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Birth	:	15 Dec 1920 McColl, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	3 Feb 2010 Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.6278000, -79.6769028
Description	:	Dr. Douglas Jennings, of Bennettsville, died February 3, 2010. Born in McColl, on December 15, 1920 to Dr. Douglas and Mary Grace Edens Jennings. "Dr. Dougie" was a beloved physician whose family has served Marlboro County in the medical field since 1838. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1942 and the Medical College of S.C. in Charleston in 1945. Upon completion of a general internship at Roper Hospital in Charleston, Dr. Jennings served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea. When his tour of military service was finished, he returned to his home community of Bennettsville. During... Read More	Dr. Douglas Jennings, of Bennettsville, died February 3, 2010. Born in McColl, on December 15, 1920 to Dr. Douglas and Mary Grace Edens Jennings. "Dr. Dougie" was a beloved physician whose family has served Marlboro County in the medical field since 1838. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1942 and the Medical College of S.C. in Charleston in 1945. Upon completion of a general internship at Roper Hospital in Charleston, Dr. Jennings served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea. When his tour of military service was finished, he returned to his home community of Bennettsville. During his 55 year career as a physician in Marlboro County, Dr. Jennings unselfishly gave of his time and talents to many people, and became especially known for treating many patients without any monetary compensation. He was an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Bennettsville. Among his civic and community involvement, he was a founding member and President of the Bennettsville Jaycees, President of the Bennettsville Rotary Club, and was one of the founding members of and President for 25 years of the volunteer Marlboro Rescue Squad. He was twice named Citizen of the Year by the Bennettsville Lions Club. He also served on the MUSC Board of Visitors from 1997-1999. He was Chairman of the Carolina Bank & Trust local Advisory Board for many years. After retiring from the active practice of medicine in 2001, Dr. Jennings was awarded the "Order of the Palmetto" by Governor Jim Hodges and was honored by the Pee Dee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America by the naming of the Health Lodge at Camp Coker in his honor. In 2005, he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the MUSC Medical Alumni Association. Dr. Jennings was predeceased by his parents named above, and by a brother William Crosland Jennings, and by twin sisters, Mary Grace and Kate Edens Jennings, who died in infancy. He was also predeceased by his cherished wife of 60 years, Elizabeth "Libby" Ilderton Jennings, RN, originally from Charleston, whom he met and fell in love with while they were both students at the Medical College of SC in Charleston. He is survived by one brother, Charles Edens Jennings, of Bennettsville, and by his four children, Betty J. Searcy and husband, David, of Florence; Gwen J. Watson and husband, Harold, of Longwood, FL; Janette J. Weaver and husband, Johnny, of Pawleys Island; and Douglas Jennings, Jr., of Bennettsville; eight grandchildren: Stephen David Searcy and wife, Gail, of Columbia; Mary Searcy Falcone and husband, Brian, of Florence; Kim Watson Kern and husband, Wyn, of Winter Garden, FL; Douglas Watson and Becca, of Sanford, FL; Jan Weaver O'Tuel and husband, Ellis, of Bennettsville; John J. Weaver, IV of Pawleys Island; Douglas Edmund Jennings of Bennettsville and Martha Grace Jennings of Greenville; 11 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Interment was in Oak Ridge Cemetary.

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Dr Douglas Jennings's memorial is located at: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA.
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Dr Douglas Jennings death on 3 Feb 2010 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 34.6278000
Longitude: -79.6769028

Family Members:

Parent

Dr Douglas Jennings Jr.

(1894 - 1946)

Mary Grace Edens Jennings

(1896 - 1959)

Spouse

Elizabeth Mary “Libby” Ilderton Jennings

(1923 - 2006)

Siblings

Kate Edens Jennings

(1927 - 1927)

Mary Edens Jennings

(1927 - 1927)

Charles Edens Jennings

(1929 - 2011)

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