Bill Text: MS SC522 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commend the life and philanthropic service of Dr. Jerry W. Iles of Natchez, Mississippi.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-24 - Enrolled Bill Signed [SC522 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-SC522-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Dearing, Burton, Butler (38th), Fillingane
Senate Concurrent Resolution 522
(As Adopted by Senate and House)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MOURNING THE LOSS AND COMMENDING THE CAREER OF MEDICAL AND PHILANTHROPIC SERVICE OF DR. JERRY WAYNE ILES OF NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, AND EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
WHEREAS, the City of Natchez, Mississippi, and the State of Mississippi were saddened by the death of respected family practitioner Jerry Wayne Iles, M.D., who passed away on September 1, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry W. Iles was born October 18, 1932, in DeRidder, Louisiana, the son of Percy Joseph Iles, Sr., and Shirley Iles. He was a 1954 graduate of Northwestern State College in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and married Betty Joe Thornhill in 1956 in Crowville, Louisiana. Dr. Iles graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1958. After a year of internship, he entered the United States Army Medical Service Corps. He served as a Captain in West Germany from 1959 to 1962, finishing his military service at the United States Embassy Medical Clinic in Bonn, Germany. After returning to the United States, the couple settled in Natchez in 1963, where Dr. Iles entered the practice of medicine with Dr. G. Swink Hicks; and
WHEREAS, during some of Mississippi's most difficult years, Dr. Iles treated all patients with equal commitment and respect. He had a lifelong love of literature and history, and during four decades, amassed one of the finest private libraries in the State of Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Iles was deeply dedicated to education and spent his hours apart from medicine deepening his own knowledge of the humanities and assisting others with their education. Dr. Iles contributed to the college tuition of several extended family members, as well as students outside his family. One of his greatest joys was serving as a preceptor for third-year medical students from Tulane University and from the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Iles was the first family practitioner in Natchez to be board certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians, and held that distinction until Dr. Tuan Pham joined his practice. Dr. Iles supported a number of local charitable institutions, but his favorite causes were the Natchez Opera Festival and the Civil War Institute of Gettysburg College. Over the years, he practiced with a number of noted Natchez physicians, including Dr. Gerald Foret, Dr. Mitt Roby, Dr. David Hall, Dr. Brian Mudry, Dr. Walter B. Dawkins and Dr. Tuan Pham; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Iles was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Claude Stanley Iles of Columbia, Missouri. Survivors include his wife, Betty; two sons, Greg Iles and Geoff Iles (Betsy); mother-in-law, Codie Thornhill; four grandchildren, Mary Catherine, Madeline, Michael and Mark Iles, all of Natchez, Mississippi; four brothers, Larry Iles (Lois Christian) of Long Beach, California, Douglas Merwin Iles, Sr. (Angela Contino) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Percy Joseph Iles, Jr. (Cheryl) of Temecula, California; one sister, Christie Iles Cassell (Randy) of Shreveport, Louisiana; one sister-in-law, Irma McGraw (J.D.) of Weston, Florida; one brother-in-law, John Thornhill (Ann) of West Monroe, Louisiana; and a number of well-loved nieces and nephews; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Iles legacy of professionalism, philanthropy and humor will continue for years to come:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby join the City of Natchez, Mississippi, in mourning the loss and commending the career of medical and philanthropic service of Jerry Wayne Iles, M.D., and extend to his surviving family our sympathy on his passing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to the surviving family of Dr. Iles and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
