John Wayne Buckley M.D. Obituary - Shreveport Times

John Wayne Buckley, M.D. died January 1, 2023 astatine the property of 86. Wayne was calved December 29, 1936 successful Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the younger lad of Carie Dan Buckley and Lenore Collins Buckley. He had a fantastic puerility spending clip successful Scouting (Eagle), riding his horse, Gypsy, to schoolhouse and enjoying sports and different activities with friends helium remained adjacent to the remainder of his life. Graduating from Pine Bluff High School successful 1954, helium entered the University of Arkansas earning a grade successful Chemistry. While astatine the U of A, Wayne thoroughly enjoyed field beingness arsenic a subordinate of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and made galore friends passim the state. In the past years of his life, Wayne inactive attended SAE lunches and had a regular luncheon radical of aged friends dubbed the Romeo’s (Retired Old Men Eating Out). After graduation helium entered the U of A Medical School earning his aesculapian grade successful 1958. He served concisely arsenic a doc successful the United States Air Force (Captain) astatine Keesler AFB earlier completing his aesculapian grooming successful Otolaryngology Head and Neck country astatine Baylor University Medical Center successful Houston. Returning location to Pine Bluff helium founded the South Arkansas Ear Nose and Throat Clinic. He was a subordinate of the American Medical Association, Arkansas Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, the American Board of Otolaryngology, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He was besides progressive successful the Jefferson County Medical nine and the AHEC program. Wayne joined his precocious schoolhouse sweetheart, Jane Gray Roe, connected July 11, 1958. They moved backmost to Pine Bluff with their 2 children and lived happily for implicit 30 years until Janie died unexpectedly connected May 31, 1999. He was aboriginal reacquainted with a assemblage friend, Anne Shaw, and they were joined successful 2003 successful Shreveport, Louisiana wherever Anne lived. Wayne and Anne lived happily successful Shreveport for 15 years until Anne died connected September 29, 2018. Soon after, Wayne returned to Arkansas to unrecorded successful Little Rock astatine Parkway Village wherever helium made galore friends. A devout Christian, Wayne was a regularly attending subordinate of First Presbyterian Church successful Pine Bluff, the First United Methodist Church successful Shreveport wherever helium loved his Sunday School people and Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church successful Little Rock. Wayne loved to question and was fortunate to person seen truthful overmuch of the satellite during his lifetime. With his bully representation helium was a walking encyclopedia of question advice. He enjoyed playing play (an fantabulous putter), lipid painting, Razorback football, speechmaking and astir of each spending clip talking with friends and family. Wayne was a fantastic conversationalist and his speedy wit, intelligence, immense cognition and casual demeanor made him large company. He had a ample and generous heart, a sincere emotion for radical and helium surely ne'er met a stranger. Wayne was preceded successful decease by his parents, his brother, Carie D. Buckley, Jr., M.D., archetypal wife, Jane Gray Roe Buckley, and 2nd wife, Marguerite Anne Shaw Buckley, and her son, Stuart Couch. Survivors see a son, John Roe Buckley, and his wife, Ruth of Tyler, Texas; a daughter, Sidney Buckley Carter, and her husband, Larry of Little Rock; grandchildren, Hale Buckley, Anna Gray Buckley, Annie Carter, and Jack Carter; and stepdaughter, Catherine Anne Couch arsenic good arsenic nephews, Carie Buckley, III, M.D., David Buckley, M.D, and Steven Buckley, M.D. A solemnisation of Wayne’s beingness volition beryllium held astatine Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church connected Friday, January 6, 2023 astatine 2:00 PM. By Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors (online register: www.RalphRobinsonandSon.com) In lieu of flowers, delight marque contributions to Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church oregon the foundation of your choice.