Daily Press, Obituaries, August 18, 1998
|Compiled by JENNIFER PHILLIPS (in part):
HAMPTON - John Ferguson Gayle, M.D., 82, passed away Aug. 17, 1998. He was born in Newport News on Sept. 27, 1915, to the late Josiah Pitts Gayle of Spotsylvania County and his wife, Sally Ann Ferguson of Petersburg.
Upon graduation from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, he entered the University of Virginia, where he earned his medical degree in 1938. From 1938 until 1942, he interned at Norwood (Carroway Methodist) Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., and completed a residency at Elizabeth Buxton Hospital in Newport News, instructed in surgery at Emory University and Grady hospitals in Atlanta, Ga., and performed general surgery at Buxton Hospital.
He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, was commissioned as a flight surgeon and served until the end of World War II. He was a flight surgeon to various combat bomber units and commander of an aviation unit dispensary that entered Normandy and eventually entered Germany. He served in the famed 9th Air Force and earned battle stars for the Northern France, Ardennes and Rhineland campaigns. He was cited for outstanding combat medical service and, upon cessation of the war in Europe, was released from active duty to the active reserves as a major, flight surgeon, Medical Corps. He continued his medical education in obstetrics and gynecology in Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Gayle completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., in 1949 and then returned to Hampton to practice as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. He founded the Women's Clinic of Hampton. He retired in 1980 after 42 years of medical service during war and peace.
Dr. Gayle was a founding life member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists and what is now called the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a life member of the American College of Surgeons, a past president of the Tidewater Obstetrics and Gynecology Society and a past president of the Peninsula Academy of Medicine. He was a member of the American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society, Virginia Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, American Cancer Cytology Society, Seaboard Medical Association, Newport News Medical Society, Hampton Medical Society, International Society of Fertility and Sterility and the Douglas Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Maryland. Dr. Gayle was a Diplomate American College of Surgeons and a Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is credited with papers on sulfanilamide and related compounds; inguinal hernia, follow-up-active versus sedentary; and infertility and habitual spontaneous abortion.
He was a faithful alumnus of Episcopal High School, his beloved University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association, Emory University and the University of Maryland Medical Alumni Association.
Over the years, he held staff appointments at Hampton General Hospital, Mary Immaculate Hospital and Riverside Hospital and was on the consultant staffs of Langley Air Force Base Hospital, Fort Monroe Army Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bayberry Hospital and Whitaker Hospital.
Dr. Gayle is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Louise Masters Gayle;...
|Compiled by JENNIFER PHILLIPS (in part):
HAMPTON - John Ferguson Gayle, M.D., 82, passed away Aug. 17, 1998. He was born in Newport News on Sept. 27, 1915, to the late Josiah Pitts Gayle of Spotsylvania County and his wife, Sally Ann Ferguson of Petersburg.
Upon graduation from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, he entered the University of Virginia, where he earned his medical degree in 1938. From 1938 until 1942, he interned at Norwood (Carroway Methodist) Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., and completed a residency at Elizabeth Buxton Hospital in Newport News, instructed in surgery at Emory University and Grady hospitals in Atlanta, Ga., and performed general surgery at Buxton Hospital.
He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, was commissioned as a flight surgeon and served until the end of World War II. He was a flight surgeon to various combat bomber units and commander of an aviation unit dispensary that entered Normandy and eventually entered Germany. He served in the famed 9th Air Force and earned battle stars for the Northern France, Ardennes and Rhineland campaigns. He was cited for outstanding combat medical service and, upon cessation of the war in Europe, was released from active duty to the active reserves as a major, flight surgeon, Medical Corps. He continued his medical education in obstetrics and gynecology in Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Gayle completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., in 1949 and then returned to Hampton to practice as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. He founded the Women's Clinic of Hampton. He retired in 1980 after 42 years of medical service during war and peace.
Dr. Gayle was a founding life member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists and what is now called the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a life member of the American College of Surgeons, a past president of the Tidewater Obstetrics and Gynecology Society and a past president of the Peninsula Academy of Medicine. He was a member of the American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society, Virginia Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, American Cancer Cytology Society, Seaboard Medical Association, Newport News Medical Society, Hampton Medical Society, International Society of Fertility and Sterility and the Douglas Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Maryland. Dr. Gayle was a Diplomate American College of Surgeons and a Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is credited with papers on sulfanilamide and related compounds; inguinal hernia, follow-up-active versus sedentary; and infertility and habitual spontaneous abortion.
He was a faithful alumnus of Episcopal High School, his beloved University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association, Emory University and the University of Maryland Medical Alumni Association.
Over the years, he held staff appointments at Hampton General Hospital, Mary Immaculate Hospital and Riverside Hospital and was on the consultant staffs of Langley Air Force Base Hospital, Fort Monroe Army Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bayberry Hospital and Whitaker Hospital.
Dr. Gayle is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Louise Masters Gayle;...
Daily Press, Obituaries, August 18, 1998
|Compiled by JENNIFER PHILLIPS (in part):
HAMPTON - John Ferguson Gayle, M.D., 82, passed away Aug. 17, 1998. He was born in Newport News on Sept. 27, 1915, to the late Josiah Pitts Gayle of Spotsylvania County and his wife, Sally Ann Ferguson of Petersburg.
Upon graduation from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, he entered the University of Virginia, where he earned his medical degree in 1938. From 1938 until 1942, he interned at Norwood (Carroway Methodist) Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., and completed a residency at Elizabeth Buxton Hospital in Newport News, instructed in surgery at Emory University and Grady hospitals in Atlanta, Ga., and performed general surgery at Buxton Hospital.
He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, was commissioned as a flight surgeon and served until the end of World War II. He was a flight surgeon to various combat bomber units and commander of an aviation unit dispensary that entered Normandy and eventually entered Germany. He served in the famed 9th Air Force and earned battle stars for the Northern France, Ardennes and Rhineland campaigns. He was cited for outstanding combat medical service and, upon cessation of the war in Europe, was released from active duty to the active reserves as a major, flight surgeon, Medical Corps. He continued his medical education in obstetrics and gynecology in Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Gayle completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., in 1949 and then returned to Hampton to practice as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. He founded the Women's Clinic of Hampton. He retired in 1980 after 42 years of medical service during war and peace.
Dr. Gayle was a founding life member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists and what is now called the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a life member of the American College of Surgeons, a past president of the Tidewater Obstetrics and Gynecology Society and a past president of the Peninsula Academy of Medicine. He was a member of the American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society, Virginia Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, American Cancer Cytology Society, Seaboard Medical Association, Newport News Medical Society, Hampton Medical Society, International Society of Fertility and Sterility and the Douglas Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Maryland. Dr. Gayle was a Diplomate American College of Surgeons and a Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is credited with papers on sulfanilamide and related compounds; inguinal hernia, follow-up-active versus sedentary; and infertility and habitual spontaneous abortion.
He was a faithful alumnus of Episcopal High School, his beloved University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association, Emory University and the University of Maryland Medical Alumni Association.
Over the years, he held staff appointments at Hampton General Hospital, Mary Immaculate Hospital and Riverside Hospital and was on the consultant staffs of Langley Air Force Base Hospital, Fort Monroe Army Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bayberry Hospital and Whitaker Hospital.
Dr. Gayle is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Louise Masters Gayle;...
|Compiled by JENNIFER PHILLIPS (in part):
HAMPTON - John Ferguson Gayle, M.D., 82, passed away Aug. 17, 1998. He was born in Newport News on Sept. 27, 1915, to the late Josiah Pitts Gayle of Spotsylvania County and his wife, Sally Ann Ferguson of Petersburg.
Upon graduation from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, he entered the University of Virginia, where he earned his medical degree in 1938. From 1938 until 1942, he interned at Norwood (Carroway Methodist) Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., and completed a residency at Elizabeth Buxton Hospital in Newport News, instructed in surgery at Emory University and Grady hospitals in Atlanta, Ga., and performed general surgery at Buxton Hospital.
He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, was commissioned as a flight surgeon and served until the end of World War II. He was a flight surgeon to various combat bomber units and commander of an aviation unit dispensary that entered Normandy and eventually entered Germany. He served in the famed 9th Air Force and earned battle stars for the Northern France, Ardennes and Rhineland campaigns. He was cited for outstanding combat medical service and, upon cessation of the war in Europe, was released from active duty to the active reserves as a major, flight surgeon, Medical Corps. He continued his medical education in obstetrics and gynecology in Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Gayle completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., in 1949 and then returned to Hampton to practice as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. He founded the Women's Clinic of Hampton. He retired in 1980 after 42 years of medical service during war and peace.
Dr. Gayle was a founding life member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists and what is now called the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a life member of the American College of Surgeons, a past president of the Tidewater Obstetrics and Gynecology Society and a past president of the Peninsula Academy of Medicine. He was a member of the American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society, Virginia Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, American Cancer Cytology Society, Seaboard Medical Association, Newport News Medical Society, Hampton Medical Society, International Society of Fertility and Sterility and the Douglas Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Maryland. Dr. Gayle was a Diplomate American College of Surgeons and a Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is credited with papers on sulfanilamide and related compounds; inguinal hernia, follow-up-active versus sedentary; and infertility and habitual spontaneous abortion.
He was a faithful alumnus of Episcopal High School, his beloved University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association, Emory University and the University of Maryland Medical Alumni Association.
Over the years, he held staff appointments at Hampton General Hospital, Mary Immaculate Hospital and Riverside Hospital and was on the consultant staffs of Langley Air Force Base Hospital, Fort Monroe Army Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bayberry Hospital and Whitaker Hospital.
Dr. Gayle is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Louise Masters Gayle;...
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