Obit of Eppright, Margaret Heidbreder - Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 29 Nov 2009 Return to Okmulgee County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okmulgee/okmulgee.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Amarillo Globe News 16 Jun 1997 HOUSTON - Margaret Heidbreder Eppright, 71, died Thursday, June 12, 1997. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Hurley Funeral Home in Pleasanton. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer, in Houston. Arrangements are by Geo. H. Lewis & Sons of Houston. Mrs. Eppright was born in Beggs, Okla. She was a graduate of Oklahoma State University and worked as a physical therapist in Utah and Texas. She was active in the Harris County Heritage Society and was a volunteer in numerous organizations for many years. She married Richard H. Eppright in 1952. Survivors include three sons, Richard Thomas Eppright of Shiner, John Allen Eppright of Houston and James David Eppright of Bebe; three sisters, Lorraine Heidbreder Garvalia of Cheyenne, Wyo., Rosalyce Heidbreder Pace of Yuma, Ariz., and Nadine Heidbreder McGee of San Antonio; and four grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to The Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital, 6977 Main St., Houston, Texas 77030; the National Wildflower Research Center, 4801 LaCrosse Ave., Austin, Texas 78739; the Harris County Heritage Society, or a favorite charity. ========= Amarillo Globe News 16 Jun 1997 Richard Horace Eppright, M.D. HOUSTON - Richard Horace Eppright, M.D., 71, died Thursday, June 12, 1997. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Hurley Funeral Home in Pleasanton. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer, in Houston. Arrangements are by Geo. H. Lewis & Sons of Houston. Dr. Eppright was born in Charlotte. He was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1949. He served his internship at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed his residency at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Children's Medical Center in Houston, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He served in the Air Force Orthopedic Service, 3700th Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He was a member of numerous national and international professional organizations, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, the American Medical Association, the American Orthopedic Association, the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society, the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons. He was also a member of the Clinical Orthopedic Society, the Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, the Orthopedic Research Society, the Russell A. Hibbs Society, Southern Medical Association, Southern Orthopedic Association, Southwestern Surgical Congress, and the Western Orthopedic Association. Regional affiliations include the Texas Medical Association, Texas Orthopedic Association, Texas Rheumatism Association and the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. He was a member of the Doctor's Club of Houston, Houston Orthopedic Society (formerly Houston Orthopedic Club) and the Houston Surgical Society. He was the author of several medical publications, a visiting professor of Orthopedic Surgery at various locations around the world, and was involved with hundreds of presentations and scientific meetings. He married Margaret Heidbreder in 1952. Survivors include three sons, Richard Thomas Eppright of Shriner, John Allen Eppright of Houston, and James David Eppright of Bebe; a sister, Edith Eppright of Charlotte; a brother, George David Eppright of Charlotte; and four grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital, 6977 Main St., Houston, Texas 77030; Orthopedic Research; Harris County Medical Society Museum of Medical Science or a favorite charity. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Okmulgee County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okmulgee/okmulgee.html