Harold Ryan Bicknell M.D.

Harold Ryan Bicknell, M.D.

SHREVEPORT, LA- Funeral services for Dr. Harold Ryan Bicknell will be held Friday, July 11th at 11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Shreveport with Dr. Gregg Hunt officiating. Graveside services will follow at Forest Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at Osborn Funeral Home.

Dr. Bicknell was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on November 10, 1928 and died July 8th, 2008 following a lengthy illness. A native and lifelong resident of Shreveport, Dr. Bicknell graduated from high school in 1945, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Centenary College in l948 and went on to L.S.U. School of Medicine in New Orleans where he received his medical degree in l952. After a year of internship at Shreveport Charity Hospital, he served for two years as a Captain with the United States Air Force in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Dr. Bicknell returned to Shreveport to complete his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Confederate Memorial Medical Center and Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children. In addition, he also performed graduate work at Tulane Medical School in the Fall of 1956. In 1958, he began the private practice of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Orthopedic Clinic where he continued until 2004 when he was diagnosed with leukemia. He was a long time member of the medical staffs of Willis-Knighton, Schumpert and Doctor's Hospitals.

Dr. Bicknell also served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at L.S.U. School of Medicine in Shreveport. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, a member of the Shreveport Medical Society, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Willis-Knighton Health System and was a member of the Tulane Caldwell Society.

The Willis-Knighton Portico Outpatient Surgery Center was named in his honor in 2005. He was honored as Schumpert Hospital's Doctor of the Year in 1994. He received the Dr. Felix Formento Memorial Award from the Louisiana Public Health Association in 1980 for his long time work with Louisiana Handicap Children's Services. In 2003, he received the Easter Seals Award from the March of Dimes. He also served the local Arthritis Foundation as Medical Director.

Dr. Bicknell was a lifelong Baptist and a member of the First Baptist Church in Shreveport for over 50 years where he served both as a member of the Board of Deacons and the Board of Trustees.

Dr. Bicknell was named to the Junior Achievement of North Louisiana Business Hall of Fame in 2002. He has been an active member of many local social organizations including the Demoiselle Club, Shreveport Club, Shreveport Country Club, Southern Trace Country Club, Cambridge Club, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Bayou Syndicate, the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastvin and the Cotillion Club in which he reigned as Rex XXXIX in 1987.

Dr. Bicknell was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bicknell, Sr., his brothers, John L. Bicknell, Jr., Dr. Albert L. Bicknell, Sr., and Dr. Richard F. Bicknell.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Katherine Leopard Bicknell, and sons, Ryan and his wife Jane, Eric and his wife Amy, Scott and his wife Denise, Todd and his wife Mary Lee, former daughter-in-law Mary, as well as his grandchildren, Harold III, Mary Katherine, John, Sarah, Russell and Elizabeth.

He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Dr. John L. Leopard, III and his wife Tommie, his sister-in-law Jacquelyn Bicknell; nephews and nieces, Albert Bicknell, Jr. of Hawaii, Sheryl Bicknell Reeff of Heber Springs, Arkansas, Kirby Bicknell of Tyler, Texas, Patrick Bicknell, Timothy Bicknell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sherry Leopard Orwig of Arizona, John Leopard, IV, Dr. Patrick Leopard, Leigh Ann Gustafson and Jay Leopard.

Pallbearers will be Willis L. Meadows, Dr. J. Woodfin Wilson, Jr., O. Delton Harrison, Jr., Dr. J. Dudley Talbot, Edward H. Henderson, Mandel C. Selber, Aaron Selber, Henry Goodrich, James A. Latham, Stuart D. Lunn, Shelby L. Smith, J. Pat Beaird, James K. Elrod, Nicholas H. Wheless, and Lt. Gen. Spencer Hardy.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. William R. Giddens, Dr. Albert Hand, the Willis-Knighton Board of Directors and the Kings of the Holiday in Dixie Cotillion Club.

The family would like to thank Dr. Michael Moore and the Willis-Knighton Oncology Associates, Dr. Dan Moller, Dr. Sally Ball, Dr. J. Woodfin Wilson, Jr. and the caring staffs of The Orthopedic Clinic and Willis-Knighton Health Center.

The family suggests that memorials honoring Dr. Bicknell be given to First Baptist Church in Shreveport, LSU Health Science Foundation in Shreveport or the charity of the donor's choice. OSBORNFUNERALHOME.NET

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