Obituary of Dr. Douglas Shelburne Divers, 1977 - Pulaski Co. VA


The Sunday Times Journal Pulaski Radford Va., March 6, 1977 

Dr. Douglas Shelburne DIVERS the last surviving member of the Pulaski 
doctors who organized the Pulaski Hospital, died Friday night in the Broward 
General Hospital Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 
Born Aug. 17, 1892 in Rocky Mount, he was the son of the late Peyton Dewitt 
DIVERS and Henrietta HUDSON DIVERS. He was preceded in death by his wife, 
Lucretia FLANSBURG DIVERS, and retired in 1971, Educated at Fork Union 
Military Academy he received his medical degree at the Medical College of 
Virginia in 1917. During his intern years he served at Lewis-Gale Hospital 
in Roanoke. He was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I 
and started practice in Pulaski in 1924 as a surgeon after being associated 
with medical facilities in Martinsville, and Boston, Mass. Admitted to the 
American College of Surgeons in 1935, he was a member of the American 
Medical Association, The Medical Society of Virginia, the Southwestern 
Virginia Medical Society and the Southern Medical Association. 
He was a member of Pulaski Lodge No. 1067 BPOE, member and past president of 
the Pulaski Rotary Club, a director, of the Virginia National Bank, Pulaski, 
and a member of the Thorn Spring Country Club. He was also a member of the 
Virginia Senior Golf Association, Pythagoras Lodge No. 239, AF & AM of 
Pulaski, and Pulaski Post No. 7 of the American Legion. 
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Donald W. GLENN and Mrs. 
W.H. WYSOR, Jr. both of Pulaski-one son Douglas S. 
DIVERS Jr. of-Manakin-Sabbt, two sisters, Mrs. Cephas 
SHELBURNE of Rocky Mount, and Mrs. Raymond DAVIS of Aberdeen, N.C.; nine 
grand- children, and two great- 
grandchildren. 
A graveside service will be Monday at 2 p..m. in the Oakwood Cemetery 
conducted by the Pulaski Lodge No. 1067 
BPOE and lodge members will serve as honorary pallbearers. 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to 
a charity of choice. 
Visiting will be this afternoon at the Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, and 
the family will receive friends at the residence, 1004 Prospect Ave,


Submitted by Tami Ramsey <tami@i-plus.net>

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