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Submitted: 7/31/23 • Approved: 8/1/23 • Last Updated: 8/4/23 • R438663-G438661-S3
June
December 16, 1927 - September 5, 2001
William
September 23, 1931 - December 8, 2022
Mausoleum
Dr. William H. “Bill” Haynie, Sr. left this life to be with the Lord on December 8, 2022. He passed away peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Bill was born September 23, 1931 as the only child of Mae and Duke Haynie in Camden, Arkansas where he grew up. He attended the University of Arkansas for both undergraduate and medical school and earned his M.D. degree in 1955. He completed his pediatric residency at Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport, then started practicing pediatrics with Dr. W.B. Worley and Dr. Jim Cotter where he continued for the next 20 years providing pediatric care to his community. In 1981, he had the opportunity to build his own clinic building and start Mid City Pediatrics. Mid City grew over the next several years becoming one of the largest pediatric practices in the region. He had an uncanny ability to calm parents’ worries about their children, giving them confidence in their parenting skills and letting them know that he was always there for them. As new pediatricians joined the group, Dr. Haynie continued to be the heart and soul of the practice, mentoring and passing on his caring compassionate philosophy. His loving spirit always showed through in the way he treated his patients and everyone else who knew him. He retired in 2006, after 50 years of providing pediatric care to three generations of parents and countless thousands of children in the area.
Bill met the love of his life, June Brown Davis of Stamps, Arkansas, during medical school. They married in 1954 beginning a loving partnership that would last almost 50 years. They started a family which grew rapidly over the next eight years. Although he was an avid fisherman and sports fan, the activity from which he derived the most joy and pleasure in life was spending time with his children and being “Papa” to his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Whether he was taking them fishing in Alaska or just playing dominoes and drinking grape soda in his living room, if he was with any of them, they were all having a great time.
Dr. Haynie is preceded in death by his parents, Mae and Duke Haynie, his wife and soulmate, June, and his beloved granddaughter, Liza. He is survived by his six children and their spouses, Mike Haynie and his wife, Sam; Bill Haynie, Jr. and his wife, Madeline; Bob Haynie and his wife, Laura; Richard Haynie and his wife, Michelle; Robin Haynie Hanna and her husband, Rick; and Sue Haynie Huggs and her husband, Thane. He is also survived by 21 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and one great-grandchild whom we are all eagerly awaiting the chance to meet any day now.
A visitation will be held in the Hunter Building at First United Methodist Church of Shreveport on Wednesday, December 14 starting at 9:00 AM. Services will be held in the sanctuary at 11:00 AM officiated by Dr. Carl Rhoads. Pallbearers will be Dr. Haynie’s grandsons: Brown Haynie, Marshall Haynie, Will Haynie, Andrew Haynie, Thomas Haynie, Ben Huggs, Alex Huggs, and Gabe Hanna. A private family graveside service will follow.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Holy Angels or Volunteers of America North Louisiana.
Contributed on 7/31/23 by debbraszymanski
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