Biography of Thomas F Ryan, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Cattle raising in St. Francis County is an essential business in an ever
increasing number of farmers who now more that ever must rely heavily on the
intelligent advice and skillfulness of the graduate veterinarian, versed in the
latest known medicines, proven treatments and the highly technical use of a
modern laboratory. He arrived here June 5, 1951, and has been busy ever since.
He received his training at the Texas A & M University, where he graduated with
a D. V. M. degree in Veterinary Medicines in 1951. Born in San Antonio, Texas,
the son of Mrs. Agnes (Miller) Ryan and the late Frank Ryan, he first attended
the Falfurrias High School in Texas. During World War II, on Oct. 11, 1943, he
joined the Army Air Corps and was assigned to Squadron A, 386th Bomb Group,
where he advanced from private to sergeant before his discharge on Mar. 13,
1946. He is now a First Lieutenant in the USAF Reserve. On Apr. 25, 1945, he
married Miss Barbara Jean Allard, daughter of Mrs. Grace Allard of St.
Petersburg, Fla. Dr. & Mrs. Ryan have a daughter. Dr. Ryan is a member of the
Methodist Church, the Rotary Club, and the Veterinary Associations of America,
Texas and Arkansas.


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

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