Dr. John Hagan Baskin, Jr., died March 4, 2014, at age 82, while walking with his wife, Shirley Ford Baskin. They have been married more than 61 years.

Hagan was born to Eula Peacock and John Hagan Baskin, Sr., on April 13, 1931. He was in the first graduation class of Grady High School in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was class president and won various awards in the arts, athletics, and academics. While at Emory University he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

In 1955, he graduated from the Emory University School of Medicine where he was a member of the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He interned in surgery at New York-Cornell Medical Center and served his surgery residency at Grady Hospital from 1958-1962. In the late 1960's he received a fellowship to work with Dr. Michael DeBakey in peripheral vascular surgery in Houston, Texas.

He had a long and successful medical practice. Dr Baskin was a member of the Medical Association of Atlanta, the Southern Vascular Society, and the Atlanta Clinical Society.

He served for many years as a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Druid Hills Baptist Church. He was a Silver Life Master at duplicate bridge, played ALTA tennis many years, and ran a few Peachtree Road Races.

Hagan is survived by his wife, three sons, John, Ford and James; one daughter, Elizabeth and eight grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held for Hagan at Druid Hills Baptist Church at 2 pm on Sunday, March 9, 2014. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Atlanta Metro Library for Accessible Services ("Library for the Blind") of the Atlanta-Fulton County Library System, Atlanta, Georgia.

Synopsis from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 7, 2014.