Dr. William Cullen McCarver, Jr., 87
Dr. William Cullen McCarver, Jr., 87, of Gainesville passed away on July 20, 2005 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Price McCarver. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Marilyn Woodberry Brown McCarver, Gainesville, daughter Mary Lynn McCarver Coyle and husband John Pierce Coyle of Gainesville, and son Warren Cullen McCarver, Port Richey, Florida; step-daughters Catherine Logan Brown Hartley and husband, Steve Hartley and Marguerite Flint Brown; step-sons Cleveland Woodberry Brown and wife Rhonda Tankersly Brown, and Dr. Pierpont Flanders Brown III and wife Clarissa Cunningham Brown, all of Gainesville; 13 step-grandchildren originally of Gainesville, and his brother, Dr. Clyde Gay McCarver and wife Frances McCarver, of Hartsville, South Carolina.
Dr. McCarver was raised in Vidette, Georgia, the son of Dr. William Cullen McCarver and Commie Gay McCarver. He graduated from Emory University and received his M.D. degree in 1942 from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, and served an internship at the University Hospital in Augusta. While serving in a surgical residency at Bowman Gray Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was called to active duty in the Army. He served in orthopedics in the Medical Corps at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas, treating many young men returning from World War II. After his discharge from the Army, he practiced General Medicine at Glenville, Georgia. He moved to Gainesville in 1949 and began his Family Practice here when the foundations for Hall County Hospital, now Northeast Georgia Medical Center, were just being poured. He was in active practice until he retired at the end of 1985.
Dr. McCarver was awarded certificates of 50 year of continuous membership and devotion from the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians and from the Medical Association of Georgia.
Memorial services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday, July 24, 2005 at 2:00p.m. Following the service the family will receive friends in the Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers those wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so by donating to the Grace Episcopal Church Building Fund, to Eagle Ranch, or to the charity of your choice.
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