Gene Allen McClelland

1919 - 2007

Gene Allen McClelland, 87, a physician in Fort Worth for 30 years, passed away Monday, May 21, 2007.

Graveside service: 11 a.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery, Clarksville.

Memorials: Gifts in Gene Allen's memory may be made to the Samaritan House, 929 Hemphill St., Fort Worth, Texas 76104; or American Diabetes Association, 4150 International Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas 76109.

Gene Allen was born Sept. 18, 1919, in Gilmer to Marguerite and Allen McClelland. A graduate of Gilmer High School, he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1941 and his medical degree from Southwestern Medical College in Dallas in 1944. He completed his internship at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and began his practice in Lockney. In 1957, he relocated to Fort Worth, where he began his residency at John Peter Smith Hospital. Dr. McClelland entered into private practice at Northwest Hospital and retired in 1987.

McClelland entered the United States Army Reserves in 1942, was on active duty from 1945-1947, and was discharged as a captain. He made numerous voyages from San Francisco, Calif., to Japan on hospital ships transporting soldiers back to the United States.

In his 50 years in Fort Worth, his interests included a passion for ballroom and round dancing, bridge, chess, beekeeping and managing his ranch in Upshur County.

Dr. McClelland was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Mary Louise Witmer McClelland; and his brother, Harrod Hunt McClelland.

Survivors: His daughters, Marsha Scarbrough of Reston, Va., and Charlotte Ice of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Anna Weatherly and her husband, John, Jason Johnston and his wife, Amanda, Rachel Ice, Ranjit Kapila, Charlotte Lee Ice and Amanda Ice; and great-grandchild, Joshua Weatherly.