Dr. Terry Jones Retires on December 22
Posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025
Dr. Jones Retires: Terry Jones, M.D. and his wife Lorraine are joined at
a clinic retirement party by Clinic Director Misti Kirk (r) and hospital
director Scott Callender.
Always known as a sports fan, Dr. Terry Jones couldn't resist showing up at his retirement party with co-workers on December 23, wearing an Ohio State logo shirt. His wife, Lorraine, was dressed to match.
The Buckeyes are contending for a national championship in football in the next few days.
"I have to support them because I worked so hard there getting my medical degree," Jones said with a smile. That was in 1983. He interned in Austin, Texas, and completed residency in Wichita, KS.
Chickasaw National Health Clinics were brand new at the time, and Jones started his medical career in the Chickasaw clinics in Ada and Tishomingo.
Later career stops took him to private practice and emergency medicine.
He joined Mercy Health Love County Clinic in 2014 as a Board-certified family physician. Misti Kirk, clinic director, estimated Dr. Jones served 1,000 patients. Over the past six months, they have transferred to other physicians and nurse practitioners in the clinic.
Jones has always had high praise for the clinic staff and other coworkers and he thanked them again for their skill and help. Many had served alongside him his entire tenure.
Asked to think back over special interests in medicine, Jones named hypertension, or high blood pressure. Untreated it is a leading cause of heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease, among others. "I took pride in convincing patients to take medicine today so that years from now they were not facing kidney loss. Patients have to know you care about them and want them to get well."
Jones, 69, has plans to move to northeastern Oklahoma. He was raised in Sallisaw and Lorraine is from nearby Coldwater, Kansas.
She was a clinic director and they met on the job. They have been married 41 years.
A St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan, Jones looks forward to attending some games and is contemplating a tour of national league ballparks.