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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

W. L. SHIREY, M. D.
    Texarkana has every reason to be proud of the medical profession represented
within her borders. They are men of capability and worth, holding to high
standards, and at all times they are keeping in touch with the trend of modern
professional thought and progress. In this connection mention should be made of
Dr. W. L. Shirey, who was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 30th of November,
1867. There he was reared and educated, attending the public schools and the
Jonesboro Academy. He began reading medicine when nineteen years of age and in
early manhood he also worked in a drug store, thus earning the money that
enabled him to pursue his college course. He afterward matriculated in the
University of Tennessee as a medical student and was there graduated with the
class of 1895. Soon afterward he located for practice at Foreman, Arkansas,
where he remained until March, 1921, when he came to Texarkana. He had
successfully followed his profession in Foreman and already he has gained a good
practice since coming to Texarkana. He is most careful in the diagnosis of his
cases and his ability is recognized by his contemporaries and colleagues in the
profession.

    On the 26th of September, 1888, Dr. Shirey was married to Miss Alice M.
Allen of Clay county, Arkansas, and they have become the parents of two
children: Dr. Guy O. Shirey, who is now practicing at Fort Worth, and Fay, the
wife of F. A. Perrot, of Arkansas. The son was in the service during the World
war, being a member of the first expedition that left Texas. He was commissioned
a lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was first aid on General Bullard's staff.
In May, 1917, he went overseas and remained in France until December, 1918,
returning with the rank of lieutenant colonel, his promotions being indicative
of the splendid service which he rendered to his country.

    Dr. W. L. Shirey also joined the army as a member of the Medical Corps in
1918, and with the rank of captain was on duty at the base hospital at Fort
Oglethorpe. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, having become a Consistory
Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and is a member of the Episcopal church. Along strictly
professional lines he has membership in the Miller County Medical Society and
the Arkansas State Medical Society, and is thus conversant with all of the
latest researches and discoveries of the profession, while wide reading is
constantly broadening his knowledge, and from experience, too, he learns many
valuable lessons.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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