Dr. James Andrew McCLUNG
- Born: 29 Sep 1874, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV 16,24,170
- Marriage: Maude WEAVER on 14 Dec 1902 in Nicholas Co., WV 360
- Died: 7 Jan 1965, Ripley, Jackson Co., WV at age 90 55,74
- Buried: 9 Jan 1965, End Of The Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 8 January 1965
Dr. McClung Dies, Ex-State Senator
A former state senator and prominent doctor died Thursday in the Jackson General Hospital at Ripley after a three-week illness.
Dr. James Andrew (Dr. Jim) McClung, of 2906 Kanawha Blvd. E. and near Rupert, Greenbrier County, was a veteran pnytician and surgeon and was among the oldest members of the West Virginia medical profession.
Dr. McClung, owner of the Glencoe Farms in Greenbrier County, was educated in Greenbrier County schools, West Virginia University and at Baltimore Medical College, presently known at the Medical School of the University of Maryland, where he graduated in 1901. He founded and opened the McClung Hospital in Richwood, now the McClung Clinic, in 1905. It is operated by a son, Dr. James E. McClung.
During the administration of the late Gov. Henry D. Hatfield of Huntington, he served four years in the State Senate.
DR. McCLUNG was a member of the American Medical Assn., the West Virginia Medical Assn., the Masons and the Shrine.
Also surviving are his widow, Maude; another son, Dr. William D. (staff member of the Jackson General Hospital at Ripley); four daughters, Miss Beatrice McClung and Mrs. Margaret Johnson, both of Charleston, Mrs. Kathryn Welch of Rupert and Mrs. Ruth Nellen of Green Bay, Wis.; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Big Clear Creek Baptist Church at Rupert by the Rev. Homer Piercy and the Rev. Lee White. Burial will be at the End of the Trail Cemetery at Clintonville.
The body will be taken from the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home at East Rainelle to the church an hour before service.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Doctor.
• Residence: Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV, Between 1917 and 1918. 24
James married Maude WEAVER on 14 Dec 1902 in Nicholas Co., WV.360 (Maude WEAVER was born on 5 Jun 1880 in Patton, Cambria Co., PA,46 died on 10 Jul 1967 46 and was buried in End Of The Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV.)
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