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Dr Walter Newman “Sam” McGaughey

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Dr Walter Newman “Sam” McGaughey

Birth
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Death
11 Nov 2013 (aged 51–52)
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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Obituary Excerpt [Names of Living Survivors Omitted], The Savannah Morning News, November 15, 2013:

Walter Newman Sam McGaughey, Jr., MD, 52, died November 11, 2013. He was born in Macon, Georgia son of Jannette Lee Edwards McGaughey and the late Walter Newman McGaughey Sr.

He was a 1979 graduate of Stratford Academy and a 1983 graduate of Auburn University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities. He was accepted into medical school at the Medical College of Georgia graduating in 1987. He served his residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was the recipient of the Robert D. Dripps, MD, Memorial Award for outstanding Graduate Resident in Anesthesiology. Sam was an Anesthesiologist with Anesthesia Associates of Savannah.

Sam's zest for life led him on many adventures around the world. He had a passion for the outdoors especially hunting, fishing and boating. He was a devoted father, husband and friend. His children were his greatest love. Sam was a highly respected physician among his peers and patients. His energy and enthusiasm was, and will continue to be, his legacy.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, William Claude and Virginia Clements McGaughey and maternal grandparents, George Lee and Caroline Feagin Edwards.

Surviving are his wife, children, mother, step-children, sister and brother-in-law, and nieces. Visitation: 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 15, 2013 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 16, 2013 in the Hodgson Chapel of Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors.
Obituary Excerpt [Names of Living Survivors Omitted], The Savannah Morning News, November 15, 2013:

Walter Newman Sam McGaughey, Jr., MD, 52, died November 11, 2013. He was born in Macon, Georgia son of Jannette Lee Edwards McGaughey and the late Walter Newman McGaughey Sr.

He was a 1979 graduate of Stratford Academy and a 1983 graduate of Auburn University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities. He was accepted into medical school at the Medical College of Georgia graduating in 1987. He served his residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was the recipient of the Robert D. Dripps, MD, Memorial Award for outstanding Graduate Resident in Anesthesiology. Sam was an Anesthesiologist with Anesthesia Associates of Savannah.

Sam's zest for life led him on many adventures around the world. He had a passion for the outdoors especially hunting, fishing and boating. He was a devoted father, husband and friend. His children were his greatest love. Sam was a highly respected physician among his peers and patients. His energy and enthusiasm was, and will continue to be, his legacy.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, William Claude and Virginia Clements McGaughey and maternal grandparents, George Lee and Caroline Feagin Edwards.

Surviving are his wife, children, mother, step-children, sister and brother-in-law, and nieces. Visitation: 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 15, 2013 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 16, 2013 in the Hodgson Chapel of Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors.


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