Nansemond County-Lynchburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrell, Dr. David L., 1968 

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DAVID LEMUEL HARRELL

DR. DAVID L. HARRELL DIES AT AGE OF 61

   Lynchburg, March 8 - Dr. David Lemuel Harrell, 61, former superintendent of 
state hospitals at Petersburg, Lynchburg and Staunton, died Friday in Arlington.

   A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Fairview Christian Church 
in Lynchburg.

   Dr. Harrell began his service with the state in 1931 when he was appointed 
first assistant physician at Lynchburg State Colony. He became clinical director 
of the colony in 1933.

   In 1938 he was named as superintendent of the projected Petersburg State 
Colony, now Petersburg State Hospital and served there until 1943, when he was 
chosen superintendent of Western State Hospital in Staunton.

   Three years later he was transferred back to the Lynchburg institution to 
become its superintendent. In 1952 he announced his retirement to enter private 
practice.

   A native of Suffolk, Dr. Harrell was graduated from Elon College, N.C., and 
Medical College of Virginia. He served his internship at University of Virginia 
Hospital.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katie Moore Harrell; a son, Lemuel D. 
Harrell of Arlington; a daughter, Miss Dorothy Harrell of Arlington; two sisters, 
Mrs. Evelyn H. Carlisle and Mrs. A.B. Pamplin, both of Richmond, and a brother, 
Joshua B. Harrell of Suffolk.


[Dr. David Lemuel HARRELL, b. Suffolk, d. 8 Mar 1968, Arlington, age 61, 
 interred in Fairview Christian Church Cemetery, Lynchburg, 11 Mar 1968, 
 "The Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch," ca. Mar. 9, 1968] 

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