FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Person:
Beth Embry, Executive Director
Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians
133 Executive Drive Suite E
Madison, MS 39110
Phone: (601) 853-3302

BOBO RECEIVES MAFP MILITARY SERVICE AWARD

Madison, Miss. – Edgar E. Bobo, M.D. received the 2009 Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Military Service Award on Tuesday, July 21 in Destin, Florida. Bobo is the fourth recipient of the award. This award honors family physicians that have provided outstanding service to their community and to their nation. MAFP member and the third Military Award winner, Lt. Colonel Edward Carruth, M.D, presented the award to Dr. Bobo at the MAFP 2009 Annual Meeting Dinner.

Dr. Bobo was born on January 20, 1931, in Neshoba County, MS, where he was raised and attended that county’s school. After high school, he enrolled at East Central Community College in Decatur and then transferred to Ole Miss in 1950. He had joined the MS National Guard 198th Tank Battalion in 1948 and after one semester at Ole Miss, his unit was activated to service in the Korean War where he served as a medic with the 31st Infantry Division of the Medical Detachment known as the “Dixie Division” because most of his comrades were from the south.

Eighteen months of active duty later, he resumed his studies at Ole Miss and then ultimately received his MD Degree from the University of MS School of Medicine in 1958. Following an internship at Greenville, South Carolina General Hospital and residency in Pineville, LA he established a family medicine practice in Rankin County where he has been since 1960.

He holds staff privileges at River Oaks Medical Center and River Oaks/Crossgates Medical Center (formerly Rankin General Hospital) where he served as its first Chief of Staff in 1968 and as a member of the their Board of Trustees for approximately 4 years. He is a former school board member of the Pearl School System.

From the time he was discharged from active duty, Dr. Bobo longed to re-up in the National Guard and was finally able to realize his dream in 1982 when he rejoined as a major in the 134th Combat Support Hospital as Chief of Medical Service until it was disbanded. He then served with the headquarters Star C Unit until his retirement in January 1999 as a colonel, having served honorably for 20 years. Before he retired he was made a Brigadier General by Governor Kirk Fordice.

He has five children, two stepchildren, and nine grandchildren and enjoys reading, gardening, fishing, and travel.                                                            

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