Background
Roberson, Foy was born on September 9, 1884 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Abner Benton and Cornelia Adeline (Stone) Roberson.
Roberson, Foy was born on September 9, 1884 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Abner Benton and Cornelia Adeline (Stone) Roberson.
Pre-medical student University of North Carolina. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1909.
United States Army Air Corps, killed December 21, 1941), Helen Cornelia. Practiced at Durham since 1912. Surgeon to Watts Hospital, Eastern State Hospital for Insane, Raleigh.
Consultant surgeon Lincoln Hospital.
Local surgeon Southern Railway. Member visiting staff Duke Hospital.
Member State Board of Medical Examiners of North Carolina (president 1930-1931), chief surgical staff Watts Hospital, Durham, North Carolina Formerly chairman City and County Board of Health. Ex-president Young Men's Christian Association.
Trustee Lincoln Hospital Appointed by Governor Gardner, member board directors State Prison of North Carolina.
Vice president Tri-State Medical Society, 1933-1934. Acting director University of North Carolina Infirmary, 1933. Member City Planning and Zoning Committee, Durham.
Chief of Medical Advisory Board Durham County, World War I. Formerly Colonel, Medical Corps, Army of the United States.
Chief Surgical Service, McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas Returned to civilian practice. Elected a trustee of the University of North Carolina (eight year term).
Member Founders’ Group American Board of Surgery. Member National Subsidiary Board Medical Examiners. Fellow American College Surgeons, Southern Surgical Association (Vice-President).
Member of the American Medical Association, Durham County Medical Society, Kappa Alpha.
Married Helen Gribble, December 10, 1914. Children: Clara Cunningham, Foy (Lieutenant.