NAME: DR. JERRY ARCHIBALD STIRMAN, AGE 80, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 13, 1924 AT DALLAS, TEXAS TO HENRY AND BERYL (BULLOCH) STIRMAN.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE: 80 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS

EDUCATION: JERRY RECEIVED HIS MD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL, GALVESTON, TX AND WAS CERTIFIED IN SURGERY WHEN HE WAS ONLY 27.

MARRIED: CORA MCKOWN ON JUNE 26, 1987 AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

OCCUPATION: DR. JERRY STIRMAN PRACTICED SURGERY FOR 43 YEARS. AFTER RECEIVING HIS CERTIFICATION, HE JOINED THE FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN DALLAS PROVIDING SURGICAL RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND PATIENT CARE. DR. STIRMAN SERVED IN THE US ARMY AIR FORCE DURING WWII AND WAS CALLED BACK TO ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE SERVED AS A SURGICAL BURN SPECIALIST AT FT. SAM HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, TX. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE WAS ONE OF FOUR DOCTORS WHO PROVIDED THE RESEARCH TO CHANGE FROM THE USE OF WHOLE BLOOD IN TRANSFUSIONS. THESE FOUR DOCTORS DID THE RESEARCH WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LACTATE RINGERS SOLUTION WHICH IS USED WORLD WIDE TODAY. AFTER HIS MILITARY DISCHARGE, HE RETURNED TO UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER. WHILE AT UT DR. STIRMAN BEGAN THE RESEARCH AND WORK WHICH LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NOW INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN BURN CENTER AT UT SOUTHWESTERN, DALLAS. HE WAS THE SECOND FACULTY MEMBER APPOINTED TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. HE, AND DR. BEN WILSON, DID THE INITIAL STUDENT SELECTION, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TEACHING FOR THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

DR. STIRMAN MOVED FROM DALLAS INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE IN LUBBOCK, TX. HE JOINED THE CREIGER CLINIC AND LATER MOVED TO PLAINVIEW JOINING THE SURGICAL PRACTICE OF LONGTIME FRIEND, RALPH THOMAS. HE RETURNED TO LUBBOCK AND HELP ESTABLISH THE SALEM AND STIRMAN SURGICAL PRACTICE. WHILE IN LUBBOCK HE ESTABLISHED THE KIDNEY DIALYSIS CENTER, THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT AT METHODIST HOSPITAL, AND PROVIDED MANY INNOVATIONS IN SURGERY. HE LECTURED AT THE TTU MEDICAL SCIENCE CENTER AND HELPED IN ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY THERE.

DR. STIRMAN MADE EFFORTS TO BE A WELL-ROUNDED PERSON - PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS. HE FLEW HIS PLANE, SKIED, PLAYED GOLF, TENNIS, RACQUET BALL, AND FOR YEARS RAN A MILE EACH MORNING. HE ENROLLED IN ETHICS, MATH, PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND STAINED GLASS TO CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF MEDICINE.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: CORA McKOWN OF THE HOME.

CHILDREN: DR. JERRY AND MRS. LINDA STIRMAN OF RALEIGH, NC.

DR. MONTGOMERY AND MRS. BEKI STIRMAN OF KINGSPORT, TN.

KELLY STIRMAN AND WIFE SHANNON OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

LISA ROBERTS AND HUSBAND MARK OF DALLAS, TX.

SUZETTE HICKS AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF DALLAS, TX.

JERRETTA STIRMAN WALKER OF AUSTIN, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: JULIE FRIEDBERG, LAURA DUBIOS, JEFFERY STIRMAN, HENRY STIRMAN, EMILY

HOPPERS, JAKE ROBERTS, ZACK ROBERTS, OLIVIA ROBERTS, ROB CUNNINGHAM.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: MELANIE HOPPERS.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: HENRY AND BERYL (BULLOCH) STIRMAN.

GRANDSON: REMINGTON LAYNE STIRMAN.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2005 AT 1:30 PM

PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. PAT FELTER

ASSISTING: REV. RON KING

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DICK ALLEN, KIRBY LARABEE, MARGARET ANN LOFTIS, MARGARITE BROWN, TOM RAMEY, GEORGE TARRY.

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