Alva B. Weir, Jr. M.D.

Dr. Alva Bowen Weir, JR was born on March 24, 1923, in Imboden, Arkansas and went to be with Jesus on April 24, 2015. He grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and attended Arkansas State University. Dr. Weir graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Jersey City Medical Center and the City of Memphis Medical Center. He served in the Air Force during World War II and during the Korean Conflict. Following his military service, he began a private practice of Internal Medicine in Memphis. Dr. Weir also had an illustrious career as a clinical professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center where he influenced hundreds of physicians whom he trained. In 2005, he received the annual Ralph Claypool Award from the American College of Physicians. This national award is given to one outstanding practitioner of Internal Medicine who has devoted his or her career to the care of patients. He lovingly cared for his patients until he retired at the age of 82. Dr. Weir was a longtime deacon and member of First Baptist Church, Memphis as well as a charter member and deacon of Trinity Baptist Church, Cordova. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mattie Huddleston Weir and Alva Bowen Weir Sr., his sister Marthell Washburn, an infant brother and a great grandchild. He is survived by his sweetheart, Sunny, of 67 years and his children, Wynellen and Garry Huff, Al and Becky Weir, Steve and Dottie Weir, Nancy and Kerwin Trussell; also by twelve grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. He is affectionately remembered as “Dida” by his grandchildren and they know he prayed for them every day. Dida also encouraged a healthy lifestyle and modeled that well. He even played tennis on his 90th birthday and won! Dr. Weir reflected the love of Christ with a life of faithful service and sacrificial giving to an untold number of individuals and ministries. Now, he has gone home to be with the Lord he loves.