death he was believed to have had the longest tenure of any doctor in this section of the state.
For more than thirty years he was county Republican chairman and known as "Mr. Republican' of this democratic stronghold. He was able, before his illness, to take an active part in the last presidential campaign.
Dr. Childress served as president of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank for many years and later remained as a director after his resignation from the executive post. And his strong advocacy of the latest farming methods found fruition in his extensive agricultural interests.
Other former membership included the school board directorship of the chamber of commerce and a stewardship of the First Methodist Church here. He was a 50 year member of the Bethesda Lodge in Gilmer, having the longest Masonic membership here, and was a member of the Hella Temple Shrine in Dallas.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W. E. Quinn. Mrs. Christine Ramey and Mrs. R. E. Gates, all of Gilmer. And four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church here. Burial will be in Gilmer Cemetery.
Dallas Morning News
January 9, 1953
GILMER, Texas, Jan. 8—Dr. Harmon J. Childress, 73 medical, civic and political leader widely known throughout this area died Thursday in his own hopital here after a long illness.
He was born in Upshur County and spent his whole life here, devoting a great amount of his time to charitable work. In 1909, after graduating from Tulane University, he started practice in Gilmer and at the time of his death he was believed to have had the longest tenure of any doctor in this section of the state.
For more than thirty years he was county Republican chairman and known as "Mr. Republican' of this democratic stronghold. He was able, before his illness, to take an active part in the last presidential campaign.
Dr. Childress served as president of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank for many years and later remained as a director after his resignation from the executive post. And his strong advocacy of the latest farming methods found fruition in his extensive agricultural interests.
Other former membership included the school board directorship of the chamber of commerce and a stewardship of the First Methodist Church here. He was a 50 year member of the Bethesda Lodge in Gilmer, having the longest Masonic membership here, and was a member of the Hella Temple Shrine in Dallas.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W. E. Quinn. Mrs. Christine Ramey and Mrs. R. E. Gates, all of Gilmer. And four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church here. Burial will be in Gilmer Cemetery.
Dallas Morning News
January 9, 1953
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