Dr. John Stribling Rosamond

Dr. John Stribling Rosamond
BIRTH
29 Apr 1874
Attala County, Mississippi, USA
DEATH
29 May 1951 (aged 77)
West, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA
BURIAL
West Cemetery
West, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA Show Map
MEMORIAL ID
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MEMORIAL
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FLOWERS
Beloved Doctor Buried

Services are Held at West for Traffic Victim

West, Miss. May 30-Services for Dr. J.S. Rosamond 77-year-old beloved physician here, were held at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at the West Methodist Church with the Rev. N.L. Threet, the Rev. Curtis Ellis and the Rev. Percy Magee officiating. Burial was in the Church Cemetery.

Dr Rosamond was killed instantly Tuesday when the car he was driving and another collided on Highway 51 here.

Dr. Rosamond recently observed his 50th anniversary of active practice. He had practiced at West and surrounding communities since since 1906.

Last Rites Wednesday for Accident Victim, Dr. J.S. Rosamond

Prominent Doctor Dies Following Auto Crash Near West Residence

Funeral services were held at West Methodist church Wednesday, for Dr. J.S. Rosamond, 77 of West country doctor who observed his 50th anniversary of active practice this month and who was fatally injured Tuesday morning in an automobile accident in front of his office in West.

According to State Highway Safety Patrolman J.T. Skelton of Durant, who investigated the accident, , Dr Rosamond was entering Highway 51 from a gravel road, around 9 a.m. when his car was struck by the south-bound 1951 Oldsmobile driven by Ige Stevens, about 38, of Tupelo.

Dr Roasmond died enroute to District Two Community hospital, Durant, by Southern Funeral Home ambulance.

An estimated $100 damages were done to the Rosamond car. The Oldsmobile was badly damaged.

No charges were preferred, Patrolman Skelton said.

Born in Attala county in 1874, Dr Rosamond began his long service to his fellow citizens at Shannon in May, 1901. He had practiced at West and the surrounding communities since January, 1906. He had made an estimated more than 100,000 home calls, not including office treatments, during the past half century, administering to an untold number of charity cases.

He had been surgeon for the Illinois Central railroad for 44 years, and was medical examiner for the Selective Service during World War I. His wide experience in rural medicine included many nights sleeping on the ground, blazing new trails through virgin woods on horseback getting lost in a snowstorm, swimming swollen streams, and brushes with a panther and wildcats.

Many of the children he delivered in the area surrounding West have been named for Dr. Rosamond as an expression of gratitude for his unselfish and untiring efforts. He was a member of West Methodist church.

He leaves his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Ben Hilbun, wife of the administrative assistant to the president at Mississippi State college, Mrs. D.H. Rhyne of Montgomery, Alabama; one sister, Mrs. J.H. Kimbrough of Ethel; one son, Denton S. Rosamond, Holmes county assessor of Lexington, and five grandchildren.

The Rev. M.L. Threet, pastor of the West Methodist church, conducted services with burial in West cemetery.

Lee Funeral Home, Winona, was in charge of arrangements.

Family Members
Parents
Thomas Rosamond
Thomas Stribling Rosamond
1823–1908

Nancy Rosamond
Nancy Woodard Dean Rosamond
1837–1908

Spouse
Mary Rosamond
Mary McLellan Rosamond
1879–1963

Siblings
Henrietta Pender
Henrietta Rosamond Pender
1859–1880

Charles Rosamond
Charles Richard Rosamond
1860–1898

Cornelius Rosamond
Cornelius Joseph Rosamond
1864–1941

Mary Sullivant
Mary Theresa Rosamond Sullivant
1867–1946

Felix Rosamond
Felix E. Rosamond
1870–1885

Clotilda Kimbrough
Clotilda Theolia Rosamond Kimbrough
1872–1961

Infant Rosamond
Infant Rosamond
1880–1880

Children
Josephine Hilbun
Josephine Rosamond Hilbun
1903–1989

Denton Rosamond
Denton Stribling Rosamond
1907–1961

Mary Rhyne
Mary Rosamond Rhyne
1910–1989

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