Posted: 8:29 AM - Jan 04, 2016
Reprinted from email sent to me by Donna Rogers.
Watts School of Nursing in Durham, NC is creating a permanent display to honor the early superintendents of Watts Hospital. We are seeking a photograph of Virginia Opie McKay who was the superintendent of nurses from 1926 to 1928.
Virginia was born in Warren County, Virginia, in 1884, to Francis (Frank) Hitter McKay and Catherine (Butcher) McKay. Her grandparents were Joshua Antrim McKay and Esther Ann (Haycock) McKay and her aunt was Nancy Antrim (McKay) Rust whose son was John W. Rust.
http://www.robertmackayclan.com/lines/mackay/22312.html
http://www.robertmackayclan.com/rmc/rmcmem/rust.html
Miss McKay graduated from the Maryland University Hospital Training School in 1910. She became a leader in nursing and nursing education in North Carolina, assuming an active role in the evolving professional organizations. Attached is a summary of her nursing career.
A photograph of her graduating class in available from the University of Maryland Libraries https://archive.org/stream/terramariae1 ... 3/mode/2up), but unfortunately, the graduates are not identified. If you know of individuals or sources that may have a photograph of Miss McKay, we would be most appreciative if you would share contact information.
Thank you.
Donna Rogers
Retired Faculty/School Historian
919-548-5855
308 Sea Isle Point
Indian Beach, NC 28512
Died: June 30, 1959 (Annapolis, MD)
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery (Cumberland, MD)
Father: Francis (Frank) Hitter McKay (1856-1919)
Mother: Catherine Butcher (1858-1940)
Married: 15 Nov 1882
Education:
University of Maryland Training School for Nurses, Class of 1910
(Graduation –May 6, 1910)
Siblings:
Frank Hume McKay (1883-1917)
Henry C. McKay (1886-1968)
Daniel A. McKay (1889-1970)
Elizabeth Butcher McKay (1898-1900)
1910-1911 Superintendent, Maxton Hospital, Maxton, NC
1912-1914 Private duty, Baltimore, MD
1915 - 1923 Superintendent of Nurses, James Walker Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington, NC
1921 Third vice president, NC Hospital Association
1922 Vice president, NC Nurses Association
1923 -1925 Superintendent of Nurses, Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, NC
1925 President, NC League of Nursing
Education
1926-1928 Superintendent of Nurses, Watts Hospital
1929- 1945 Superintendent of Nurses, Asheville Mission Hospital,
Asheville, NC
1931 Standardization Board (NC Nurses Association)
Watts School of Nursing in Durham, NC is creating a permanent display to honor the early superintendents of Watts Hospital. We are seeking a photograph of Virginia Opie McKay who was the superintendent of nurses from 1926 to 1928.
Virginia was born in Warren County, Virginia, in 1884, to Francis (Frank) Hitter McKay and Catherine (Butcher) McKay. Her grandparents were Joshua Antrim McKay and Esther Ann (Haycock) McKay and her aunt was Nancy Antrim (McKay) Rust whose son was John W. Rust.
http://www.robertmackayclan.com/lines/mackay/22312.html
http://www.robertmackayclan.com/rmc/rmcmem/rust.html
Miss McKay graduated from the Maryland University Hospital Training School in 1910. She became a leader in nursing and nursing education in North Carolina, assuming an active role in the evolving professional organizations. Attached is a summary of her nursing career.
A photograph of her graduating class in available from the University of Maryland Libraries https://archive.org/stream/terramariae1 ... 3/mode/2up), but unfortunately, the graduates are not identified. If you know of individuals or sources that may have a photograph of Miss McKay, we would be most appreciative if you would share contact information.
The Cumberland News (Cumberland, Maryland) · Thu, Jul 2, 1959 · Page 16
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The Washington Post (Washington, District of Columbia) · Thu, May 1, 1919 · Page 3
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Cumberland Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) · Mon, May 6, 1940 · Page 9
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Thank you.
Donna Rogers
Retired Faculty/School Historian
919-548-5855
308 Sea Isle Point
Indian Beach, NC 28512
Virginia Opie McKay
Born: October 19, 1884 (Warren, VA)Died: June 30, 1959 (Annapolis, MD)
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery (Cumberland, MD)
Father: Francis (Frank) Hitter McKay (1856-1919)
Mother: Catherine Butcher (1858-1940)
Married: 15 Nov 1882
Education:
University of Maryland Training School for Nurses, Class of 1910
(Graduation –May 6, 1910)
Siblings:
Frank Hume McKay (1883-1917)
Henry C. McKay (1886-1968)
Daniel A. McKay (1889-1970)
Elizabeth Butcher McKay (1898-1900)
1910-1911 Superintendent, Maxton Hospital, Maxton, NC
1912-1914 Private duty, Baltimore, MD
1915 - 1923 Superintendent of Nurses, James Walker Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington, NC
1921 Third vice president, NC Hospital Association
1922 Vice president, NC Nurses Association
1923 -1925 Superintendent of Nurses, Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, NC
1925 President, NC League of Nursing
Education
1926-1928 Superintendent of Nurses, Watts Hospital
1929- 1945 Superintendent of Nurses, Asheville Mission Hospital,
Asheville, NC
1931 Standardization Board (NC Nurses Association)