1923
James
2007
James Samuel Mitchener, Jr
February 24, 1923 — April 10, 2007
Laurinburg
James Samuel Mitchener, Jr., M. D. (Jim), 84, died April 10, 2007, at Scotland Memorial Hospital. Born in Raleigh, NC, on February 24, 1923, he was the son of the late Dr. James Samuel Mitchener of Selma, NC and Mary Elizabeth Williams of Arvonia, VA.
A memorial service will be 11 am Friday at First United Methodist Church, Laurinburg, where the Reverends Dr. Stan Smith and Mack McMillan will be officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall.
After graduating from Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh, Jim studied at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia, for one year in preparation for enrolling at Davidson College in Davidson, NC, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team and graduated in1943. He later earned his M.D. degree at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, MD. While in medical school, Jim met Sara Elizabeth Carton (Sally) of Coshocton, Ohio, whom he married on January 24, 1948, in Baltimore, Maryland. They celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary this year.
Jim trained as a surgeon in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Church Home & Hospital. After completing his pathology internship at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC, he served in the United States Army in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 1951 until 1953. He and Sally then settled in Laurinburg, NC, where he began a general surgery practice. He retired in 1994 after forty-one years in practice. During these years, he also provided his surgical services to the hospitals in Hamlet, NC, and Bennettsville, SC. Jim was an active member of the American College of Surgeons and the North Carolina Medical Society. He was also a member and served as president of the North Carolina College of Surgeons as well as the Scotland County Medical Society. Dr. Mitchener served as a Scotland County Commissioner for 18 years, serving as chairman at his terma
James Samuel Mitchener, Jr., M. D. (Jim), 84, died April 10, 2007, at Scotland Memorial Hospital. Born in Raleigh, NC, on February 24, 1923, he was the son of the late Dr. James Samuel Mitchener of Selma, NC and Mary Elizabeth Williams of Arvonia, VA.
A memorial service will be 11 am Friday at First United Methodist Church, Laurinburg, where the Reverends Dr. Stan Smith and Mack McMillan will be officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall.
After graduating from Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh, Jim studied at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia, for one year in preparation for enrolling at Davidson College in Davidson, NC, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team and graduated in1943. He later earned his M.D. degree at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, MD. While in medical school, Jim met Sara Elizabeth Carton (Sally) of Coshocton, Ohio, whom he married on January 24, 1948, in Baltimore, Maryland. They celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary this year.
Jim trained as a surgeon in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Church Home & Hospital. After completing his pathology internship at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC, he served in the United States Army in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 1951 until 1953. He and Sally then settled in Laurinburg, NC, where he began a general surgery practice. He retired in 1994 after forty-one years in practice. During these years, he also provided his surgical services to the hospitals in Hamlet, NC, and Bennettsville, SC. Jim was an active member of the American College of Surgeons and the North Carolina Medical Society. He was also a member and served as president of the North Carolina College of Surgeons as well as the Scotland County Medical Society. Dr. Mitchener served as a Scotland County Commissioner for 18 years, serving as chairman at his terma
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