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Dr William Carroll Dodd Sr.

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Dr William Carroll Dodd Sr.

Birth
Portia, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
Death
3 Apr 1977 (aged 67)
Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Dr. William Caroll Dodd, Sr. 67, of Bald Knob died yesterday, April 3, in a local hospital. He was born at Portia on July 19, 1909, and he was the son of Clarence and Portia Williams Dodd.

Dr. Dodd attended Bald Knob High School and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1941. He did his residency at Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Dodd was a physician at Bald Knob, Arkansas for 30 years before retiring in 1976 at the age of 66.

He opened his practice at Bald Knob in 1946 after serving in World War II. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Bald Knob United Methodist Church and a member of White County, Arkansas and American Medical Associations.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Harrison Dodd, two sons, Jimmy and William Dodd, Jr. both of Bald Knob, a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Gipson of North Carolina, a stepson, James E. Hamilton of Little Rock, a step daughter, Mrs. Jean Steward of Bald Knob, a brother, Perry L. Dodd of Augusta, and five grandchildren.

Funeral was at 10am Tuesday at Daniel Funeral Home in Searcy, Ark. Burial is a Shady Grove Cemetary in Searcy. Memorials were requested to the Arkansas Children's Hospital at Little Rock, Ark. Daily Citizen Newspaper on April 4 1977, in Bald Knob, Ark.
Dr. William Caroll Dodd, Sr. 67, of Bald Knob died yesterday, April 3, in a local hospital. He was born at Portia on July 19, 1909, and he was the son of Clarence and Portia Williams Dodd.

Dr. Dodd attended Bald Knob High School and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1941. He did his residency at Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Dodd was a physician at Bald Knob, Arkansas for 30 years before retiring in 1976 at the age of 66.

He opened his practice at Bald Knob in 1946 after serving in World War II. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Bald Knob United Methodist Church and a member of White County, Arkansas and American Medical Associations.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Harrison Dodd, two sons, Jimmy and William Dodd, Jr. both of Bald Knob, a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Gipson of North Carolina, a stepson, James E. Hamilton of Little Rock, a step daughter, Mrs. Jean Steward of Bald Knob, a brother, Perry L. Dodd of Augusta, and five grandchildren.

Funeral was at 10am Tuesday at Daniel Funeral Home in Searcy, Ark. Burial is a Shady Grove Cemetary in Searcy. Memorials were requested to the Arkansas Children's Hospital at Little Rock, Ark. Daily Citizen Newspaper on April 4 1977, in Bald Knob, Ark.

Gravesite Details

Shady Grove Cemetery is located on the east side of Hwy 67/167 approximately one mile south of the road junction of U.S. Highways 64 & 67 at Bald Knob. The cemetery is divided into two sections, both well maintained.



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