Dr. James Holloway Colgin

COLGIN, JAMES Dr. James Holloway Colgin, age 84, died Saturday, March 2, 2002 after a long illness. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, March 4, 2002 at First Presbyterian Church of Waco at 2:00 p.m., with Rev. Jimmie Johnson officiating. Dr. Colgin was born July 21, 1917 in Waco to Dr. Merchant William Colgin, Sr. and Nell Holloway Colgin. He was a 1935 graduate of Waco High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He also attended Texas A&M University and was a graduate of Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas where he was a member of the Phi Chi fraternity. Dr. Colgin interned at Roper Hospital in Charleston, S.C. He married Roberta Carter March 31, 1944 in Dallas. He entered the U.S. Army and served as Captain in the 124th Cavalry in the China-Burma-India Theater where he was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, V for Valor, two battle stars, the Victory, AP, and AT ribbons, and the Medical Combat Badge. Following his discharge from the army, he served a two-year residency in internal medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital in Dallas. In 1948, he moved to Waco to open his private medical practice where he retired in 1988 after 40 years in practice. During his medical career in Waco, he served as the Chief of Staff at both Providence and Hillcrest Hospitals. After his retirement, he continued medical practice with the V.A. regional office in Waco, the Texas Department of Corrections in Gatesville and Marlin, the Choctaw Indian Clinic in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, and the Indian Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma. Dr. Colgin was a member of the American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association and McLennan County Medical Society. He was appointed to the Ft. Fisher Ranger Museum Commission in 1969, and was an honorary member of the Hood’s Texas Brigade Association at Hill College in Hillsboro. He was on the Board of the Red Cross Regional Blood Center and the Friends of the Moody Texas Ranger Memorial Library. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco where he was a deacon. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Roberta Colgin; daughter, Carol Colgin of Waco; sons, James Carter Colgin of Waco and Dr. Murray M. Colgin and wife Cathy of Fort Worth; sister, Mrs. Claire Miller of Waco; and many loved nieces and nephews. Dr. Colgin was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mrs. Reginald Watson; and brother, Dr. Merchant William Colgin, Jr. Memorials may be made to the Baylor Texas Collection, Strecker Museum, and the Golden Memorial Fund of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco.