TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for HAND, CHARLES ROBERT "BOB"   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Samart-Mothe Funeral Home, Raceland, La.

Died: 

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HAND, CHARLES ROBERT "BOB" 
June 7, 1939 Ð April 1, 2014

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Dr. Charles Robert "Bob" Hand, beloved husband, skilled surgeon, gifted 
musician, avid hunter and angler, decorated war veteran and father and 
grandfather passed away at his home on Grand Isle, Louisiana. 

While born in New Orleans, Bob grew up in Philadelphia, MS. He played first 
chair trumpet for the Mississippi Lions All State Band while attending 
Philadelphia High School, which qualified for and won the international 
marching band competition in 1955. He also played high school football at 
Philadelphia High and was voted "most handsome" of his 1957 senior class. Bob 
attended Ole Miss and played trumpet for the "Pride of the South," the Ole Miss 
marching band during his freshman year in 1958. He went on to play in various 
jazz bands, traveling around the South for performances at clubs and college 
parties.

Bob went on to Tulane Medical School along with his twin brother, Bill Hand, 
and then completed his internship at McCleod Infirmary in Florence, SC. He went 
on to pursue a residency in Orthopedics at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. 
He then completed a hand fellowship at Vanderbilt University and once treated 
Chet Atkins for a hand injury. His medical training was interrupted with a tour 
in Vietnam in Cam Ranh Bay where is served as a captain and surgical medical 
officer in a M.A.S.H. unit for two years in the Air Force.

Bob spent most of his career in private practice in Monroe, LA where he earned 
his accreditation with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Bob became an 
avid duck hunter while in Monroe, hunting as much during the season as his 
career would allow. Bob was also a licensed pilot, earning his VFR license 
while serving in the Air Force and later his IFR rating in his 40s. Bob owned 
an interest in a small plane, which he used for personal travel and scouting 
out hunting sites. Bob moved to his fishing paradise of Grand Isle, LA where he 
supervised orthopedic residents at the Chabert Charity Hospital in Houma, LA. 
Post-Katrina, Bob practiced at the Jackson V.A. Hospital until 2008 before 
complete retirement on Grand Isle.

He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Jackie Allen Hand of Grand Isle and 
their sons, David Hand and his wife Jennifer of Nashville, TN; and John Hand, 
his wife, Shawndell and the granddaughters Mary Blake, MacKenzie and Lilla of 
Atlanta, GA; and their sons David Kinnard, his wife Kimberlee and grandson 
Calvin of Greer, SC; Roger Kinnard, his wife Brooke and grandsons Garrett, Ben 
and Marshall of Pensacola, FL; and Shand Kinnard of Atlanta, GA; and Bob's twin 
brother, William "Bill" L. Hand and wife Evie of Jackson, MS and family.

A memorial service will be held on April 14, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at the First 
Methodist Church of Philadelphia, MS. A memorial service will be held in Grand 
Isle, LA at a later date. 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests your make memorial donations to the 
charity of your choice.

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