Individual Details
Marjorie Ruth Kirkpatrick
(15 Jul 1925 - 17 Jul 1986)
Big Spring Herald, Big Spring, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 1986, Page 2, Col. 5: Rockport---Dr. Marjorie Ruth Kirkpatrick, 61, of Rockport, formerly of Big Spring, died Thursday, July 17, 1986, at her home after a long illness.
Services were July 20 at Marshall-Ramey Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Blackwell officiating. Graveside services were July 21 at Taylor Cemetery in Taylor.
She was born July 15, 1925, in Thrall to the late dr. and Mrs. B. A. Kirkpatrick. After earning her M.D. degree, she practiced in Big Spring and Taylor, and moved to Rockport in 1972.
She graduated from Texas Womens University and the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. She had been medical director for the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation and the Caruth Rehabilitation Center in Dallas.
In 1963, she received the Handicapped Texan of the Year award from Gov. John Connally; Physician o of the Year award from the Texas Rehabilitation Association; and a citation for meritorious service from the President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped.
She was a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Texas Medical Association, Dallas Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.
She is survived by two sisters, Kathryn Mitchell of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Barbara Hannon of Taylor.
Events
Birth | 15 Jul 1925 | Williamson Co., Texas | |||
Death | 17 Jul 1986 | Rockport, Aransas Co., Texas | |||
Soc Sec No | 459-20-8639 | ||||
SSN issued | Texas | ||||
Burial | Taylor City Cemetery, Taylor, Williamson Co., Texas |
Families
Father | Bedford Amonette Kirkpatrick (1889 - 1966) |
Mother | Marjorie Thomson (1901 - 1965) |
Sibling | Barbara Bedford Kirkpatrick (1927 - 2001) |
Sibling | Kathryn Ann Kirkpatrick (1931 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Texas Birth Index1903-1997, Database online..
2. Ancestry.com, U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
3. Obituary of Marjorie Ruth Kirkpatrick, Big Spring Herald, Big Spring, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 1986, Page 2, Col. 5.
4. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 459-20-8639; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951..
5. Obituary of Marjorie Ruth Kirkpatrick, Big Spring Herald, Big Spring, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 1986, Page 2, Col. 5.
6. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 459-20-8639; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951..
7. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 459-20-8639; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951..
8. Find A Grave.
9. Obituary of Marjorie Ruth Kirkpatrick, Big Spring Herald, Big Spring, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 1986, Page 2, Col. 5.