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When Ashe County Memorial Hospital opened in November 1941, it was the realization of a dream for the poor, sparsely populated county in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina. Building a hospital is a major undertaking for any community at any time. Accomplishing this in the waning days of the Great Depression and on the brink of World War II, while scant local resources were taxed by catastrophic floods and severe snows, was a remarkable feat of community organization.
This is the story of the generations of supporters, doctors, nurses, emergency personnel and others whose lives are interwoven with regional health care and the planning, building and operation of (the "new") Ashe Memorial Hospital. This legacy, brought to life through 114 photographs and personal interviews with 97 individuals, traces the development of health care in a remote Appalachian community, from the days of folk remedies and midwives, to horseback doctors and early infirmaries, to the technological advances and outreach efforts of today's Ashe Memorial Hospital.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Old Ashe County Memorial Hospital—A Legacy
Preface
Introduction
1—Horseback Doctors
2—Early Health Care Resources
3—The Jones Memorial Infirmary at Lansing
4—Dr. Arthur Lee "Bud" Jones: First Generation of a Family Legacy
5—Medical Help from the Outside
6—Dr. Dean Jones, Sr.: Second Generation of a Family Legacy
7—Ashe County Memorial Hospital: The Dream
8—Ashe County Memorial Hospital, Inc.: The Reality
9—The Ashe Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
10—The Hospital/Medical Staff Since 1941
Kate King Duncan Barker, R.N., Interview
Langdon L. Scott (Administrator/Business Manager)
Henry Lum; Ruby Lum Interviews
Betty Ball, R.N., Interview
Toby Younce Hartzog Interview
Doris Oliver, R.N., Interview
Christie "Chris" Phillips; Betty Avery Interview
Edith Brooks Blevins Interview
Ella Pennington Baldwin Interview
June Weaver Worth, R.N., Interview
Tom Cockerham (Administrator); Clairene Cockerham Interview
Jack McClure (Plant Operation) Interview
Joy McClure (Administration) Interview
Robert "Rob" H. Black (Plant Operation) Interview
Nancy P. Edwards, R.N., Interview
Sue Hampton, R.N., Interview
Judy Davis Interview
Elam S. Kurtz, M.D.; Kevin, Orpah and Michael Kurtz Interviews
Ann Day Brown (Administration) Interview
Mary Lou Brooks (Business Office) Interview
Cindy Brooks Baucom (Administration) Interview
Pat Bare Cooper (Business Office) Interview
Polly Osowitt, R.N., and Elliott Osowitt Interviews
Tammy Lum Thore, M.D., and Joe F. Thore Interviews
Charlotte Caddell Thompson, R.N., Interview
11—Dr. Dean C. "Doc" Jones, Jr.: Third Generation of a Family Legacy
Donald D. McNeill, M.D., Interview
Evelyn Price Jones Interviews
12—The Role of Ashe County Practicing Physicians
13—Health Care in Ashe County Evolves
14—Ashe County's Model for Community Health Care
15—Dr. Charles W. Jones: Fourth Generation of a Family Legacy
Charles W. Jones, M.D., Interviews
Debra "Debbie" Eller Jones Interview
Phyllis Jones Yount Interview
David Lee Jones Interview
Thomas "Tommy" Mitchell Jones Interview
Leigh Bradley, M.D., Interview
Linda Noel Jones Patterson Interview
16—Changes in AMH Management and Services
Laura Lambeth, R.N., B.S.N., Interview
Kathy Gilley Lovette, R.T., Interview
Jimmy Hendrix Interview
Calvin and Katrina Miller Interviews
17—Changes in Appalachian Community Health Care
Ruby B. Ashley Interview
Kada Owen McNeill Interview
Emmett Barker Interview
Beulah Barker McVey Interviews
Anne Shoemaker McGuire Interview
Stephen Shoemaker Interview
Betsy Gant Interview
18—A Legacy
Chapter Notes
Bibliography and Sources
Index
