McQueen, Norman

 

FIRST NAME:      David Norman                   LAST NAME:       McQueen                            ROLE:    Medical

OTHER NAMES:                 Norman              

BORN:                   21 Jan 1870         WHERE:                Fayetteville NC

DIED:                     15 Dec, 1925       sudden heart attack        WHERE:                Punta Gorda FL

MOTHER:             Elizabeth Meacham McQueen  

FATHER:               Neill McQueen

NATIONALITY:   Isle of Skye in Scotland

SPOUSEs:            Amy (Ann) Holderby       married 10 October 1906 in Carmi, IL

CHILDREN            Donald Norman, Lucille, Nathaniel, Charles and Howard

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EDUCATION       Graduated from Georgia Medical College in Augusta GA

RELATIONSHIPS:               Harry Dreggors, Martin Luther McQueen?

PLACES AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF RESIDENCE:                  Fayetteville, North Carolina, Punta Gorda, FL, Valdosta, GA, Punta Gorda, FL

OCCUPATION, SPHERE OF ACTIVITY:        Physician, early Trustee First United Methodist Church

TITLES AND HONORS:     The electric organ was given to First United Methodist Church by Mrs. McQueen in memory of Dr. McQueen in 1925. Two gold chance vases to First United Methodist Church in honor of the McQueen 50^th anniversary in 1956.

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:         David Norman McQueen was born one of 10 children, in the house where his father was born and died. The house was in what is now Camp Bragg and family members are buried in the old cemetery which is now inside the rifle range of the camp.

Norman attended and graduated from Georgia Medical College in August, GA. He came to Punta Gorda to practice medicine due to the influence of his good friend Harry Dreggors.

In 1904 he met Amy Holderby from Carmi, IL who, with her family, was spending the winter in Punta Gorda. They started dating, but the next winter the family wintered in Tampa so it wouldn’t look like Amy was running after Norman. Amy’s father would not give consent to their Oct 19, 1906 marriage because Punta Gorda was so far from Carmi, IL. Norman consented to move to Valdosta GA to practice.

People in Punta Gorda kept writing to Norman asking him to return to Punta Gorda; in May 1907 they moved back and then spent the rest of their lives here. Norman established the first drug store in Punta Gorda and managed it until 1911. When the Smith Building was constructed he opened the Seminole Pharmacy and hired his nephew, Martin Luther, from Fayetteville to run the business.

During WWI Norman was stationed in Jacksonville, FL, having just received his orders to go overseas when the Armistice was signed. Norman’s office was a small block building on Taylor Road just off Marion Avenue next to the old Herald building. When it was to be removed, he moved across the street to room in the Princess Hotel.

Norman was a Mason and both he and Amy were charter members of the Eastern Star. Norman served as a member of the School Boar for several years. Both were active in community activities of various kinds, especially musically: Amy an accomplished pianist and Norman singing bass.

Norman died very suddenly of a heart attack on December 15, 1925.