The Webster Review
Minden, La
Apr. 27, 1948
Dr. David D. Mims
Funeral Services
Held on Sunday
Native of Minden
Had Been Practicing
Physician Many Years
Dr. David D. Mims, 76, a native of Minden who had practiced medicine at Crowley for 27 years, died at 4:15 Saturday in a Shreveport sanitarium and funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Green-Kleinegger funeral home. Rev. G.W. Pomeroy and Rev N.E. Joyner officiated.
Dr. Mims, who had been ill for two weeks, was graduated from Tulane university in 1896. In 1946 he and five other classmates were honored at the 50th anniversary of their graduation. He began his general practice in Minden and was associated with Dr. Luther Longino. After one year, he and his wife moved to Crowley where he was instrumental in organizing and building the first hospital in Acadia parish.
Later he was chief surgeon for the Southern Pacific railroad. At one time he was honored by the American Medical magazine as one who had been a mother-baby doctor for the longest time and had lost the least number of mothers.
During World War II he was called from retirement to serve on the medical staff at the Louisiana ordnance plant.
Burial was in the Minden cemetery under the direction of Green-Kleinegger funeral home.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Miller Mims of Minden; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Steward, Jr., of Minden; two sons, Miller Mims of Baton Rouge and James M. Mims of Natchitoches; four sisters, Dr. Mary Mims of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Ben Allums of Shreveport, Miss Lelia Mims of Minden and Mrs. Edna M. Scott of Kingston; two brothers, Sam Mims of Baton Rouge and Bernice Mims of Flint, Michigan; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were Leland Mims, Clyde Toadvin and Bob Durance, all of Minden; Dr. W.M. Allums and Dr. J.H. Eddy of Shreveport, and Brooks Talton of Lisbon, and Marion Hargrove of Monroe.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. R.D. Webb, Dr. Luther Longino, A.L. Coffee, G.A. Hightower, L. P Wren, A.D. Turner, Leroy Rathbun and June Turner, all of Minden; Dr. W.J. Norfleet of Shreveport; Dr. A.R. Morgan, W.M. Morgan, C.B. McCorkle, P.C. Marx, all of Crowley, and the Webster parish medical association.
Minden, La
Apr. 27, 1948
Dr. David D. Mims
Funeral Services
Held on Sunday
Native of Minden
Had Been Practicing
Physician Many Years
Dr. David D. Mims, 76, a native of Minden who had practiced medicine at Crowley for 27 years, died at 4:15 Saturday in a Shreveport sanitarium and funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Green-Kleinegger funeral home. Rev. G.W. Pomeroy and Rev N.E. Joyner officiated.
Dr. Mims, who had been ill for two weeks, was graduated from Tulane university in 1896. In 1946 he and five other classmates were honored at the 50th anniversary of their graduation. He began his general practice in Minden and was associated with Dr. Luther Longino. After one year, he and his wife moved to Crowley where he was instrumental in organizing and building the first hospital in Acadia parish.
Later he was chief surgeon for the Southern Pacific railroad. At one time he was honored by the American Medical magazine as one who had been a mother-baby doctor for the longest time and had lost the least number of mothers.
During World War II he was called from retirement to serve on the medical staff at the Louisiana ordnance plant.
Burial was in the Minden cemetery under the direction of Green-Kleinegger funeral home.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Miller Mims of Minden; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Steward, Jr., of Minden; two sons, Miller Mims of Baton Rouge and James M. Mims of Natchitoches; four sisters, Dr. Mary Mims of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Ben Allums of Shreveport, Miss Lelia Mims of Minden and Mrs. Edna M. Scott of Kingston; two brothers, Sam Mims of Baton Rouge and Bernice Mims of Flint, Michigan; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were Leland Mims, Clyde Toadvin and Bob Durance, all of Minden; Dr. W.M. Allums and Dr. J.H. Eddy of Shreveport, and Brooks Talton of Lisbon, and Marion Hargrove of Monroe.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. R.D. Webb, Dr. Luther Longino, A.L. Coffee, G.A. Hightower, L. P Wren, A.D. Turner, Leroy Rathbun and June Turner, all of Minden; Dr. W.J. Norfleet of Shreveport; Dr. A.R. Morgan, W.M. Morgan, C.B. McCorkle, P.C. Marx, all of Crowley, and the Webster parish medical association.
The Webster Review
Minden, La
Apr. 27, 1948
Dr. David D. Mims
Funeral Services
Held on Sunday
Native of Minden
Had Been Practicing
Physician Many Years
Dr. David D. Mims, 76, a native of Minden who had practiced medicine at Crowley for 27 years, died at 4:15 Saturday in a Shreveport sanitarium and funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Green-Kleinegger funeral home. Rev. G.W. Pomeroy and Rev N.E. Joyner officiated.
Dr. Mims, who had been ill for two weeks, was graduated from Tulane university in 1896. In 1946 he and five other classmates were honored at the 50th anniversary of their graduation. He began his general practice in Minden and was associated with Dr. Luther Longino. After one year, he and his wife moved to Crowley where he was instrumental in organizing and building the first hospital in Acadia parish.
Later he was chief surgeon for the Southern Pacific railroad. At one time he was honored by the American Medical magazine as one who had been a mother-baby doctor for the longest time and had lost the least number of mothers.
During World War II he was called from retirement to serve on the medical staff at the Louisiana ordnance plant.
Burial was in the Minden cemetery under the direction of Green-Kleinegger funeral home.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Miller Mims of Minden; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Steward, Jr., of Minden; two sons, Miller Mims of Baton Rouge and James M. Mims of Natchitoches; four sisters, Dr. Mary Mims of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Ben Allums of Shreveport, Miss Lelia Mims of Minden and Mrs. Edna M. Scott of Kingston; two brothers, Sam Mims of Baton Rouge and Bernice Mims of Flint, Michigan; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were Leland Mims, Clyde Toadvin and Bob Durance, all of Minden; Dr. W.M. Allums and Dr. J.H. Eddy of Shreveport, and Brooks Talton of Lisbon, and Marion Hargrove of Monroe.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. R.D. Webb, Dr. Luther Longino, A.L. Coffee, G.A. Hightower, L. P Wren, A.D. Turner, Leroy Rathbun and June Turner, all of Minden; Dr. W.J. Norfleet of Shreveport; Dr. A.R. Morgan, W.M. Morgan, C.B. McCorkle, P.C. Marx, all of Crowley, and the Webster parish medical association.
Minden, La
Apr. 27, 1948
Dr. David D. Mims
Funeral Services
Held on Sunday
Native of Minden
Had Been Practicing
Physician Many Years
Dr. David D. Mims, 76, a native of Minden who had practiced medicine at Crowley for 27 years, died at 4:15 Saturday in a Shreveport sanitarium and funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Green-Kleinegger funeral home. Rev. G.W. Pomeroy and Rev N.E. Joyner officiated.
Dr. Mims, who had been ill for two weeks, was graduated from Tulane university in 1896. In 1946 he and five other classmates were honored at the 50th anniversary of their graduation. He began his general practice in Minden and was associated with Dr. Luther Longino. After one year, he and his wife moved to Crowley where he was instrumental in organizing and building the first hospital in Acadia parish.
Later he was chief surgeon for the Southern Pacific railroad. At one time he was honored by the American Medical magazine as one who had been a mother-baby doctor for the longest time and had lost the least number of mothers.
During World War II he was called from retirement to serve on the medical staff at the Louisiana ordnance plant.
Burial was in the Minden cemetery under the direction of Green-Kleinegger funeral home.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Miller Mims of Minden; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Steward, Jr., of Minden; two sons, Miller Mims of Baton Rouge and James M. Mims of Natchitoches; four sisters, Dr. Mary Mims of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Ben Allums of Shreveport, Miss Lelia Mims of Minden and Mrs. Edna M. Scott of Kingston; two brothers, Sam Mims of Baton Rouge and Bernice Mims of Flint, Michigan; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were Leland Mims, Clyde Toadvin and Bob Durance, all of Minden; Dr. W.M. Allums and Dr. J.H. Eddy of Shreveport, and Brooks Talton of Lisbon, and Marion Hargrove of Monroe.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. R.D. Webb, Dr. Luther Longino, A.L. Coffee, G.A. Hightower, L. P Wren, A.D. Turner, Leroy Rathbun and June Turner, all of Minden; Dr. W.J. Norfleet of Shreveport; Dr. A.R. Morgan, W.M. Morgan, C.B. McCorkle, P.C. Marx, all of Crowley, and the Webster parish medical association.
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