Ouachita-Caddo County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....FOX, DR. WILLIAMS WADE III September 5, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown ancestry_helper@yahoo.com October 5, 2008, 4:09 am News Star World - Oct 5, 2005 DR. WILLIAMS WADE FOX, III Shreveport, LA William Wade Fox, III, 76, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 5, 2008, after a lengthy illness. Following services at First Baptist Church of Shreveport, officiated by Dr. Greg Hunt, Dr. Fox was buried at the Minden Cemetery, Minden, LA. Dr. Fox was born in Asher, OK on November 18, 1931, and was a resident of Shreveport, LA. While attending Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship, he was a three year letterman, earned all Southwest Conference honors as a center and was Honorable Mention for All-American. He earned his Doctorate of Medicine from Emory University and practiced orthopedic surgery in Shreveport until his retirement. A member of several professional and social organizations, he also enjoyed hunting and fishing. Bringing him great personal joy was his work for many years as a medical missionary in Mexico. He also served as a Deacon in the church that he loved, First Baptist of Shreveport. Dr. Fox was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. William Wade and Katie Lee Fox, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Keitha Clement Fox; children: Melissa Cassiere and her husband, Joe, of Monroe, LA, Clement Wade Fox and his wife, Janie, of Little Rock, AR, Laura Politz and her husband, Paul, of New Orleans, LA, and Rebecca McDonnell and her husband, Michael, of Chicago, IL; two sisters, Peggy Coates and her husband, Harry and Polly Fox Burgess; nine granddaughters and one grandson, Rachel and Sarah Cassiere, Rebecca, Catherine, Caroline, and Katie Fox, Ashton, Anna, and Wade Politz and Ashton "Mae Mae" McDonnell; special family member, Reda Thomas; and canine companion, Ellie. The family requests donations be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home or the charity of one's choice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/f/fox2025gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb