John Miller Mosely, Jr., MD
Family Practitioner
About
A native of Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Dr. John Mosely, was born on June 3, 1906. His father, Dr. J. M. Mosely, Sr., served as Superintendent of the Charity Hospital in Shreveport from 1924 until 1928.
Dr. Mosely, was a longtime New Roads physician, who served as Administrator of the Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge from 1966 to 1970.
Graduating from the Tulane Medical School, Dr. Mosely came to Pointe Coupee to practice in 1932. In 1939 he opened the Mosely Clinic, which the Sisters of St. Joseph began to operate a dozen years later. He acquired a large practice in New Roads, and attained the reputation of being one of the most popular and trusted physicians ever to serve here. After moving with his family to make their home in Baton Rouge, Dr. Mosely served from 1965 until 1966 as Assistant Clinical Director for the Baton Rouge Mental Health.
He married the former, Mary Scott Carruth of Catherine Plantation near Port Allen. Together they had three children.
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Tulane Medical School in New Orleans
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