Jacob Thompson Bradsher Jr.

Jacob Thompson Bradsher, Jr.

Jacob Thompson Bradsher,Jr. born August 28, 1919 in Milton, NC. The son of Jacob Thompson Bradsher, Sr. and Mary Emily Jones Bradsher. He married Shirley Viola Nunes of New Bedford, Massachusetts on May 13, 1950. He is the father of three children, Jay (Jacob T., III), Brooks B., and Sherrill G. A Boy Scout, he earned the Eagle Scout rank in 1936. He graduated Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC in 1939 with an Associate of Arts Degree, a graduate of Maryville College in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC with a Doctor of Medicine Degree in 1944. His post graduate training was an internship at the Boston City Hospital on the Harvard Medical and Surgical Services in 1944-1945 in Boston MA, a medical residency in Pulmonary Medicine at NC Sanatorium in McCain, NC, in 1946-1947, Assistant Residency, 5 Surgical, Harvard, Boston City Hospital, 1950-1951, a Fellowship in Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Boston, MA in 1952-1953. He served in the U.S. Navy, Medical Corps, Lt. (JG), stateside and the South Pacific (Saipan) 1945-1946, World War II, and Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth VA, in 1952 during the Korean War. He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery in 1954. He became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1955. He held memberships in the American College of Surgeons, the Tennessee Medical Association, the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, the Knoxville Surgical Society and the East Tennessee Heart Association. He practiced thoracic surgery in Knoxville from 1953 to 1992. After retirement he served on the Utilization Review Committee, Shannondale Health Center from 1993-1998. He was President of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine in 1968. He had served as Vice President of the Tennessee Medical Association, as President of the Knoxville Surgical Society, as Chief of the Department of Surgery at St. Mary's Medical Center, Knoxville, TN and as President of the East Tennessee Heart Association. He was a member and Deacon of the Second Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN. He was a former member and Elder of the New covenant Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN and a former member, Deacon and Elder of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, TN. He was a past member of the Candidate Review Committee, American College of Surgeons, 1985-1991, past member of Board of Directors, East Tennessee Discovery Center, past member, Board, Smoky Mountain Council and Boy Scouts of America. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award, Lees-McRae College in 1992. Preceded in death by wife of 60 years, Shirley; parents, a brother Frank, a casualty of World War II, a brother Ronnie. Survived by sons Jay and wife Michal, Brooks; daughter, Sherrill; grandchildren, Mollie McTeer, Jacob T. (J.T.) Bradsher,IV, Sarah Bradsher; sister, Ella Ray Chacey, Emily Jean Scott, Martha Ann Spencer; brother, Sidney Preston Bradsher and many loved cousins, nieces and nephews. There will be a memorial service 2:30 pm, Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Second Presbyterian Church,2829 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 with Rev. Bryan Wilson officiating. The visitation will follow the service. Arrangements by Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel of Berry Funeral Home, 2300 W. Adair Dr. Condolences may be offered at www.lynnhurstchapel.com