James William Headstream, M. D., age 93, of Little Rock, died peacefully Sunday, September 3, 2006, after a brief illness. He was born July 23, 1913, in Batesville, Arkansas, the only child of the late Alma Montgomery Headstream and William Bell Headstream. Jimmy graduated from Batesville High School in 1930, Arkansas College (now Lyon College) in 1934, and the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1939. For a year, between college and medical school, he traveled with a Hot Springs jazz band playing trumpet. He completed his internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, and began his surgery residency at City Hospital in Mobile, Alabama. In 1940, he was called to serve in the United States Army, where he remained for five years before he was able to finish his residency. When discharged, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he completed his residency in urology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Upon his return to Arkansas, he joined the faculty of the UAMS College of Medicine as an associate professor of surgery and then became the head of the Department of Urology in 1950. During his academic stay, he established a residency training program in urology that was approved by the American Board of Urology. In 1958, he resigned as head of the department, but remained available, as needed, for several years thereafter. In private practice, Jimmy became the founding member of Urology Associates in Little Rock. He retired in 1988.

Jimmy received a number of honors in his career, including the 2005 Pulaski County Medical Society "President's Award of a Lifetime of Service to Medicine"; 2004 inductee into the UAMS College of Medicine Hall of Fame; the 1986 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Arkansas College; the Arkansas Caduceus Club Alumnus Award from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1986. In addition to local and state medical organizations, he was a member of the American Board of Urology, American College of Surgeons, the Society for Pediatric Urologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was a lifelong Presbyterian, having served as a Deacon and Elder and was a member of Second Presbyterian Church. He also belonged to The Country Club of Little Rock and enjoyed jazz music, golf, and traveling.

Jimmy was married for 67 years to the late Janie Lee Nall Headstream and is survived by a daughter, Julie Headstream Haught and her husband, Bill of Little Rock, a son, James William Headstream, Jr. and his wife, Marsha of Cheyenne, WY; three grandchildren, Stephanie Haught Wade and her husband, John of Little Rock; Katherine Lee Headstream and James William Headstream III of Cheyenne, WY; three great-grandchildren, Delia Jane Headstream Wade, John Cogan Wade, Jr. and William Dixon Holderfield Wade of Little Rock.

A family graveside service will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park followed by a memorial service at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 7, 2006, in the sanctuary at Second Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev. Dr. Karen K. Akin. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Second Presbyterian Church, Pastor's Discretionary Fund, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock, AR 72227 or to the Presbyterian Village Foundation, 510 Brookside Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205.

Funeral arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.