Source: Article from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Thursday, Jan 1, 1959. Researched by Rita Martin and compiled by Barbara Knox.
John B. Cummins, MD, 100, oldest practicing physician in the United States, died Wednesday night at a local hospital. He has finally retired - in the manner he always predicted. "The day I retire will be the day I die." He had entered the hospital for a checkup last week, and as he was dressing to leave on Sunday, slipped and fell, fracturing ribs and his right hip.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Magnolia Avenue Christian Church, Rev. R. W. Foor and Rev. L. D. Anderson officiating, with burial in Mount Olivet. Members of the Tarrant County Medical Society will serve as honorary pallbearers.
He was teaching school in Navarro County, Texas when he decided to go to medical school and obtained his MD from the University of Nashville (Vanderbilt) and the University of the South. He came here from Indian Territory in what is now the state of Oklahoma. He was from a family of doctors - his father and two brothers also chose medicine as a career. When Dr. Cummins and his wife (of three years) came to Fort Worth in 1903, they bought a house on Hemphill which remained his home until his death. Mrs. Cummins died in the 1917 influenza epidemic, but he continued to live in the two-story home, renting out one floor to couples.
In 1950 Dr. Cummins was chosen General Practitioner of the Year by the Tarrant County Medical Society. He was a lifetime member of the Southern Medical Association and honorary staff member at Harris Hospital. He had been a member of the Woodmen of the World for 57 years and a charter member of the Magnolia Avenue Christian Church.
He is survived by a number of nephews and nieces, including Mrs. J. P. Berry and Mrs. A. B. Pumphrey of Fort Worth, Mrs. B. A. Meadors of Haskell and D. L. Cummins of Belton.
Jean Wallace
RAOGK-lookup volunteer
John B. Cummins, MD, 100, oldest practicing physician in the United States, died Wednesday night at a local hospital. He has finally retired - in the manner he always predicted. "The day I retire will be the day I die." He had entered the hospital for a checkup last week, and as he was dressing to leave on Sunday, slipped and fell, fracturing ribs and his right hip.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Magnolia Avenue Christian Church, Rev. R. W. Foor and Rev. L. D. Anderson officiating, with burial in Mount Olivet. Members of the Tarrant County Medical Society will serve as honorary pallbearers.
He was teaching school in Navarro County, Texas when he decided to go to medical school and obtained his MD from the University of Nashville (Vanderbilt) and the University of the South. He came here from Indian Territory in what is now the state of Oklahoma. He was from a family of doctors - his father and two brothers also chose medicine as a career. When Dr. Cummins and his wife (of three years) came to Fort Worth in 1903, they bought a house on Hemphill which remained his home until his death. Mrs. Cummins died in the 1917 influenza epidemic, but he continued to live in the two-story home, renting out one floor to couples.
In 1950 Dr. Cummins was chosen General Practitioner of the Year by the Tarrant County Medical Society. He was a lifetime member of the Southern Medical Association and honorary staff member at Harris Hospital. He had been a member of the Woodmen of the World for 57 years and a charter member of the Magnolia Avenue Christian Church.
He is survived by a number of nephews and nieces, including Mrs. J. P. Berry and Mrs. A. B. Pumphrey of Fort Worth, Mrs. B. A. Meadors of Haskell and D. L. Cummins of Belton.
Jean Wallace
RAOGK-lookup volunteer
Source: Article from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Thursday, Jan 1, 1959. Researched by Rita Martin and compiled by Barbara Knox.
John B. Cummins, MD, 100, oldest practicing physician in the United States, died Wednesday night at a local hospital. He has finally retired - in the manner he always predicted. "The day I retire will be the day I die." He had entered the hospital for a checkup last week, and as he was dressing to leave on Sunday, slipped and fell, fracturing ribs and his right hip.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Magnolia Avenue Christian Church, Rev. R. W. Foor and Rev. L. D. Anderson officiating, with burial in Mount Olivet. Members of the Tarrant County Medical Society will serve as honorary pallbearers.
He was teaching school in Navarro County, Texas when he decided to go to medical school and obtained his MD from the University of Nashville (Vanderbilt) and the University of the South. He came here from Indian Territory in what is now the state of Oklahoma. He was from a family of doctors - his father and two brothers also chose medicine as a career. When Dr. Cummins and his wife (of three years) came to Fort Worth in 1903, they bought a house on Hemphill which remained his home until his death. Mrs. Cummins died in the 1917 influenza epidemic, but he continued to live in the two-story home, renting out one floor to couples.
In 1950 Dr. Cummins was chosen General Practitioner of the Year by the Tarrant County Medical Society. He was a lifetime member of the Southern Medical Association and honorary staff member at Harris Hospital. He had been a member of the Woodmen of the World for 57 years and a charter member of the Magnolia Avenue Christian Church.
He is survived by a number of nephews and nieces, including Mrs. J. P. Berry and Mrs. A. B. Pumphrey of Fort Worth, Mrs. B. A. Meadors of Haskell and D. L. Cummins of Belton.
Jean Wallace
RAOGK-lookup volunteer
John B. Cummins, MD, 100, oldest practicing physician in the United States, died Wednesday night at a local hospital. He has finally retired - in the manner he always predicted. "The day I retire will be the day I die." He had entered the hospital for a checkup last week, and as he was dressing to leave on Sunday, slipped and fell, fracturing ribs and his right hip.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Magnolia Avenue Christian Church, Rev. R. W. Foor and Rev. L. D. Anderson officiating, with burial in Mount Olivet. Members of the Tarrant County Medical Society will serve as honorary pallbearers.
He was teaching school in Navarro County, Texas when he decided to go to medical school and obtained his MD from the University of Nashville (Vanderbilt) and the University of the South. He came here from Indian Territory in what is now the state of Oklahoma. He was from a family of doctors - his father and two brothers also chose medicine as a career. When Dr. Cummins and his wife (of three years) came to Fort Worth in 1903, they bought a house on Hemphill which remained his home until his death. Mrs. Cummins died in the 1917 influenza epidemic, but he continued to live in the two-story home, renting out one floor to couples.
In 1950 Dr. Cummins was chosen General Practitioner of the Year by the Tarrant County Medical Society. He was a lifetime member of the Southern Medical Association and honorary staff member at Harris Hospital. He had been a member of the Woodmen of the World for 57 years and a charter member of the Magnolia Avenue Christian Church.
He is survived by a number of nephews and nieces, including Mrs. J. P. Berry and Mrs. A. B. Pumphrey of Fort Worth, Mrs. B. A. Meadors of Haskell and D. L. Cummins of Belton.
Jean Wallace
RAOGK-lookup volunteer
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