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Dr Harvey Garner Bland

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Birth	:	4 Sep 1900 Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	15 Dec 1995 Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Shackelfords Chapel Cemetery, Plain View, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.4984000, -76.6741000
Description	:	The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), Mon, 18 Dec 1995, p12, c1-2 NN obstetrician who delivered 5,000 dead at age of 95 Gloucester - Dr. Harvey Garner Bland, Newport News obstetrician and gynecologist who estimated he delivered about 5,000 babies, died Friday at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. He was 95. Dr. Bland began his Newport News practice in 1934. He had just come through "a very hard time" working during the Depression at a small hospital in Palmerton, Pa., he said in a newspaper story. There he met Eunice Major, a graduate nurse he knew from his... Read More	The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), Mon, 18 Dec 1995, p12, c1-2 NN obstetrician who delivered 5,000 dead at age of 95 Gloucester - Dr. Harvey Garner Bland, Newport News obstetrician and gynecologist who estimated he delivered about 5,000 babies, died Friday at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. He was 95. Dr. Bland began his Newport News practice in 1934. He had just come through "a very hard time" working during the Depression at a small hospital in Palmerton, Pa., he said in a newspaper story. There he met Eunice Major, a graduate nurse he knew from his medical school days at Johns Hopkins University. He went from medical school to Etowah, Tenn., married Major, and practiced for nearly two years before settling in Newport News. Dr. Bland opened an office, practicing surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, until teaming up several years later with Waverly R. Payne. Their association lasted until Bland's retirement in 1958. During the last years of his practice, Dr. Bland spent some days off on the Sandy Knowe farm in Gloucester he bought in 1951. He would sometimes get a call that a baby was due and "rush back to Newport News. You had to cross the river by ferry then. It was very hectic," he said of those commuting years. Dr. Bland was born near Cow Creek Mill in Gloucester County on Sept. 4, 1900. He attended elementary school in King and Queen County while his father ran a store in Cologne. He enrolled at Botetourt High School in Gloucester and transferred to Randolph-Macon Academy for his final year. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1923, one of three students name to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society in its first year at the college. Dr. Bland graduated from medical school in 1927 and interned at Women's Hospital in Baltimore. He was a member of Bellamy United Methodist Church in Gloucester. Dr. Bland was proceed it in death by his wife and a sister, Virginia Bland Hart. He is survived by two sons, Dr. Samuel R. Bland and Burton M. Bland, both of Gloucester County; one sister, Louise Bland Morgan of Gloucester; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends today from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Andrews Funeral Home. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bellamy United Methodist Church by the Rev. James B. Grimmer. Burial will follow in Shacklefords United Methodist Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Bellamy United Methodist Church.

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Where is Dr Harvey Garner Bland's memorial?
Dr Harvey Garner Bland's memorial is located at: Shackelfords Chapel Cemetery, Plain View, King and Queen County, USA.
When did Dr Harvey Garner Bland death?
Dr Harvey Garner Bland death on 15 Dec 1995 in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Dr Harvey Garner Bland's memorial?
Latitude: 37.4984000
Longitude: -76.6741000

Family Members:

Parent

Harvey Samuel Bland

(1872 - 1949)

Mary Louisa Gayle Bland

(1873 - 1965)

Spouse

Eunice Adeline Major Bland

(1904 - 1979)

Siblings

Virginia Frances Bland Hart

(1899 - 1993)

Mary Louise Bland Morgan

(1903 - 2006)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Shackelfords Chapel Cemetery
Plain View, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4984000, -76.6741000

2. Union Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
Cologne, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5139950, -76.6929080

3. Old Poroporone Cemetery
Cologne, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5228752, -76.6955547

4. Church of God Cemetery
Gloucester, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4736830, -76.6359110

5. Unnamed Colonial Era Farm Cemetery
Owl Trap, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5239449, -76.6276016

6. Morning Glory Baptist Church Cemetery
Gloucester, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4600580, -76.6358830

7. Beulah Wesleyan Church Cemetery
Cologne, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5471970, -76.6840390

8. First Baptist Church Cemetery
Shacklefords, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5072460, -76.7377920

9. New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery
Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5592800, -76.6606130

10. Marlfield Plantation Cemetery
Marlfield, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4492760, -76.6223860

11. Petsworth Parish Episcopal Church Cemetery
Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4637186, -76.6046384

12. New Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5112070, -76.5924850

13. Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery
Gloucester, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5283210, -76.5938500

14. Poroporone Baptist Church Cemetery
Shacklefords, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5514890, -76.7337300

15. Saint Andrew Cemetery
Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5556960, -76.6166210

16. New Hope Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
Shacklefords, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5790900, -76.6766100

17. Petsworth Baptist Church Cemetery
Pinetta, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4182300, -76.6205210

18. Grace Bible Church Cemetery
Ark, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4411260, -76.5790070

19. Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
Barhamsville, New Kent County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4770830, -76.7909470

20. Shepherdsville Baptist Church Cemetery
Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4509200, -76.5684680

21. Pamunkey Neck Chapel Cemetery
West Point, King William County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5300962, -76.7955810

22. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Sassafras, Gloucester County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4109200, -76.6086960

23. Escobrook Baptist Church Cemetery
Mattaponi, King and Queen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5947980, -76.7298300

24. Oliver Russell Cemetery
Eltham, New Kent County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4993100, -76.8087500