Thelma Williams Varnado

May 19, 1926 - March 22, 2009

Class of 1944 
Cairo High School, Cairo, IL
1944 - 1947   
U.S. Nursing Cadet Corp
Class of 1947 
Hotel Dieu School of Nursing
4/19/1948   
Married Roy Fred Varnado of Osyka, MS in Chicago, IL
8/12/1949     
Birth of first child Laura Ella Varnado in Bruce, MS
11/22/1950   
Death of Laura Ella Varnado in Oxford, MS
1950 - 1951  
Worked at University of Mississippi Student Health Center in Oxford, MS
1951 - 1961  
Worked in hospital and clinic in Charleston, MS
June 1954     
Birth of second daughter in Memphis, TN
August 1956  
Birth of son in Memphis, TN
1962 - 1965  
Worked in Bogalusa Medical Center Surgery Department
1965 - 1984  
Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton, LA
1965            
Hired as OR & Labor Supervisor to set up surgery suite for opening of hospital
1966            
Served as OR & Labor Supervisor
1966            
Appointed as Acting Administrator
1967 - 1984 
Served as Director of Nursing
1984 - 1987 
PRN in South Louisiana area
6/8/1985     
Son's Marriage
1987 - 2009 
Volunteer Receptionist Franklinton Head Start
1/9/1991     
Birth of Grandson
9/11/2001   
Death of Husband in Franklinton, LA
3/22/2009   
Died in Covington, LA

 

Last Name in Nursing School: 
Williams Varnado
Email address: 
JereVarnado@webtv.com
Relationship Status: 
Cadet Nurse
Volunteer: 
No
Deceased Cadet Nurse: 
Yes
Nursing School: 
Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, Louisiana
Nursing School City: 
New Orleans
Nursing School State: 
Louisiana
Photo: 
Graduation Year: 
1947