I decided to send this to the list because Dr. Trexler grew up in Talbotton. Duke Clayton Trexler, MD Oct 24, 1943 to July 21, 2000 Woodbury - Duke Clayton Trexler, MD, 56 of Woodbury, GA died Friday July 21, 2000 at his residence. Funeral services were held on Monday, July 24, 2000 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home in Woodbury with the Rev. Boll Lawrence and James Schwarzlose officiating. Interment followed at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Talbotton. Pallbearers for the ceremony were Mike Akins, Mitch Moreland, Charles Wall, Gary Jones, Joe Mangham and Larry Williamson. Dr. Trexler was born in Taylor County but grew up in Talbotton, GA. He was the son of Duke C. Trexler, Jr and Jewel Landrum Morgan Trexler. In pursuit of his medical degree, Dr. Trexler was a student at the following educational institutions: Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA; Roanoke College, Salem, VI where he got a degree in Biology in 1961. In active service in the U. S. Army from 1967 -68, Dr. Trexler took training at the Brooke General Hospital, San Antonio, TX and DeWitt Army Hospital, Ft. Belvoir VI as a Medical Corpsman. He received an honorable discharge. >From there he attended Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C. - Pathology Assistants Program, 1975; Ross University of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies - Doctor of Medicine, 1981; East Tennessee State University College of Medicine - Family Practice Program - 1985 and General Surgery Rotation 1986. Dr. Trexler began his medical practice in Woodbury in 1987, becoming a member of the medical staff at Georgia Baptist Meriwether Hospital in Warm Springs, Ga and was recently elected to a second 7-year term on the Hospital Authority Board of Directors. He was a member of Lutheran Towers. Survivors include his wife Linda Johnston Trexler of Woodbury, GA; mother, Jewel M. Wilson of Carrabelle, FL; father, Duke C. Trexler, Jr. of Deland Fl; two daughters, Lisa Wiersema of Morrison, IL and Sara Trexler of Durham, N.C.; uncle Hamp Morgan of Manchester, Ga. The family request that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Duke C. Trexler, MD Memorial Scholarship Fund at Flint River Academy, Woodbury, GA.