George Edgar Stovall (1883 - 1937)

Born 9 Jun 1883 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Ancestors

Died 23 Jun 1937 at age 54 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

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Native of Louisiana Born in Jackson Parish, Louisiana

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Biography

Dr. George Edgar Stovall

Birth: 9 Jun 1883 Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA

Death: 23 Jun 1937 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (aged 54)

George Edgar Stovall, M. D., was a gifted physician and surgeon who served the community of Sikes, Winn Parish. He was one of the best known professional men in hisparish and was from an old Louisiana family.

He was born on his father's farm at the little place named in honor of the family, Stovall, inJackson Parish, June 9, 1883, son of George S. and Sarah Pyburn Stovall. His mother was born in Jackson Parish around 1851, George S. Stovall, a native of Alabama, was six years of age when his parents moved to Louisiana in 1846. He grew up in this state, served as a Confederate soldier during the war, and afterwards spent a long and prosperous career at Stovall as a merchant, farmer, postmaster, and was always active in community upbuilding and progress. He served two terms on the Parish School Board, and for eighteen years was a member of the police jury, being president of the jury for a few years. His death occurred while he was on the way to the parish meet to attend the formal acceptance of the new courthouse from the contractors. He and his wife had thirteen children, one dying in infancy. A son, H. C., died in New Orleans at the age of thirty-five. Two livedat Sikes besides Doctor Stovall, Miss Hazel, a teacher, and Dennis M., a merchant.

George Edgar Stovall first attended school at Weston, later was a student in the Louisiana Industrial Institute atRuston, and in 1905 began the study of medicine in the University of Nashville, spent the following year at Tulane University at New Orleans, and in 1909 was graduated from the Memphis Hospital Medical College. He began his practice that year at Sikes, and also served as one of the parish health officers, and as notary public and for four years as justice of the peace. In 1920, he opened a drug store at Sikes.

Doctor Stovall married Miss Isabella Richardson, daughter of J. W. Richardson, of Pine Grove, Ouachita County, Arkansas. She finished her education in the Peabody Normal School at Nashville, Tennessee, and was a teacher before her marriage. Doctor and Mrs. Stovall had three children: Chaille, George William, and Norma Ellen. They were members of the Methodist Church and Doctor Stovall was affiliated with Sikes Lodge of Masons, the Royal Arch Chapter at Winnfield, and the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. (Source: Chambers' "A History of Louisiana" by Henry Chambers, 1925. Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, La.) ^[1]

Parents:

George Stovall and Sarah Pyburn

Spouse and Children:

Isabella Elizabeth Richardson b.15 January 1887 Arkansas, United States

1. Dr. John Chaille Stovall, MD
2. George William Stovall
3. Norma Ellen Stovall

Burial

Transport Cemetery, Dodson, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #61306232

Sources

1. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/jackson/bios/stovall.txt