"Jewels"of the Delta
March 4, 1908...the day that Theodor Roosevelt Mason Howard entered the physical realm. Born and raised in Kentucky, his work in a local hospital would be the catalyst for his desire to become a medical doctor. After earing two undergraduate degrees, one at Oakwood University (HBCU) in Huntsville, Alabama, the other at Union College of Lincoln, Nebraska, he would finish medical school at the College of Medical Evangelists in 1931. Dr. Howard would work in several entry level positions, but his life changing experience came about in MOUND BAYOU, MISSISSIPPI. In 1942 he was appointed the chief surgeon at the hospital of Knights and Daughters of Tabor. He didn't limit his work to just the hospital....Mound Bayou would become the home of several of his business ventures, from restaurants to an insurance company to a zoo! Dr. Howard would employ the great Medgar Evers as a salesman for the insurance company and have a great impact on him and others during his tenure in Mound Bayou. Dr....