Dr. William Hubert Coltharp

NASHVILLE – A memorial service for Dr. William Hubert Coltharp will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church, 4815 Franklin Road, Nashville TN 37220. Relatives and friends are welcome for visitation in Courtney Hall at the church following the service.
Dr. Coltharp was born November 13, 1955, in New Albany. He is a1973 honor graduate of W.P. Daniel High School, serving as student body president. Will attended Mississippi State University, where he played football and was a Kodak Academic All-American. He graduated in 1977 and then went on to obtain his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Mississippi in 1981, where in 1988, his team performed the first successful single lung transplant on a patient with pulmonary fibrosis in the United States,
Dr. Coltharp was the son of Robert Eugene Coltharp Sr. and the late Jane Moore Coltharp of New Albany. He was a long term resident of Nashville and cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital since 1988. While at St. Thomas, he served as director of the Cardiac Surgery Service Line, president of the medical staff and a member of the hospital's Board of Directors, and was well published in several medical journals.
Dr. Coltharp is survived by his wife, Nicole; a daughter, Mary Catherine Sutherland (Ben) of Atlanta, Ga.; sons, William and Michael Coltharp of Nashville; granddaughters, Charlotte and Catherine Sutherland of Atlanta; his father, Robert Eugene Coltharp Sr. of New Albany; a brother, Rob Coltharp of Indonesia; a brother, Tom Coltharp (Kelly) of New Albany; a brother, Ed Coltharp of Olive Branch; and a number of nieces, nephews and great-nieces. Dr. Coltharp was preceded in death by his mother, Jane Moore Coltharp. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Nashville.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Dekalb County Search and Rescue, P.O. Box, 684 Smithville TN 37166. The family is grateful for the personal expenses and sacrifices made by the team and volunteers.