William Marvin Scruggs

Background

Scruggs, William Marvin was born on August 8, 1889 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Pinckney and Della Ford (Tisdale) Scruggs.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1912. Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1914. Graduate study in surgery, German Hospital and Dispensary, New York City, 1914-1916.

Career

1 son, William Marvin. Associate surgeon, Rutherford Hospital, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1916-1917. Practices at Charlotte, North Carolina.

Chief of surgical staff Presbyterian Hospital (chairman of the executive board).

Consultant surgeon Charlotte Memorial Hospital, attending surgeon Mercy Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital (all of Charlotte).

Achievements

• William Marvin Scruggs has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

People need not just to accept but also to grow in relationship with God. God's grace and love constantly prompts and seeks to transform people, and so they should continually seek and pray to grow in holiness and love.

Membership

Served as captain in Medical Roman Catholic, United States Army, Base Hospital, Camp Greene, North Carolina. Fellow American College Surgeons, American Medical Association. Member Southern, Tri-State, 7th District, North Carolina State and Mecklenburg County medical societies Southeastern Surgical Congress, American Association for Study of Goitre.

Club: Charlotte Country.

Connections

Married Helen Florence Briggs, November 22, 1922.