Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock's Obituary
Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock, Ph.D. died on February 10, 2016 after a long illness. She was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School. She earned a B.A. with honors in History from Washington University, followed by Masters in English and History from Vanderbilt University, where she also received a record number of parking tickets. Moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 1963, she began her 15 year career as a history teacher at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis. In 1978 she began the doctoral program in history at University of Memphis, and completed her Ph.D. in 1982. In 1988 she became an Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she taught for 26 years. She was a member of the American Osler Society and the Royal Society of Medicine in London. In 2002, she and co-author Bill Gurley published I Acted from Principle: the Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon in the Trans-Mississippi. This book won the 2002 Basil W. Duke Literary Award from the Military Order of the Stars and Bars. Dr. Pitcock is survived by her children Allison Pitcock Fentress and her husband Robert, and James DeHaven Pitcock and his wife Polly, and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends 5-7 pm, Sunday, February 14 at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery. Funeral services and burial will be held at St. Philip Episcopal Church at 11:00 am Monday, February 15. All are welcome.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119. “Celebrating Life… Behind the Stone Wall”
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