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1994 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 200
On the death of Dr. Earle McKenzie "Mac" Bane.
Agreed to by the Senate, February 15, 1994
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 18, 1994

WHEREAS, Dr. Earle McKenzie "Mac" Bane, a physician who served the medical needs of the citizens of Lawrenceville and Brunswick County for 45 years, died on October 10, 1993; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Bane was born in West Virginia, was a 1944 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, and served two years with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, including 18 months in Korea; and

WHEREAS, shortly after his return from the service, Dr. Bane opened his first practice in 1948 in Brodnax and then joined with his long-time friend, Dr. William Bishop, in opening the Bane and Bishop Medical Center in Lawrenceville in 1949; and

WHEREAS, the partnership with Dr. Bishop proved an enduring one, as the two doctors served the needs of the people of Lawrenceville and Brunswick County for 45 years, making house calls and seeing the sick on Sundays; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Mac Bane also served as the medical examiner for Brunswick County for over 30 years; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Bane was a member of Lawrenceville United Methodist Church, the American Medical Association, the Medical Society of Virginia and the Southside Medical Society; and

WHEREAS, in 1987, Dr. Mac Bane was awarded the Community Builders Award by the Brunswick Masonic Lodge No. 52 in recognition of his outstanding service to the community and his significant efforts toward making it a better place in which to live; and

WHEREAS, a caring, dedicated and highly professional physician, who cared for his patients as people with individual needs and was concerned with their welfare, Dr. Earle Bane leaves an enduring legacy of service to the citizens of Lawrenceville and Brunswick County; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly mourn the death of a uniquely talented and valuable citizen of the Commonwealth, Dr. Earle McKenzie "Mac" Bane; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to his wife, Mrs. India Ogburn Bane, and his family as an expression of the high regard in which his memory is held by his community and the members of the General Assembly.

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