Who's Who on the 40th Anniversary of Love County Health Center
Posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012
Above: EMS Station 1, Training Center, Hospital, Clinic, therapy Building and Food Pantry in Marietta, May 2011. Below: EMS Station 2, WinStar Casino, Thackerville, May 2011.
Board of County
Commissioners
James Wade, Dist. 1;
Herschel “Bub” Peery, Dist.
2; Michael White, Dist. 3.
Hospital Board
Of Control
Darlene Beardsley, Chair;
Bob Brannan, Andrea Locke,
Steve Smith, Jr., Jack
Testerman.
Love County EMS Board
Marty Grisham, Chair;
Lawrence Anderson, Dr.
Stephen Hutchins, Jesse
Kirk, Marcella Kirk.
Rural Health Clinic
Administration
Connie Barker, Clinic
Director*; Flora Anthony,
Carla Bolton, Jana Brown,
Brandy Burton, V. Sue
Curry*, Brandi Hicks, Sierra
Hinds, Misty Kirk, Tamara
Lackey, Naomi Lornes,
Natividad Sanchez, Marilyn
Smith, Billie Snyder, Teresa
Steen-Landreth.
Primary Care Providers
Vergil Smith, D.O., Family Practitioner*;
J.T. O’Connor, D.O., MPH, Long-Term Care,
Chief Medical Officer*;
Stephen Hutchins, M.D., Family Practitioner;
Chief Medical Officer*;
Stephen Hutchins, M.D., Family Practitioner;
Larry D. Powell, M.D., Family Practitioner;
Paul Nioce, M.D., Family Practitioner;
Pat Owens, ARNP, Family Nurse Practitioner*;
Paul Nioce, M.D., Family Practitioner;
Pat Owens, ARNP, Family Nurse Practitioner*;
Nathan Murray, PA-C;
Tad Hall, Physician’s Assistant*;
Tad Hall, Physician’s Assistant*;
Kari Cochran, PA-C, Physician’s Assistant;
Tamra Morrow, PA-C, Physician’s Assistant;
Manuel Flores, PA-C, Physician’s Assistant.
Hospital Administration
Richard Barker, FACHE,
Administrator/CEO*;
M. Brooke Chapman, Leslea
Denney, Connie Graham,
Angela Lang, Ann
Langston*.
Hospital Nursing
R. Marie Ross, R.N.,
Director of Nursing*;
Nikki Barker, Albert
Bearden, Rebekah
Bohannon, Rita
Buckaloo, Fern Caudle,
Shawna Childers, Kimberly
Collins, Diana Delgado,
Danny Dvorak, Patricia
Foster, Myrna Gaither, Betty
Galloway*, Virginia
Hartman, Jennifer Hicks,
LuAnn Locke, Jan
Marutzky, Kathryn Miller,
Lane Miller, Sheila Nipp,
Elaine Polizzo, Judy
Sanchez-Fernandez, Twyla
Thronberry, Denise Trivitt,
Megan Yow.
Radiology
Rick Stephens, Director of
Radiology*; Marneta Dorsey,
Roseann Johnston.
Laboratory
Kelvin McMillan, Laboratory
Services Director;
Richard Acayan, Jr., Dunil
Caispong, Elmer Denoso,
Marie Galano, Evonda
Thompson.
Rehabilitation Therapies
Cardio-Pulmonary: Ronald
Kimery, Donna Lively.
Respiratory: Carolyn Garner.
Physical: Brenda Beard,
consultant PTA.
Occupational: Latronda
Lornes, consultant OTA.
Hospital Drug Room
Dorothy Gourley, D.Ph.,
consultant pharmacist;
Barbara Hunt, R.N.,
M. Joyce Lantz, R.N.
Health Information
Management
(Medical Recordkeeping)
Linda Dixon, Manager*;
Vickie Preast.
Medicare/Medicaid
Sheila Wingfield, consultant
enroller.
Information Technology
James Riggs, Manager.
Food Service
Valerie DeFoor, Manager;
Emalinda Watson.
Materials Management
Sally Stephens, Manager*.
Guest Services
Phyllis Brooks, Elsa
Reece, Eugenia
Willingham, Hope Young.
Plant Maintenance
R. W. Clancy Hallum,
Manager.
Emergency Medical
Services
Tad Hall, PA, Emergency
Room and EMS Manager*.
EMS Ambulance: Jason
Christner, Brandon
Dunmon, Alex Eden, John
Gilliam, Jr., Jonathan Hall,
Bradley Hart, William Heath,
James Hicks, Jeffrey Hicks,
David Manning, Dustin
Michael, Scott Neu, Dustin
Newsom, J. Cole Reed,
Lawrence Roberts, Teresa
Tow, Tracy Walker, Ryan
Weger, Natasha West,
Jonathan Whited.
EMS Fire Brigade: Gary
Anderle, Shelton Bray,
Joseph Connot, James Dixon,
Benjamin Grace, Brandon
Mathews, Robert Sharp,
Darrell Twiner, Derek Weeks,
Chance Weger, Chase Weger,
Taylor Westbrook, Hunter
Willard, Adam Zimmerer.
EMS First Aid, WinStar
Casino: Katie Allen, Rebecca
Dunaway, John Galano, Brett
Harris, Jennifer Stonebarger.
EMS First Aid, Riverwind
Casino: Angela Allison, Kenzie
Bryant, Jeri Coble, Mercedes
Heath, Kendall Johnson,
Sabrina Kinsey, Taleah
McClellan, Amber Pate, Jillian
Robinson, Carl Rowland III,
Logan Stewart.
Hospital Retiree
Charlene Frazier*.
Charitable Trusts
Benefiting Hospital
Ed F. and Jessie
McGehee Estate; C.C.
Wilkins Estate; Brannan
Family Trust - Love County
Health Center Foundation.
Love County Health
Center Foundation Board
Arthur Rickets, Chair; Wayne
Bond, Burl Bone, H. Willis
Choate III, Ken Delashaw,
Brent Hartin, Ann Langston,
James Moffett, Niki Powell,
Lynn Puckett, C.A. Robinson,
H.G. Tankie Spivey, Betty
Wolfe.
Hospital Auxiliary
(Pink Ladies)
Kay Brintle, Chair.
Auxiliary Members: Helen
Angelly, Joyce Autry, Dolly
Bone, Mildred Burns, Shirley
Clark, Lois Dewbre, Wilma
Easley, Lula Finch, Marion
Flaherty, Pat Grisham,
Dolores Harvey, Rosa Mae
Jackson, Alice Jacobs, Ron
Jacobs, Dorothy Lornes, John
McBride, Wakie McBride,
Alice Moore, Helen Ryan,
Ella Toles, Wilma Vinson.
Inactive Members: Shirley
Carter, Luna Langston,
Frances Love, Rose Thompson,
Betty Whittington.
Founding Public Health
Committee, 1960-1972
George Goodrich, Chair; Bill
Anderson, H. Willis Choate III,
Clarence Cochran, D. Joyce
Coffey; H.A.Welsh, Worth A.
Zachary.
*on staff 30 or more years.