JULIAN MARION WARREN, M.D.

LAKE GASTON - Julian Marion Warren, M.D. passed away on October 5, 2016. He was born on February 26, 1927 in Spring Hope to George W. Warren, Sr. and Lou Anna Hathaway Warren.

He received his early education at Spring Hope School and graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in 1949. After working as a Mechanical Engineer with the LAGO Oil and Transport Company in Aruba, Dutch West Indies for two years, he then applied his skills at Engineering Research and Development Laboratories (Army Corps of Engineers) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

He matriculated at the University of Virginia Medical School in 1952 and earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1956. Dr. Warren returned to Durham in 1957 to complete his medical residency at Watts Hospital, where his first son was born that year.

Dr. Warren moved back to Nash County to practice medicine and later in 1957 formed the Spring Hope Clinic with his friend and colleague Dr. Otis M. Lowry. They practiced together for almost 60 years.

Dr. Warren served the residents of Nash County and surrounding counties in the area of general practice and family medicine, serving his community through the provision of many medical disciplines, including emergency, internal, pediatric, obstetrics, geriatric, and cardio-pulmonary. He was one of the founding physicians of Nash General Hospital, which opened in 1971, and had admitting privileges at several area hospitals. He led several civic and professional organizations and particularly enjoyed his time as a Trustee and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the University of Virginia Medical School.

Dr. Warren loved what he did and was proud of his family. He enjoyed telling his stories, especially those of his days playing football at Duke and his time as a young engineer in the Dutch West Indies. He was an Iron Duke and a Virginia Wahoo through and through and enjoyed good-natured rivalries with his Wolfpack, Demon Deacon and Tar Heel sons.

Dr. Warren is predeceased by his wife, Maxine Bissette Warren of Spring Hope; a son, Bradley Bissett Warren of Raleigh; four sisters, Lizzie Mae Warren and Virginia Warren of Spring Hope, Ida Leane Warren of Potomac, Md., and Janice Allen of Rocky Mount; and three brothers, George Warren, Jr. and Willard "Skip" Warren of Spring Hope, and Woodrow Warren of Louisburg.

He is survived by a son, The Honorable David Marion Warren and wife, Keena Bartley of Raleigh; son, Scott Wood Warren of Raleigh; granddaughters Ashley Davis Warren and Anne Cameron Warren; and grandsons McLean Marion Warren and Alexander Wood Warren. Also left behind to enjoy memories of him are his longtime employee and friend, Kristina Sherrod, a brilliant medical colleague and personal physician, Dr. Camilla A. Proctor, a special friend, Mary May of Lake Gaston, and his newly found friends at Spring Arbor-Raleigh.

The family extends its deepest appreciation and gratitude to Dr. Proctor, the Spring Arbor staff, and to the medical staff on Fifth Floor (A&B wings) of WakeMed, Raleigh Campus.

Following a private interment, the memorial service will be held at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Road, Rocky Mount, NC on Sunday, October 9th at 2:00 p.m. The Reverend Melanie Mudge of Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh will preside. The family will receive friends after the service in the atrium.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Nash Community College Foundation, Attention: Dr. Julian Warren Fund, Post Office Box 7488, Rocky Mount, NC 27804-0488.

Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.

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