Perry Lamar Chesney^{[1, 2, 3]}

1925 - 2002  (76 years)

• Name	Perry Lamar Chesney
  Birth	15 Aug 1925	West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jul 2002	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana   [6]
  Person ID	I1932	The Road to Here
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Alfred Jackson Chesney,   b. 20 Jan 1904   d. Nov 1992 (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Clara Mae Dodd,   b. 26 Jun 1905   d. 27 Jun 1962, Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1923	Bay City, Texas   [1]
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Lou Van Bibber,   b. 26 Feb 1927, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia d. 16 Feb 2011, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1949	Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia   [7]
  Family ID	F645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130805063/perry-lamar-chesney Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - Monday, July 22, 2002 Deceased Name: CHESNEY, DR. PERRY L. A retired surgeon, he died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, July 21, 2002, after an extended illness. He was born in West Columbia, Texas, on Aug. 15, 1925. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visiting at South Baton Rouge Church of Christ from 9:30 a.m. until funeral service at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by Eddie Hendrix. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife, Lucy VanBibber Chesney; two sons, Perry L. Chesney Jr. and Patrick Doniphan Chesney, both of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Peggy Ann Lester, Lake Park, Ga., and Shannon Lee Doherty, Lake Charles; two sons-in-law, Douglas Lester and David Doherty; two daughters-in-law, Catherine Thevenote Chesney and Susan Michelle Privett Chesney; and 12 grandchildren, Lauren, Zachary and Chesney Paige Lester, Delaune Dugas, Tevis and Colby Chesney, Allison, Aaron and Austin Doherty and Evan Michael, Claire and Kaylan Chesney. Preceded in death by his brother, Alfred Jackson Chesney Jr., who was of Corpus Christi, Texas; parents, Alfred Jackson Chesney Sr. and Clara Mae Dodd Chesney; stepmother, Virginia Chesney; and a grandson, Cole Patrick Chesney. He served as chief of surgery and president of the medical staff at the Baton Rouge General Medical Center and chief of surgery at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He served eight years as medical director of Quality Assurance at the Baton Rouge General Medical Center, was a member and former president of the Baton Rouge Surgical Society and a member of the American Medical Association and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and diplomate of the American Board of Surgery. He graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, attended Loyola School of Dentistry and earned his doctor of medicine degree at LSU Medical School in New Orleans. He served his surgical residency at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, and on the LSU Surgical Service at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He began the practice of surgery in Baton Rouge in 1958. He was a member of the South Baton Rouge Church of Christ, where he served as an elder for 10 years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Schweibel, Patricia. [S95] 1930 U.S. Census. [S64] 1940 U.S. Census. [S101] U.S. WWII Draft Cards 1940-1947. [S96] Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997. [S140] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. [S163] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971.