George Allen Lightbourn MD

George Allen Lightbourn, MD was born on July 07, 1933 in Miami, Florida to his parents Carol Allenmore Lightbourn and Dorothy Bernell Dames. He was the first of their four children, (George, Rosebud, Barbara and Arnold). He was baptized at St Agnes Episcopal Church in Miami Florida.
Doctor Lightbourn was educated at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami, Florida and graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He then went on to receive his Medical degree from Meharry Medical College.
Dr Lightbourn studied and taught chemistry at Fisk University where he met his wife Jean Muriel Powell. He had planned to get his Ph.D in chemistry after completing a fellowship in organic chemistry. His Master's thesis was on the drug Phenothiazine. He was scheduled to start the doctorate program when he was drafted into the Army in July 1956. The Army assigned him to the research toxicology division at the Presidio military base in San Francisco, CA where medicine played a key role in his research. Dr Lightbourn said "working with so many doctors got me interested in going to medical school". After an Honorable discharge from the Army in July 1958, Dr Lightbourn worked in the research department at Sinai Hospital in New York City and then attended Meharry Medical College (1959-1963). He did his Internship, Internal medicine and Urology training at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine. Dr Lightbourn's research was published in The Journal of Urology (1968 and 1969) and the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine (1959). He was a practicing physician for 58 years from 1963-2021.
Dr Lightbourn's professional affiliations and appointments included: Past President of the Detroit Medical Society; Past President of the Wolverine State Medical Society; Past President of the Executive Committee of Samaritan Hospital Medical Staff; Past Chairman, Urology Section, National Medical Association; Past Chairman Urology Section Southwest Detroit Hospital; Past Chairman Samaritan Health Center, Dept Surgery; Former Co-Chair-Michigan State Medical Society's Committee on Infant Mortality with the Detroit Medical Society; Member of the Governor's Task Force on Infant Mortality; Executive Director- Dunbar Memorial Historical Museum; Member-Governor's Technical Work Group for Comprehensive Health Planning Commission of Southeastern Michigan; Council Member- Wayne County Medical Society; former Vice-Regent-International College of Surgeons from the state of Michigan; Fellow American College of Surgeons; American Medical Association; American Urological Association.
Dr Lightbourn was a Colonel, United States Army Reserves-retired, where he served as Commander of the 323 rd General Hospital and Combat Support Hospital. Dr Lightbourn was a member of the NAACP, Shriner, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and a Mason-33 rd degree. His hobbies included photography, golfing, car restoration and skeet shooting.
During the busy time of medical training and establishing a medical practice, Dr Lightbourn and his wife Jean had five children. He was the patriarch of the family. His wife and children remember him as fun loving with a great sense of humor. At family gatherings he would always have the whole room laughing. His wisdom and support was a true blessing.
Dr Lightbourn touched and changed many lives in the 89 years he was with us here on earth. He was saddened by the death of his youngest daughter Rose Dorothy Lightbourn Esq in June 2022. He is survived by those left to cherish the many memories of him. They include his wife Jean Muriel Powell Lightbourn BSN, his daughters Andrea Celeste Lightbourn MD, Linda Grace Lightbourn BS, Tracey Gail Lightbourn BSN (Albert Campbell), his son George Allen Lightbourn Jr JD, his granddaughter Jordan MacKenzie Campbell BS, his grandson Ethan Alexander Lightbourn Campbell, his brother Arnold Edward Lightbourn MD, his nieces Sheila Rose Foster Esq. and Lorna Lightbourn Foster MD as well as his nephews Harris Emilio Foster Jr MD and Patrick Walker Lightbourn.