John Ellis Lindley, M.D. Private memorial service will be held at a later date for John E. Lindley, M.D., P.A. with Reverend Davey Wilkinson officiating with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Dr. Lindley, 84, of Marion died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at his residence. Dr. Lindley was born in Macon, Mississippi. He is a member of First Baptist Church of Meridian. He attended Mississippi State University and received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from University of Mississippi and received a certificate from University of Mississippi two year medical school and he later graduated from Harvard Medical School. He did his residency and was Chief Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jeff Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lindley was an assistant instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor University and at University of Mississippi. He was Past Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Past Chief of Staff at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. Dr. Lindley practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology in Meridian for thirty three years. He was in the United States Navy from 1944-1946 beginning as an Apprentice Seaman to Pharmacist Mate 2/C. He did his boot camp training at Camp Perry in Virginia. Dr. Lindley received many awards and accomplished many achievements. He was recipient of the Wisdom Award of Honor of the Wisdom Society, author of thirteen articles to professional journals, founder and President of Board of Directors of Jefferson Davis Academy for seventeen years, Incorporator and first Mayor of Marion, Mississippi, Inventor of the Lindley I Newborn Resuscitator and Lindley II Neonatal Resuscitator, Inventor of TOILEFRESH, a patented commode odor removal system and the holder of seventeen patents on various inventions in the United States and foreign countries. He was also a member of many professional and civic organizations such as The Diplomat, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Past President of the Mississippi Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Fellow American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgeons, Mississippi State Medical Association, Past President of the East Mississippi Medical Society and Past President of University of Mississippi OB-GYN Alumni Association. Past Chairman of the Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Past President of East Mississippi Medical Society, Past member of Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists., American Fertility Society, American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, American and Southern Medical Associations, University of Mississippi Medical School Dean's Advisory Committee and Advisory Committee of the Endowment for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guardian Society of the University of Mississippi Foundation, of the Wisdom Hall of Fame and the Winfred L. Wiser Society of the University of Mississippi. Dr. Lindley was also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Order of Star and Bars, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and the Board of Trustees of Beauvoir. He was a Mason with membership in the Scottish Rite, York Rite, Hamasa Shrine and Past Director of the Royal Order of Jesters. Member of the Meridian Little Theatre, Navy League, Founding Member of the Navy Memorial, also a member of the Mississippi and Louisiana Thoroughbred Associations and American Quarter Horse Association. Survivors include his wife Marie of Marion, children Lisa Lindley McCleskey and her husband Pete, John E. Lindley, Jr. and Mark Lindley, his sister Linda Jensen and her husband Gene of Baton Rouge; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends and family may sign the online guest book at www.robertbarhamffh.com
