Temple in Bell County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Raleigh Richardson White, Sr.
(August 9, 1840 - January 11, 1919)
His life began to change dramatically when the young soldier, through the influence of his devout wife and their friend Gambrell, joined the Baptist Church in 1869, he began a medical practice in Mississippi in 1870, but soon found himself drawn to the ministry. Ordained in 1873, White soon was an influential preacher and member of Baptist associations. In 1882, the Rev. Raleigh R. White and his large family moved to Texas.
White continued his ministry, often traveling to serve three churches at once, always active in association work, he was particularly interested in seminaries, missions, and denominational work with African Americans. Annie White died of heart failure in Temple in 1902. Two years later, the couple's oldest son, Dr. Raleigh R. White, Jr., opened Temple Sanitarium later renamed Scott & White Memorial Hospital, with his medical partner. The elder White carried on his work as an itinerant preacher. When he died in 1919, his lifelong comrade J.B. Gambrell, then president of the Southern Baptist Convention wrote a eulogy for the Baptist Standard.
Erected 1998 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11737.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.
Location. 31° 6.738′ N, 97° 19.816′ W. Marker is in Temple, Texas, in Bell County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Front Street and East Shell Avenue. The marker is located in the central section of the Hillcrest Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1873 North Front Street, Temple TX 76501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Cyrus Maxwell Campbell (within shouting distance of this marker); Raleigh R. White, Jr., M.D. (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Yee Pat Ling (about 500 feet away); George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Seven Star Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Nora Lee Mayhew Wendland (approx. ¼ mile away); Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M.D. (approx. ¼ mile away); Claudia Potter, M.D. (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Temple.
Also see . . . Scott and White Memorial Hospital. Texas State Historical Association
Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple was established by Arthur Carroll Scott of Gainesville, Texas, who moved to Temple in 1892 as chief surgeon for the Santa Fe Railroad hospital, and Raleigh R. White of Cameron, who became Scott's partner in 1897. In 1904 they established their hospital, first in a converted house and shortly thereafter in a former Catholic convent, which became the nucleus of a collection of thirty-one buildings in the fifty-nine years the hospital remained at the location. In addition, they also established a school of nursing there and continued to provide services for Santa Fe workers. The hospital was first called Temple Sanitarium, but in 1922 the name was changed to Scott and White Hospital. White died in 1917, and Scott stayed at the hospital until his death in 1940. Other early doctors were Olin F. Gober (1905), and Claudia Potter (1906). The original partnership grew into one of the five largest private group medical practices in the United States. Doctors Marcell W. Sherwood and George V. Brindley, Sr., became partners and cofounders of the Scott, Sherwood, and Brindley Foundation, which now owns the hospital's physical assets.(Submitted on October 2, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
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