Dr. Guy Thompson Vise Jr.

VISE Jackson - Dr. Guy Thompson Vise, Jr., 70, died at home on Monday, December 14, 2009. Visitation will be at First Presbyterian Church, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, Wednesday, December 16th from 3:00 until 5:30 p.m. and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan and Reverend Brister Ware officiating. Graveside service will follow at 3:30 p.m. in Meridian, Magnolia Cemetary, 2638 23rd Avenue, Meridian, MS. with Reverend Brister Ware, Reverend Richard Vise, Jr. and Reverend Rhett Payne officiating. Wright & Ferguson of Jackson, MS and Barham Funeral Home in Meridian are in charge of the arrangements. A native of Meridian, MS, Dr. Vise was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Guy T. Vise, Sr. He graduated from Meridian High School with highest honors. He was an Eagle Scout and earned Scouting's God and Country award. He served as editor of the school newspaper, was a member of the Key Club, a cheerleader, a track team letterman, a 4-year basketball letterman, was on the tennis team and served as Master Councilor of DeMolay. Dr. Vise attended Harvard University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and served as a member of Crimson Key Society, Hasty Pudding Society, 1636 Society and as President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. In 1962 he married Margaret Sturdivant Wilbourn of Meridian. They had two sons, Guy Thompson Vise, III and James Wilbourn (Will) Vise. Dr. Vise received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA followed by an internship at Charity Hospital of Louisiana. His orthopaedic residency began at the Tulane Department of Orthopaedic Surgery with additional residencies at Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Decatur, Georgia, Rancho Los Amigos Spinal Cord and Rehabilitation Center in Downey, California and he was also chosen Chief Resident of Orthopaedic Surgery on the Tulane service at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. His Fellowships began when he was chosen a recipient of American Orthopaedic Association, North America Traveling Fellows. He also did a Fellowship at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, Downey, California in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Stroke, Brain Injury and Amputee/Problem Fracture Service. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Richards Orthopaedic Traveling Fellow Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Gold Medal Scientific Exhibit American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine, Silver and Bronze Awards presented by British Medical Association Film Corporation in Spinal Cord Injuries, Distinguished Alumni Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the recipient of the Challenge Award given for a Lifetime of Dedicated Public Service to Disabled Citizens of Mississippi presented by the Brain Injury Association of MS. Dr. Vise's research included Clinical Investigator, Microstructured Hip, Total Hips and Knees and he authored the "Arthritis Learning Notebook", a Guide for Arthritis Patients in MS. During his career he presented numerous scientific exhibits and presentations. After completing his medical training Dr. Vise moved his family to Jackson, MS in 1971. They became members of First Presbyterian Church where he served as President of Singles and Doubles Sunday School Class, an active member of the Deacons and worked several years in the Evangelism Explosion Program as an instructor. He began his medical career with the planning and building of MS Methodist Rehabilitation Center. He served there as Medical Director and CEO, Rehabilitation Consultant, Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Physical Therapy School of Allied Health Professionals, Chairman of Joint Implant Surgery and Research Foundation, Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics, Journal Club, and Teaching Assistant-Residential Clinical Rotations at University of MS Medical Center. In 1991 Dr. Vise moved his private practice in Orthopaedic Surgery to Lakeland Drive. Dr. Vise was Past President of The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of their journal, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. He was a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Association, Past President of Southern Medical Association, member of Society of Arthritic Joint Surgeons, Tulane Medical Alumni Association and Tulane Dean's Council. He was a member of Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation serving on the Board of Trustees, Executive Committee and Alfred Shands Jr. Circle Committee. Dr. Vise's Father introduced him to tree farming at an early age and it became his avocation the rest of his life. He was a member of the Mississippi Forestry Association and the national Forest Landowners Association. He also served on the Board of Inn-Serve Corporation, a family hotel company. Dr. Guy T. Vise, Jr. is survived by his wife Margaret Wilbourn Vise, two sons Guy Thompson Vise, III of Madison, MS and James Wilbourn Vise and his wife Heather of Jackson, MS; grandsons James Wilbourn Vise, Jr., Campbell Shea Vise, Collins Wilbourn Vise, Healy Shea Vise, and Benjamin Spencer Vise, two brothers Murray Vise of Atlanta, GA, Dr. Richard Vise and his wife Betty of Meridian, MS, a sister Mailande Turner Vise of Pensacola, FL, nieces and nephews Francis Marion Turner, IV and his wife Kimberly, of Arlington, VA, Murray Vise Turner and his wife Paula of Pensacola, FL, Martin Montgomery Turner and his wife Bidney of Anchorage, AK, Richard Martin Vise, Jr. and his wife Amy of Auburn AL, Duncan Brookshire Vise and his wife Grace of San Antonio, TX, Mailande Elizabeth Vise Wilson and her husband Rod of Altadena, CA, Rachel Adelle Vise Adams and her husband Bailey of Jackson, Rachel Annette Vise, and Mailande Alexandra Vise of Jackson. Pallbearers will be the two oldest grandsons, nephews and nephews-in-law, Richard E. Wilbourn, III of Jackson, MS, Russell Williamson husband of Elizabeth Wilbourn Williamson and Tom Hutton husband of Garnett Wilbourn Hutton all of Memphis, TN. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Crosby of Meridian, MS, and Rev. David Elliott, Ralph Farr, Dr. L. H. Fulcher, Charles Irby, Ralph Lord, Robert Mims and Louis Watson, all of Jackson, MS. The family requests that memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS; Reformed Theological Seminary, 5422 Clinton Blvd., Jackson, MS 39209; or Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center, 1350 E. Woodrow Wilson, Jackson, MS. 39216.