Rison's Dr. Attwood To Be Honored With Reception July 25

RISON - Dr. Mark Attwood will he honored with a reception Tuesday, July 25 at the Cleveland County Library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dr. Attwood is one of several Arkansas doctors featured in Dr. Sam Taggart's book, "Country Doctors of Arkansas." The book is based on a series of interviews, recorded during 2016-2017, looking at the lives and practices of the small-town doctors of Arkansas over the last seventy years. The oldest physician profiled in the book is 98 years old and the youngest is 34. The book also chronicles several other Cleveland County doctors dating back to 1840. They include Dr. Calvin Stanfied, Dr. William Burnett, Dr. Henry Davis Sadler, Dr. Thomas H. Ackerman and Dr. George Ackerman. Dr. Taggart has been making a tour of the state honoring many doctors in the book and will host a reception for Dr. Attwood in Rison. The public is invited to attend. If you have a story to tell, please come and share it. More information, including an excerpt from the book will be printed in the July 19th issue of the Herald. ...