Timothy Ann McBride

1945 - 2024

Timothy (Timmer) Ann McBride

March 22, 1945 - August 30, 2024

Sarasota, Florida - Timothy Ann (Timmer) McBride was born March 22, 1945,in Charleston, WV. She was the second child and first daughter of Robert and Kathryn McBride. As the years progressed, Bob and Katy had eight children, four boys and four girls. Timmer was like a second mother, spending a lot of time helping to take care of the kids.

She attended Sacred Heart Grade School and Charleston Catholic High School though spent 2 years, along with the rest of the family, living in Ravenna, Italy while her Chemical Engineer father helped develop an industrial plant there. Timmer attended Marymount All Girls School in Rome while the family was in Italy. Timmer went to the College of Mount St Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing.

Her first job was on an oncology unit at the Cleveland Clinic. From there she went to work for the Visiting Nurse Association of San Francisco. Timmer worked in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Franscisco during its heyday from 1969 to 1971.

She then returned to Charleston, WV and worked as an area nursing supervisor for the Department of Health of seven counties in Central West Virginia. These were some of the poorest counties in the country. She also a Director of Nursing of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control.

Timmer was the first recipient of the West Virginia Public Health Trust Fund Scholarship. Timmer went to the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Masters of Public Health in Nursing. She also earned a certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill.

Timmer was a pioneer in nurse practicing in the coal fields of West Virginia. She was the first nurse practitioner to establish her own practice with two family practitioners south of Beckley, West Virginia. She also volunteered at the Cabin Creek Clinic near Charleston, WV.

Timmer returned to North Carolina and became a national leader in the Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner movement. She established the first Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner program in the country. She graduated 26 nurses in 3 years at UNC Greensboro.

Timmer then returned to the Durham area working on the oncology unit at the Veterans Hospital . While in Durham she helped co-found the Health Project which provided assistance to people with AIDS. At its peak, the Health Project had over 100 volunteers. Additionally, she volunteered with Meals on Wheels, the Food Bank and the Alzheimer's Group.

After retiring from work, Timmer spent her later years in Sarasota Florida with her family.

Her family would especially like to extend their sincerest appreciation to the Brookdale Deer Creek Sarasota for their tender loving care of Timmer in her later years.

Services will be at 10 10:00 a.m. on Saturday October 5th at Church Chapel at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston, WV with a burial service to follow. In lieu of flowers the family request donations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Timmer was proceeded in death by her late parents Robert and Kathryn and siblings Susannah M. Carey, Patrick W. McBride and Thomas A. McBride. She is survived by her loving siblings Dr Michael B (Arlene) McBride, Dr Robert B (Catherine) McBride, Jr, Dr Ann K McBride, Mary K McBride and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

The funeral arrangements are being handled by Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston, WV.