Monday, March 29, 2021

Sam Parks, Faithful, Efficient Hospital Orderly Dies Suddenly, March 29, 1921

Negro Orderly at Hospital Is Dead

Sam Parks, negro orderly at the Presbyterian Hospital for the past 15 years, died suddenly at the hospital Monday night. He was on his usual rounds of work when stricken with heart failure. He was 65 years old.

Sam, according to reports, had always been faithful and efficient in his work. Before he came to the Presbyterian Hospital hew as orderly for a number of years at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He was well liked by all the doctors and nurses who knew hom, and many of them will attend his funeral.

From The Charlotte News, March 29, 1921

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