Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association

02/10/2025

A lot of KGH nurses worked in the coal-mining area around Lynch, Kentucky.
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02/05/2025

This is really hard to write. JoElla Tipton McCall (Class of 1954), President of the KGH Alumni Association for many years, passed away on February 3, 2025.
Jody was a nurse until the end, and her influence is felt today through the nurses whom she taught.

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11/15/2024

Excellence continues!

Meet Janet, a terrifically talented surgery RN for Tennova Hospital System in East Tennessee. In October, 2024, Billie McNamara had the opportunity to meet and chat with Janet about her training.&n…

11/15/2024

KGH nurses' involvement in the development of theory and practice in Southern Appalachia is included in this new book.

Dr. Sharon Loury, a Professor of Nursing at East Tennessee State University, completed an introductory volume entitled Appalachian Nursing: A History, 1890-1960 in the Fall of 2024. The book delves…

09/28/2024

Many KGH students were natives of Western North Carolina and Tennessee/North Carolina border communities. Please keep the people of this region in your prayers as they recover from the storm devastation.

01/13/2024

Ginny Grahl Swift, KGH Class of 1945, passed away December 28, 2023.

Her obituary doesn't indicate it, but Ginny was a member of the US Cadet Nurse Corps.

Virginia Swift, also known as Ginny, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2023, in Raleigh, North Carolina, three weeks before her 103rd birthday. She was born Ethel Virginia Grahl on January 18,…

12/26/2023

Merry Christmas from Jo Ella Tipton McCall, KGH Class of 1954

12/10/2023

Jenkins, Kentucky, and the surrounding community had a long association with KGH nurses.

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10/28/2023

It's that time of year...and a full Moon!

09/26/2023

From Billie -- The only thing helping my sadness right now is knowing Polly and Bonzella probably haven't stopped talking and laughing yet. I loved them both so much.

You can leave messages for Polly's family on her page -- Mary Whittle

Mary “Polly” Lillian Whittle, age 90, of Crossville, Tennessee, peacefully entered into God’s Kingdom on September 22, 2023. She was born October 6, 1932, in Reinzi, Mississipppi, to James and Ruby…