DR. J. E. CARNE DIES
-SERVICES ARE TODAY

Heart Attack On Call Fatal
To Dyersburg Physician

ONCE TAUGHT SCHOOL

By FRED CHILDRESS
From The Commercial Appeal 
Dyersburg. Tenn. Bureau
DYERSBURG, Tenn., Nov. 28.
Dr. John Emmerson Carne, 
Dyersburg physician, died late 
Tuesday after a heart attack 
while making a call on a patient 
near here. He was 42.
Services will be at 2 p.m. 
Thursday in the First Methodist 
Church, The Rev. A. Lam Dick-
erson will officiate, assisted by 
the Rev. H. J. Burkett, superin-
tendent of the Dyersburg District 
of the Methodist Church. Burial 
will be in City Cemetery at 
Dyer. Tenn., with Curry Funeral 
Home in charge.
Member Of Early Family
Born and reared in Gibson 
County, he was the son of the 
late Arthur N. Carne and Mrs. 
Carrie Hutchison Carne, mem-
bers of early Gibson County 
families. He completed high 
school at Dyer, and was grad-
uated from Lambuth College at 
Jackson, Tenn.
After college he became super-
intendent of Spring Hill consoli-
dated school in Gibson County. 
He gave up his work in the edu-
cational field and returned to 
school to become a physician.
He was graduated from the 
University of Tennessee Medical
Active in Civic Affairs
He was primarily devoted to 
serving the needs of his patients, 
but found time to participate in 
community affairs. He was a 
member of the Kiwanis Club, 
and of Post 30. American 
Legion. He was a Methodist.
He was widely known and re-
spected in medical circles. He 
was a member of the Ameri-
can Medical Society, the Ten-
nessee State Medical Society, 
and at his death, was secretary-
treasurer of the Dyer, Lake and 
Crocket County Medical Society.
He was a member of the Phi 
Chi Medical Fraternity.
Dr. Came had a wide prac-
tice throughout the county and 
often worked around the clock 
ministering to his patients. A 
few years ago, he rode a tractor 
for miles down muddy roads in 
the western part of the county 
to deliver a baby after his car 
mired in the mud. He had com-
pleted the last six house calls 
when stricken about 10:30 Tues-
day night.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. 
Ruth Jones Carne; two children, 
David Carne and Nancy Carne; 
a sister, Mrs. Marguerite Har-
rison of Dyer, and a brother, 
Hugh Nathanial Carne of Dyer.
College in Memphis in 1947 and 
served his internship at John 
Gaston Hospital in Memphis. 
After that he opened an office 
at Dyersburg, and had practiced 
here since, except for two years 
in the Army Medical Corps.
He was a veteran of World 
War II and returned to the 
Army to serve in Korea. He 
was also stationed in Germany 
for a year, and held the rank 
of captain.