Dr. James T. Quattlebaum Jr.

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James Quattlebaum Obituary

Dr. James T. Quattlebaum, Jr. Charleston - After a full, successful, and blessed life, Dr. James T. Quattlebaum, Jr., 87, peacefully passed away on July 21, 2021, at Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community in Charleston, SC. He was born in Columbia, SC, on July 26, 1933. Dr. Quattlebaum attended classes year-round at the University of South Carolina to graduate with honors in two years and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The Medical College of South Carolina awarded his degree in medicine in 1956. Before completing his medical training in Washington, D.C., he served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force in Christchurch, New Zealand. While on active duty in 1958, though seriously injured, he was one of six survivors of an airplane crash in Antarctica in which seven of his fellow servicemen died. For most of his professional career, Dr. Quattlebaum practiced in Washington and was a partner in the Psychiatric Institutes of America. His love of learning led him to continue his education and travel. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from Columbia University in 1961 and another in Liberal Arts from Georgetown University in 1991. In 2003, he was elected a Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association. His love of travel took him around the world three times and induced him to make his home in Paris for several months. His adventures in Europe with his beloved Yorkshire terrier, Mayfair, were chronicled in a guest column he wrote for The Washington Post in 1986. In 1998, Dr. Quattlebaum returned to his home state to practice psychiatry in Beaufort. He met and married Adelaide Glawson, who predeceased him in 2012. He is survived by his cousins, Penelope Holland Goodrich of Atlanta, GA, and Dr. Warren F. Holland of Columbia, and their families, and by his late wife's children, Virginia Vitovsky of Houston, TX, and William Paris of Marshall, VA. A graveside service will be held in Beaufort at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 31, at The Parish Church of St. Helena, 505 Church Street, The Reverend Shay Gaillard officiating. Memorials may be made to the Church at P.O. Box 1043, Beaufort, SC 29901. Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family. Visit our guestbook at legacy.com/obituaries/charleston

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier from Jul. 27 to Jul. 28, 2021.

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Edwin Quattlebaum Rainey, Jr.

January 3, 2025

My dad, the other handsome gentleman in the photo fortunate enough to accompany the beautiful Jann, who shared this time with them and these photographs with those not fortunate enough to be caught between these remarkably funny and witty gentlemen. Keep up if you can, but you best bring your A game to match wits with these well-read gents whose brains were like steel traps.
It tears asunder my broken heart that I did as children do and paid little attention to my father's family beyond my grandparents. It just seemed overwhelming as a child to fly from Houston to Atlanta, and be greeted by so many "old people" (now younger than I am as I write this). If only we had visited him during one of our trips to South Carolina, or I had driven to Beaufort and brought him to my father's memorial. I know he was well-regarded among psychiatrists in South Carolina after asking my friend's stepfather, a psychiatrist there if he knew him. His astonished reaction and words of admiration and respect were so swift and certain that I knew he was not only a great doctor, but an honorable gentleman. Incidentally, my friend was the only person in all my years who correctly guessed what my middle name was knowing only that it started with "Q." Imagine meeting someone from a distant state who guesses "Quattlebaum" from the letter Q instead of the usual Quincy. That can result only from a life lived well and a reputation earned over the course of decades.
Alas, consumed with my own life and struggles, I narrowly focused on raising my children and being worthy of the beautiful woman who was kind enough to take on my last name, but not kind enough to burden one of her children with the Quattlebaum name.
Who could blame her? Completing scantrons for standardized tests is enough to put an end to lineage for practical reasons. The Quattlebaum name will echo in eternity, well, maybe a couple of decades, through the accomplishments of men such as Dr. James Quattlebaum and my father, Edwin Quattlebaum Rainey, Sr.
As the last bearer of the Quattlebaum name through Dr. Edwin Gustavus Quattlebaum, I stand with giants and aspire to live out my final chapter with the same dignity, honor, kindness, and chivalry as these great men. If capable, I will also carry some semblance of their incredible intelligence and ability to remember quotes and apply them at the perfect time, every time.
Thank you, Jann, for sharing these pictures and stories. It is up to us to speak of them as often as we can for as long as we can. - Eddie

Marie Hogentogler Gerdes

February 19, 2023

My sister Judith Piatt Hogentogler Quattlebaum was married for many years to Jim. They had many happy years together in Alexandria Virginia, then in On Hunter Mill Road in Vienna Virginia and then in Potomac ,Maryland and on Gibson Island Maryland. I knew him as a very young child and young adult. I lost touch with him after the divorce but I have many fond memories. Marie Hogentogler Gerdes

Jennifer Onaitis Legler

January 8, 2022

I got the Christmas card I sent to a good friend, Dr. Jim Quattlebaum, back today, marked deceased. It was so sad, but not unexpected. Jim was a friend, mentor, and co-administrator with me on the Adult Unit at Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County, MD. He was very supportive of me as the nurse administrator and to those who worked on our unit. We stayed in touch over the years, but in later years he preferred his solitude and reading. He loaned me his guest house in Beautiful Beaufort, SC, several times. He was a friend, too, to my husband, Jack, and daughter, Julia, coming to meet her when she was born at Sibley Hospital in 1984. Despite not visiting in many years, I felt close to him and will miss him dearly. God rest his soul and bless those who sorrow at his passing.

Judith Treadway

July 31, 2021

Sincerest condolences
He was my friend colleague and boss for over a decade.
Best boss ever and the sweetest kindest man.
After a major surgery I had, he bought me over a book, but not knowing what I liked he bought one of each genre and said " I didn´t know ,so I bought one of each."
He never ever asked the docs to do anything that he didn´t first volunteer to do ten times more of.

Jann Boyer

July 30, 2021

Jann Boyer

July 30, 2021

Jann Boyer

July 30, 2021

Jim was "big brother" to my late husband, Edwin Quattlebaum Rainey, when Ed lived at his grandparents home in Columbia, SC. Jim always said that when Ed´s mother retrieved her young son to join her in Atlanta, she took His "little brother". Their close friendship continued and matured over the years, with Jim always supporting Ed´s steps to become an AF pilot, and then an instructor pilot "who didn´t yell at his trainees". Jim told me that story in recent years, and it provided great insight into Ed´s patient nature.
Jim also provided a refuge for Ed´s sister Mary Tindal Rainey, my dear friend and sis-in-law, when there were difficult times at home in Atlanta. Mary never forgot Jim´s kindness.
After I lost Mary Tindal, then Ed, Jim became a lifeline for me, to the Quattlebaum stories and the history of two people who were very dear to me. And in the end, Jim became very dear to me, as well. With the greatest love and respect for a truly brilliant man - Jann Boyer