Robert William Jessee

JESSEE, Robert William, M.D., 84, of Richmond, died peacefully on October 25, 2008. Born in Cleveland, Va., he was preceded in death by son, Robert W. Jessee Jr.; and is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Counts Jessee; son, Allen W. Jessee and wife, Vicki, of Richmond; and sister, Peggy Jessee Adams of Crestview, Fla. A graduate of University of Tennessee at Memphis, he served as a Naval physician before setting up practice in Southwestern Virginia, where he later joined the Virginia Department of Public Health. After transferring to Richmond in 1960 to become a Regional Health Director, he joined the Medical College of Virginia, where he later retired from the Department of Preventive Medicine as Professor Emeritus. Graveside services will be held Thursday, October 30, in Lebanon, Va.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.