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Dr. Joseph BaxterPublished Wednesday, May 1, 2002 in the Nevada County PicayuneDr. Joseph Wesley Baxter, Jr., 55, died Friday, April 19. He was a board certified physician and a member of the Diplomat American Board of Radiology, Radiologic Society of North America and the Arkansas Radiology Society. Dr. Baxter was well known for his generosity and love for the health care profession. He was born in Houston, Texas on October 12, 1946. Dr. Baxter, better known as Wes to friends and family, had a love for baseball as a child and radiology as an adult. He played baseball while attending Yale University and was an All-City player in high school. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Summa Cume Laude, PHD BETA KAPPA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968; graduated from Baylor Medical School with honors in 1972. He interned in the U.S. Army, Straight Medicine Internship, at the Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, California in 1972 and 1973. He spent his residency at a number of world renown hospitals, including M.D. Anderson Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute. Dr. Baxter was a former Instructor at the Academy of Health Sciences in San Antonio, Texas, for three years and settled in Hope in 1986 as Chief Radiologist at Medical Park Hospital. While in Hope, Dr. Baxter made numerous donations to the library at the University of Arkansas Community College in Hope and charitable organizations. He also was a faculty guest lecturer. Dr. Baxter is survived by his family: Peggy and Jaime Starling of Delight, Robyn Starling-Ledbetter of Texarkana, Texas, Ashley Baxter of Houston, Texas; his parents, Joe and Betty Baxter of Houston; two brothers, Edward Baxter of Georgetown, Texas, and Gregory Baxter of Houston; three sisters, Elizabeth Hollingstworth of Yorktown, Va., Brenda Baxter of Georgetown, Texas and Anne Baxter of Great Barrington, Mass. He was preceded in death by his sister Patricia Gallagher-Evans of Lexington, Va. Funeral services were Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. at Shaceklford Funeral Home in Prescott with burial in Delight Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends was Saturday, April 27 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. The family was at the home of Peggy Starling in Delight. Donations can be made to the Berkside Medical Center in Pittsville, Massachusetts. Search | Nevada County Picayune by date | Gurdon Times by date |
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