Dr. James Joseph Conners MD

cared for at Community Hospice Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside.

A Memorial Mass will be held in his honor at St. Matthews Catholic Church Jacksonville,

FL on Friday, March 12, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. COVID restrictions require that attendance be

limited to family members. Virtual attendance at Mass will be available via

https://www.facebook.com/St.MatthewsCatholicChurch.Jax.

Jim was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 13, 1925. He graduated from Father

Ryan High School in 1942. He continued his education graduating from Vanderbilt University

with a BA degree in 1945. In 1948 Jim became Doctor Conners when he graduated from

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. During the next five years Dr. Jim Conners

completed his Internship, three Resident programs, served with The US Navy at Bethesda Naval

Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland and on The USS Consolation stationed behind the front lines

during the Korean War. In 1957 private citizen Dr. Conners joined the orthopedic practice of

Paul Hutchins, M. D. in Jacksonville, Florida. After a couple of years as a partner, he

established his solo practice at St. Vincent’s Hospital Riverside where he performed the first

total hip in Jacksonville. He retired in 1997.

Doctor Conners added “Jackie” to his name in 1967 when he married Jacolynn (Jackie)

Tischer and henceforth was known as Dr. Conners and Jackie. He is “Dad” to their son, James

Joseph Conners, Jr. (J.J.) and their daughter (In-Law) Sarah Callahan Conners. He has three

granddaughters, Lauren (19), Maria (16) and Anna (14) who renamed him, Gaga. He is Jim to

three sisters-in-law, Mary Ellen Taylor, Gayle Thornton and Pat Craft and their spouses. He is

Uncle Jim to ten nieces and nephews from the Conners family and twelve from the Tischer

family. He fulfilled the role required of each name change with spontaneous adaptability and

enjoyment.

In lieu of flowers. Dr. Conners and Jackie would appreciate requests that Masses be said

for Jim at any Catholic Church, or donations to be made in his name to St. Matthews Catholic

Church, Jacksonville, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Jacksonville and Our Lady Star of the Sea

Catholic Church, Ponte Vedra Beach.