Robert Lewis Hudgins

HUDGINS Robert Lewis Hudgins M.D., age 70, died at home April 7, 2007, after a long illness. He is survived by his loving wife (of 30 years) Elizabeth Acree Hudgins, two children, Robert Lewis Hudgins, Jr. of Avalon, CA and Sarah Payne Hardin of Vero Beach and stepchildren John T. Alexander III and Sarah Elizabeth Alexander of Jacksonville plus 6 grandchildren, 1 Himalayan cat and 4 Yorkshire terriers. Bob was a resident of Ponte Vedra since 1981, having moved to Jacksonville in 1968 as the first neurologist in NE Florida. Born 1936 in Roanoke, VA to Robert Lee Hudgins and Marjorie Rowbotham Hudgins, Bob was raised in West Palm Beach, FL and Mathews County, VA. He graduated from The Episcopal High School in Alexander, VA and the University of Virginia where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He then attended the Medical College of Virginia where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. His internship was in internal medicine at the Cornell Division of Bellevue Hospital Center, NY followed by a residency in neurology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, after which he served in the US Army as Capt MC. Certified by the American Boards of Psychiatry & Neurology in Neurology, he has been a member of numerous local, state and national professional organizations and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Since moving to this area in 1968 as the first medical neurologist in northeast Florida, Bob has been active in the practice of neurology and on the staff of all local hospitals and a member of numerous local, state and national professional associations. He has also served as chief of neurology at St. Vincents Medical, St. Luke's Hospital and Memorial Medical Center as well as Chairman of the Cathedral Health and Rehabilitation Foundation. He had also been a member of various national social organizations including the Harley Owners Group, Order of the First Families of Virginia, Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association and the Jamestowne Society as well as local clubs including the Florida Yacht Club, Ponte Vedra Club and the Timuquana Country Club. Hobbies included boating, hunting, cooking, flying, biking, motorcycle riding and occasional excess of food and drink. A memorial service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church on Wednesday, April 11th at 11:00am. The family will greet friends at the church prior to the memorial service. Donations may be made in his name to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32257. Arrangements by BEACHES CHAPEL BY HARDAGE-GIDDENS, 1701 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com