Leta Jo Cox wrote: >Next of all through word of mouth, it was said that her son John Alcie >Hooper got his middle name from a Dr. Alcie Morrell. Can anyone tell >me anything about the good Dr.? While we are asking about Doctors I would like to bring up another doctor. Dr.Carrie Chase Davis was the first female Doctor in Humphreys County. Female M.D.s back then were a rare as hen's teeth. She may have been the first one to practice in the state. My Grandmother had a huge framed picture of her which I still have. She was single. I remember Grandmother talking about her. There was a little Market out on Turkey Creek when I was a child that was called Artis's Grocery.Dr.Davis had her home/office on that spot. This was close to Alvie Daniel's farm,and his daughter Susa (my Grandmother) served as her nurse. I believe Dr.Davis attended med. school in Washington,D.C. Susa had no training other than the training she recieved from Dr. Davis. As her nurse,Grandmother lived with her so that she could accompany her everywhere she went.That was when Doctors made house calls ! For seven years she went to tend the sick,sometimes moving in with people who needed round-the-clock care.She helped Dr. Davis deliver babies, and when Dr.Davis became an invalid,Susa Daniel Carter moved her into her house and nursed Doctor Davis umtil she died. By the way,Dr. Davis delivered my Grandmother's children including a set of twins Norma Jean and Rita Dean (my mother) at home on Dec.13,1935. It was a "surprise". Back in those days it was very difficult to diagnose twins. Dr.Davis had her suspicions but did not mention it until she delivered Norma and then she said,"Here comes another one !" Are there any local records about Dr.Davis and her practice of at least 13 years that I am aware of ? She was there by 1922 or earlier.Is there anyone on the list who remembers her ? Teresa Beech