Background
Vest, Walter Edward was born on January 20, 1882 in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Madison and Mary Susan (Boone) Vest.
Vest, Walter Edward was born on January 20, 1882 in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Madison and Mary Susan (Boone) Vest.
Bachelor of Arts, College William and Mary, 1902, Master of Arts (honorary), 1958. Doctor of Medicine Medical College of Virginia, 1909, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1939.
1 son, Walter Edward. Interne, Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 1909-1910. General practice at Meherrin, Virginia, 1910-1915, Huntington, since 1916.
Practice limited to diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.
Consultant C.&O. Railway Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Hospital, United States Veterans Hospital. Attending physician Saint Mary's and Cabell Huntington Hospitals Chief medical service, base hospital Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina., 1918-1919.
Past president State Medical Licensing Board West Virginia.
Fellow American Medical Association (ex-member House of Delegates, Council Constitutions and Bylaws), American College Physicians, American College Chest Physicians. Member Southern Medical Association (ex-chairman council. Mason (Shriner).; Kiwanian.
Married Saddie Pearl Blankinship, May 26, 1910.