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September 20-21, 2019
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Petit Jean Mountain State Park
Morrilton, Ark.
For meeting details, agenda
and registration, please visit:
http://www.arkansasurologysociety.org/
meetings.html
Thursday, October 17, 2019, Fayetteville
Thursday, October 24, 2019, Jonesboro
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, North Little Rock
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, North Little Rock
For more information, visit ARKMED.org.
OBITUARIES
Siloam Springs - Charles Harvey Stinnett, MD, passed away June 14,
2019. Dr. Stinnett first attended the University of Arkansas in 1952 for
agriculture, but with encouragement from Dr. Dickinson, his hometown
doctor, and Fred Sharp, the pharmacist he worked for in high school,
he switched to pre-med. He was admitted to the University of Arkansas
College of Medicine in February 1955 during his junior year. He completed
residency in 1961 and joined Drs. Huskins and Puckett in Siloam Springs,
where he practiced medicine in for 44 years. Dr. Stinnett was a member
of the National Guard from 1960 to 1968. He is survived by his wife,
Barbara; his sons, Scott (Kelley) & Steve (Cindy); and his grandchildren.
Little Rock - John Robert Stotts, MD, passed away June 1, 2019. Dr.
Stotts attended Hendrix College and went to pharmacy school in St. Louis.
He joined the Army and was stationed at Dougway Proving Ground and
later at the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Upon leaving the Army, he used the GI Bill to
attend medical school at UAMS and worked as a pharmacist while earning
his medical degree. Dr. Stotts built a family practice in the Heights area of
Little Rock for 38 years. He also worked with Arkansas Teacher Retirement
and the Arkansas Highway Department, reviewing medical charts. He was
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a football enthusiast who loved the Dallas Cowboys and the Razorbacks
and was the team doctor for Pulaski Academy, Joe T. Robinson, and other
Little Rock schools. He is survived by his daughter, Leslie Layton (Rick); son,
Chris Stotts (Pamela); son-in-law, Todd Lamb; and several grandchildren.
Charleston, South Carolina - Paul Harwood Millar Jr., MD, passed away
July 12, 2019, at MUSC Hospital in Charleston, SC. After graduating from
Little Rock High School, he joined the U.S. Navy, trained to become a
radioman, and served on the USS Rixey during World War II. Upon
discharge from the service, he attended Hendrix College, where he
completed the prerequisites for entry into medical school at UAMS.
He graduated from medical school in 1951, interned at the University
of Iowa, and completed his surgical residency at UAMS. Dr. Millar was
legendary in Arkansas County as a brilliant and tireless surgeon. When he
retired in 1994, he had performed 18,210 surgical operations at Stuttgart
Memorial Hospital. Dr. Millar was preceded in death by his wife and his
son, John Paul Millar. He is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Millar Rush;
his daughters, Susan Millar Williams (Dwight) and Cathy Woods (Tom); his
daughter-in-law, Anne Millar Williams (Chuck); and his grandchildren.
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