Jasper Etienne McLaurin, MD was called home on December 3, 2010 after a long battle with kidney failure and complications of diabetes. He was born on December 12, 1927 in Braxton, Mississippi to Jasper and Magdalene Hicks McLaurin and raised by his grandfather. He attended The Piney Woods School for his primary education and then moved to New Orleans where he graduated from the Gilbert Academy in 1946. Jasper served in the US Army from 1946–1949 and then attended Wayne State University where he met his wife Doris Williams who he married on November 24, 1956. He received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College, completed a residency in neurology and established a solo private practice in neurology. He was affiliated with numerous medical associations, civic organizations, was a charter member of the Sigma Rho Chapter of Omega Psi Phi, Ann Arbor, and served as a commissioned officer in the US Naval Reserve.
Jasper was preceded in death by his grandson Adrian (“Sonny”) and is survived by his wife of 54 years Doris, his daughters, Karen (Lorie Bedell), Pamela and Toni and siblings Rutha Burney, Katherine Sutton, Luther and Grady Jenkins, cousins Audrey Mattocks, James Moffat, God-daughter Jayne Stevenson, and a host of nieces, nephews and “adopted” grandchildren.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 8, from 2:00 – 4:00 & 6:00 – 8:00 at Muehlig Funeral Chapel, 403 S 4th Ave. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 9, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Ann Arbor . In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Piney Woods School, PO Box 57 , Piney Woods, MS 39148. www.muehligannarbor.com
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