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Dr. Wiggins, President-
Elect Of The NMA
Washington, DC - Fifteen hun
dred black physicians, members
of the Nation^ Medical Associa
tion (NMA) headquartered here,
elected a black woman academ
ic president-elect. Dr. Vivian
Plnn-Wlgglns, and opposed free
needles as an antl-AlDS meas
ure for Intravenous drug users.
Dr. Paris Bransford, of Hous
ton, Texas, was elected chair
man of the board of trustees,
succeeding Dr. Charles Johnson
of Durham, N.C.
Dr. Frank E. Staggers Sr., NMA
president, announced the newly
elected officers as the organiza
tion ended Its 93rd convention
and scientific assembly In Los
Angeles. He Is a prominent urol
ogist of Oakland, California.
He also noted that the NMA
House of Delegates urged school
based clinics, more funding and
more slots for medical educa
tion and Increased federal fund
ing for research, treatment and
education on AIDS, hyperten
sion. heart disease and diabetes
all of which disproportionately
strike black America.
Dr. Penn-Wigglns, ofWashfng-
ton, D.C., Is professor and chair
of the Department of Pathology,
Howard University College of
Medicine and Howard University
Hospital. She will be Installed
as NMA's 88th president next
summer In Orlando, Florida, the
second woman to hold the posi
tion.
A graduate of Wellesley Col
lege, she received her medical
degree from the University of
Virginia School of Medicine. She
completed her post-graduate
training In pathology at Massa
chusetts General Hospital, dur
ing which time she served as a
Teaching Fellow at Harvard
Medical School.
A faculty member and assist
ant dean at Tufts University for
12 years, she joined the Howard
medical faculty In 1982. She is a
member of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. and of Links, Inc.
She Is married to Dr. Henry W.
Wiggins Jr., a Chicago radiolo
gist and an NMA trustee.
Dr. Bransford is a native of
Huntsville, Alabama, a graduate
of Tennessee State University,
Nashville, and Mehany Medical
College In the same city. He re
ceived his training In general
surgery at Kate Bitting Rejmolds
llospital, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Elected to other NMA offices
were: 1st vice president. Dr. Asa
Yancey, Atlanta: 2nd vice presi
dent, Dr. Elizabeth King, New
York, and 3rd vice president, Dr.
Winston Price, New York, Dr.
William E. Brown, Washington,
D.C,, was elected board secre
tary.
Dr. Staggers emphasized that
the House action on free needles
for victims of Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome was based
on the NMA premise that such
distribution should not be a top-
gap measure but include closely
monitored pilot programs and
full treatment for all IV drug us
ers seeking It.
Wiggins
NMA, founded In Atlanta In
1895, Is headquartered here at
1012 10th St., N.W. Buoyed by
the largest convention In Its his
tory, NMA which this year paid
off the mortgage on the local
headquarters building, set up a
$1 million endowment fund. Wil
liam C. Garrett Is executive vice
president at the national office.
Post
Obituaries
Ms. Shirley Ann Mack, 45, of
3206 Markland Dr,, died July 18,
1988 at Charlotte Memorial
Hospital. Funeral service was
Sunday, July 21, 1988, at Pro
gressive Baptist Church. Burial
was in Beasley's Memorial Gar
den in Mt. Holly, NC.
Survivors are her brothers,
Thornell Mack, Rev. Charles
Mack, Rlckett Mack, and John
Robert Mack. Sisters, Mrs. Eliz
abeth Gillespie, Mrs. Nellie M.
Roman, Mrs. Mary Davis, and
Mrs, Maggie Spears.
Mrs. Ruth M. Lyon, of 2313
Julia Ave. Apt. 2, Charlotte.dled
August 16, 1988, at Mercy Hos
pital. Funeral service was Au
gust 21, 1988, at United House of
Prayer For All People No. 2. Bu
rial was In Beatties Ford Memo
rial Gardens, Charlotte.
Survivors are her husband, Mr.
Charlie Lyon of the home;
daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline
Thomas; mother. Mrs. Mary D.
Moore. Step sons, Charlie How
ie and Randy Brady; step daugh
ter, Ms. Clarene Brady. Sisters,
Mrs. Mattie Louise Howell and
Mrs. Bessie M. Forney; two
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Rosie Huntley Brewer,
of 6618 Heatherwood Ln.,died
August 21, at her residence. Fu
neral service was August 24,
1988 at Plney Grove Baptist
Church, Marshvllle, NC. Burial
was in Church Cemetery.
Survivors are her daughters,
Ms. Darlene Brewer and Ms.
Nancy Brewer both of the home.
Brother, Floyd Huntley of Spar-
tanbuig, SC. One sister, Mrs. Sa
die Harris of Charlotte and one
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