Background
Parsons, Willard H. was born on May 3, 1898 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States. Son of William F. and Ophelia (Herring) Parsons.
Parsons, Willard H. was born on May 3, 1898 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States. Son of William F. and Ophelia (Herring) Parsons.
Student Tulane University, 1914-1917. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical, Edna Earl Sparks, October 23, 1922.
Practice of medicine, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1922. Chief staff and director surgery Vicksburg Clinic, 1929-1962. Director surgery Vicksburg Hospital, Incorporated., 1929-1962.
Civilian consultant surgery to surgeon-General Army United States Far Eastern Theatre, 1962-1963, to Surgeon General of United States of America, Department of Defense, 1964-1969.
Emeritus consultant surgery to surgeon general of Army, 1967-1969. Former consultant thoracis surgery United States Veterans Hospital, Jackson.
Professor clinical surgery emeritus University of Mississippi Medical School. Past director graduate training in surgery Vicksburg Hospital and Vicksburg Clinic.
Diplomate American Board Surgery Founders Group.
American College of Surgeons fellow (Chairman of the Board Governors 1953-1956, regent 1956-1965, vice Chairman of the Board regents 1963-1965, 1st vice president 1965-1966), International Cardiovascular Society. Member Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, American Cancer Society (Mississippi Cancer president 1955-1957, national director), Southeastern Surgical Congress (president 1960-1961), Pan-Pacific Surgical Society, Royal Society Medicine (affiliate), Southern Society, Clinical Surgeons (president 1950-1951), Southern (vice president 1950-1951), Western, American surgical associations, New Orleans Surgical Society, Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, Issaquena-Sharkey-Warren Counties Medical Society (past president), Mississippi State Medical Association (past chairman surgery section). Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Club: Vicksburg Country.
Children: Edna Earl (Mistress H. Thurston Whitaker), Ruth Lee (Mistress Emmett C. Neil).