Terresa Louise Stallworth, M.D.

Dr. Terresa Stallworth died on September 9, 2024 while in hospice care at Imagine Wellness Assisted Living, San Antonio, Texas. She was preceded in death by her beloved parents, William and Louise Goodrich Stallworth, uncle Nelson Goodrich, and devoted friend Gerard Jaffe. She is survived by her cousins Frank Scott Hollingsworth, Manchester, MO; William Cochran (Beth), Baldwin, MO; Joe Paul Cochran (Lenora), Oakville MO; Kathy Stallworth Gray (Jordan), Birmingham, AL; Dr. James Rast Stallworth, West Columbia, SC and many devoted friends and colleagues in the mental health and music communities.

Dr. Stallworth was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. She attended Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a Bachelor of Music. Although she had a scholarship to study piano in New York, she opted for medicine. She completed her M.D. at the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1963.

Dr. Stallworth interned at the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital and Research Center and completed two residencies: one in neurology at the City of Memphis Hospital and the other in psychiatry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where she was chief resident.

Dr. Stallworth worked five years at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute in Knoxville, serving as clinical director, assistant superintendent and acting superintendent. After moving to San Antonio in 1974, she became Director of Community Programs and Specialty Units at San Antonio State Hospital overseeing local community clinics covering 33 counties as well as inpatient units. In 1997 she became Clinical Director of the hospital, a position she held until her retirement in 2016. At the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, she was associate professor in psychiatry from 1974 and clinical professor in psychiatry from 1995 until her retirement.

An accomplished concert pianist who performed for Aaron Copeland on his 79th birthday, Dr. Stallworth performed with the Tuesday Musical Club, at Trinity University, St. Mary’s University, The University of the Incarnate Word and with the San Antonio Symphony. She shared her musical gifts at San Antonio State Hospital during her tenure, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and at the Austrian Embassy in Washington D.C. In 1999, Dr. Stallworth was selected to play in the First Annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. She maintained her musical prowess through continued study with Professor Carolyn True, D.M.A., Trinity University. Dr. Stallworth continued to play the piano until the last month of her life.

Dr. Stallworth was involved with numerous organizations related to her fields of medicine and music. A fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, she was active with Bexar County Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Texas Psychiatric Association, the Texas Medical Association, the Chopin Foundation, the Tuesday Musical Club, Alpha Omega Alpha and the Sigma Kappa Alumnae, among others.

Dr. Stallworth received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Texas Health Science Center in 1997, the Bob Polunski Award in 2002 and the Special Service Award from the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians in 2004. Dr. Stallworth is included in editions of Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, in American Education, in Science and Engineering, and of Professional Women. In life, Terresa Stallworth loved a good party, Fiesta parades, fine dining, the color red, her cats, Paris, and Frederick Chopin whose music she adored. She will be dearly missed.

Services will be held at Porter Loring 1101 McCullough on Friday, September 27 at 2:30 pm. A graveside service will be held for Terresa on October 26, 2024 at 1pm at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery.