Near Prospect in Giles County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Dr. Louie Edmundson

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, November 10, 2022

1. Dr. Louie Edmundson Marker

Inscription. Dr. Louie Edmundson was the last of a long line of country doctors in the Bethel Community of Giles County, TN. The youngest member of his class, he graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1912. After serving in the Army Medical Corps in France during World War I, he returned to the Bethel Community and resumed his practice. During the course of his career, beginning in a horse and buggy, Dr. Edmundson delivered 3,300 babies for local families. Just before his death on October 15, 1962, the University of Tennessee honored him with a Certificate of Appreciation for his fifty years of service.

Erected 2022 by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3F 51.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, World I.

Location. 35° 0.147′ N, 87° 3.237′ W. Marker is near Prospect, Tennessee, in Giles County. It is on Turner Road just north of Alsup Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is approximately 330 feet north of the Alsup Road/Turner Road intersection where Turner Road turns to the

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west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 933 Turner Road, Prospect TN 38477, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethel Masonic Lodge / Bethel: Giles County, Tennessee (within shouting distance of this marker); Bethel United Methodist Church (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gourdsville / Gilbertsboro (approx. 2.2 miles away in Alabama); Cunningham Cemetery (approx. 5.2 miles away in Alabama); Dupree Cemetery (approx. 5.6 miles away in Alabama); Sims Settlement (approx. 6.1 miles away in Alabama); Sim Corder/Harrison Mill (approx. 6.3 miles away in Alabama); Pettusville

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, November 10, 2022

2. Dr. Louie Edmundson Marker

(approx. 6.7 miles away in Alabama).

Also see . . . Dr. Louie Edmundson - FindAGrave memorial page. (Submitted on November 22, 2022, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama.)

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, November 10, 2022

3. Dr. Louie Edmundson Marker

View looking north along Turner Road. Dr. Louie Edmunson marker in the distance on the right.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2022, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 568 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 22, 2022, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.