Dr John Kent Day's Obituary
Dr. John Kent Day died Thursday, April 30, at Butterfield Trail Village in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was 76 years old. Survivors include his three children--Kathleen of Columbus, OH; Kirsten of Rock Island, IL; and Kyle of Monticello, AR--and two grandchildren, Sabina Day and Harper Chapman. He is also survived by his sister Jean Snider of El Dorado Springs, MO; and brothers Ralph of Bella Vista, AR; Harold of Oklahoma City, OK; and Jack of St. Louis, MO.Dr. Day was born in Summersville, MO, where he attended high school. Later, he graduated with honors from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1957 and received a Doctorate of Medicine from the same university in 1961. He completed his residency at Sacramento County Hospital in California in 1964. He held a private practice in medicine from 1964-68 in Bowling Green, MO, then was employed at the University of Missouri at Columbia as an Assistant Clinical Professor from1968-71. He served as the Director of Student Health at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville from 1971-81 and also served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, Arkansas from 1971-96. He was a physician for the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Fayetteville from 1981 until he retired in 1995. Dr. Day was also a member of the United States Army from 1953-55, serving as a private with the Guided Missile Battalion. He was one of the first members of the American Academy of Family Practice, served as President of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, President of Southwestern College Health Association in 1973 and President of Northwestern Arkansas Memorial Society in 1982. He served on the Board of Directors of the Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks and the Arkansas ACLU from which he received its highest honor, The Adlai Stevenson Award. He was a volunteer physician for the Northwest Arkansas Free Health Clinic and worked as a volunteer carpenter for Habitat for Humanity. A memorial service will be held at Butterfield Trail Village on Friday, May 8 at 3pm. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks or the Arkansas ACLU. To sign the online guest book go to www.nelsonberna.com Arrangements are by Nelson-Berna Funeral Home and Crematory of Fayetteville.
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