Dr Paul Jasper "Brownie" THOMAS, MD

1910 - 1995  (84 years)

• Name	Paul Jasper "Brownie" THOMAS
  Prefix	Dr
  Suffix	MD
  Nickname	Brownie
  Birth	21 Sep 1910	Kenna, Roosevelt County, New Mexico   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	66C67DC5F7BC4540B2763D375679362E7513
  Death	17 Mar 1995	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	21 Mar 1995	Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com, Jan 2015: Dr. PAUL JASPER THOMAS was born on 21 September 1910 in Kenna, Roosevelt County, Territory of New Mexico to Dr. Raymond Harold Thomas & Emme Lelan Minter-Thomas. Paul married Margaret Rita Kazo on 17 October 1938 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and they had THREE daughters: Dianne Thomas Williamson (Living), Katheryn "Kathy" Thomas-Williams (Living), and Sally Thomas-Hanna (Living). Paul passed away on 17 March 1995 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, and he was laid to rest there at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. _________________ Rites set for ex-hospital exec Paul `Brownie' Thomas: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice, The Dallas Morning News, (TX) - Saturday, March 18, 1995, Page 35A. Deceased Name: Rites set for ex-hospital exec Paul `Brownie' Thomas. Services for Dr. Paul J. "Brownie" Thomas, former president of the medical staffs at Baylor University Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at University Park United Methodist Church. A private burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Dallas. He died Friday at his Dallas home. He was 84. Dr. Thomas was born in Kenna in the territory of New Mexico and grew up in Pine Forest, Texas. He moved to Dallas in 1924 and received his bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas. He was Baylor hospital's president from 1954 to 1957 and then moved to Parkland in the same capacity. He also served as a clinical professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Thomas had a private practice, which he opened in 1942 near Baylor, as an internist specializing in cardiology. His daughter Diane Williamson said her father retired in 1985 and continued to volunteer at Parkland by translating Spanish for Hispanic patients. "He loved using his Spanish and helping people out with his spare time," she said. Mrs. Williamson of Dallas said he was well-respected by his patients and other doctors. She described him as a "doctor's doctor." "He loved the challenge of discovering and diagnosing a disease, because he was very good and talented in his field," she said. "He was always known for his wit and for his love of life and medicine and his quest for knowledge." Dr. Thomas also was a former president of the Dallas Heart Association, Texas Club of Internists and the Dallas Internist Club. Besides Mrs. Williamson, Dr. Thomas is survived by two other daughters, Kathy Williams of Plano and Sally Hanna of Dallas; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or the University Park United Methodist Church.
  Person ID	I2043	America
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Dr Harry Raymond THOMAS, MD,   b. 12 Mar 1877, Franklin County, Texas, USA d. 14 Feb 1938, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Emme Lelan Minter,   b. 15 Sep 1878, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 8 Feb 1959, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1902	Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rita KAZO,   b. 15 Jan 1913, Spangler, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Nov 1994, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1938	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Diane J. THOMAS   2. Kathryn"Cathy" Thomas THOMAS   3. Sally THOMAS
  Family ID	F981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2015

  
  

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