Friday's Photo: Dr. Francis Fleming Wimberly

On the back: Dr. F. F. Wimberly, Ringgold, LA

Doctor Frances Fleming Wimberly was the son of Charles Perry Wimberly and Lucy Adeline Thomas. He was born on September 8, 1875 and died on October 12, 1948. He maried Annie Ethel "Dollie" Corley on February 9, 1898. 

According to the Wimberly Family History, at age 17, Francis Fleming "Doc" Wimberly went to west Texas where he bought horses and drove them back to Louisiana to trade for cattle which he drove back to Texas. He attended the University of Tennessee and finished his medical training at the Memphis Hospital Medical College. Dates reported in the book conflicted but we can safely say he graduated from medical school by 1907. It was reported that he practiced first in his home of Red River Parish and in January of 1913 moved to Ringgold where he practiced for more than 39 years. 

This post contains items from two collections. The photos came from the Frye family collection and the obituary came from the files of Marguerite Cook Clark. Thank you to these families for sharing. 

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Sources

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

Family photographs from the Frye Family collection. Accessed June 6, 2016 and June 3, 2019. Used with permission.

Wimberly, Vera. Wimberly Family History: Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana, 1837. Houston, Tex.: D. Armstrong, 1979. Print.