Doctor Margie: Country Physician
By Don Roper
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When she opened a medical practice in her hometown of Bullard, Texas, folks could only think of her as the little girl they remembered riding her bicycle down Main Street. However, they soon realized they had a hero in the making and quickly dubbed her "Dr. Margie." This is her story.
Don Roper
Dan Roper had the opportunity to observe his mother in action and was initially repelled by the sacrifices inherent in a medical career. After graduating from Bullard High School he attended the U. S. Air Force Academy, but his goal of becoming an Air Force Pilot was thwarted by poor eyesight. He compensated by attending his mother's medical school and becoming an ophthalmologist. He had to wait for his mother to retire before he could do likewise, but keeps active with locum tennens and volunteer work. His first novel, "The Eye of the Hurricane" did not permit him to quit his day job. He and his wife, Ann, reside in Fort Walton Beach, Florida when they are not visiting Bullard or grandchildren on both coasts.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Giving this 3 stars, not because it's so well written (which it isn't), but because it's about the life of an extraordinary woman who lives in a small East Texas town 5 miles south of my house, who I have had the privilege of knowing for the past 12 years.Dr. Marjorie Roper practiced general medicine in Bullard, Texas from 1945 to 2006 and is still today, at age 93, volunteering her time at the Mission House clinic of the Methodist church in Bullard. This book, written by her son, is often amateurish in its pose, but the story of Dr. Margie is the story of an exceptional woman who was years ahead of her time.