Biography of H N Cogburn, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Crawley-Cogburn Clinic, the successor to the Laughrun Clinic, the first in
Forrest City, is modern, well-equipped and staffed with thoroughly-trained
nurses. Its laboratory and x-ray facilities are on a par with any other clinic
of its size in Arkansas. Dr. Cogburn was born in DeLeon, Texas, on Dec. 9, 1921,
the son of N. R. and Artie E. (Brown) Cogburn. After graduation from the Lubbock
High School, he attended Texas Tech University, and then received his M. D.
Degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Meanwhile he had
been sworn into the U. S. Navy on July 1, 1943, served until May, 1946, when he
was placed on inactive status as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. He served overseas
for six months in the Philippines. After working in Greenwood, Mississippi, he
moved to Forrest City to become a partner with his classmate, Dr. Charles Edward
Crawley, in April 1947. On March 30, 1945 he married Miss Virginia House of
Sledge, Miss., daughter of Dr. J. D. and Corinne (St. John) House of Sledge,
Miss., and to this union has been born one daughter and a son. Dr. Cogburn is a
member of the Church of Christ, the Forrest City Rotary Club. At present, Dr.
Cogburn is stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, and anxious for his return
to Forrest City.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas