Abraham Benjamin Conger

Abraham Benjamin Conger, MD June 16, 1917- October 1, 2005 COLUMBUS, GA— Abraham Benjamin Conger, MD, 88, of Columbus died On October 1, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at The First Baptist Church, Monday, October 3, 2005, at 2:00pm with Dr. Jimmy Elder and Dr. Robert J. Potts officiating. Interment will follow in Parkhill Cemetery, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus. Active pallbearers will be: Edwin S. Varner, Jr., James Willis Conger, Jr., B. Thomas Conger, Robert F.Z. Conger, Michael G. Conger and Fields W. Varner. Honorary pallbearers will be the Christus Sunday School Class and the Agape Sunday School Class. Dr. Conger was born on June 16, 1917 in Bainbridge, Ga. He was the son of the late Judge Abraham B. Conger and Onys Willis Conger. He had been a resident of Columbus, since 1950 and was a member of The First Baptist Church where he was a deacon, taught the Christus Sunday School Class and was a volunteer medical Missionary to Africa, India, Indonesia, and Central and South America. Dr. Conger was a graduate of Mercer University, attended the University of North Carolina Medical School, 1938-1940 and graduated from Harvard University Medical School in 1942. He served as assistant surgical resident and chief surgical resident at Emory University from 1946 until 1949. He also served as the chief surgical resident at St. Joseph's Hospital Lexington, KY. During WWII. Dr. Conger served as a flight surgeon in the Army Air Corps from 1942 through 1946 and was discharged with the rank of Major. Dr. Conger was a member of American Medical Association, Medical Association of Georgia, Muscogee County Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, American Board of Surgery and the Southeastern Surgical Congress. He served on the surgical staff of St. Francis, The Medical Center, Doctors Hospital and Cobb Hospital. He also served as a consultant in Surgery to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama—1950 to 1970. Dr. Conger practiced general surgery with Dr. S.A. Roddenberry in Columbus from 1950 until 1986. After retirement from surgical practice in 1986, Dr. Conger, served as Admitting Physician for the West Central Georgia Regional Hospital. Dr. Conger was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Conger Varner, a twin brother, James Willis Conger and a brother, Leonard Hodges Conger. Survivors include his wife, Jane Davis Conger of Columbus; two sons, John Gray Conger, Columbus, and William Reece Conger, M.D., Daphne, AL; a daughter, Julie Gamble Faust of Panama City Beach, FL; two Grandchildren; Hannah Reece Conger and Ann Gray Conger. A special thanks to Cheri Fletcher, Rev. Charlie Short and Edward Ambrose for loving care given. In lieu of flowers, those so desiring may make contributions to The First Baptist Church of Columbus, 212 12th Street, Columbus, Ga. 31901, or to your favorite charity. Visit www.striffler-hamby.com to sign our online guest registry.