Terrell Covington, Jr., born in Pensacola, Florida, on August 25, 1918, died at home on April 13, 2014. He was the middle son of Terrell, Sr. and Mabel (Green) Covington. Terrell was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Robert, his first wife, Adriana S., and one daughter, Adriana. He is survived by spouse, Nancy F. of the home, six children, Patricia Pesci, Terrell S., Christopher, Juliana Moseley, Shelley Cooper and Kevin. He is survived by thirteen grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. In 1926, Pensacola suffered a devastating hurricane and the real estate market bottomed. During the height of the Depression, in 1929 the family moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma where Terrell, Sr. became a full-time banker. Terrell, Jr. attended West Junior High School and Central High School in Muskogee. He was President of his senior class, captain of the basketball team and graduated Valedictorian. Terrell received a four-year scholastic scholarship to Washington University in St. Louis by an anonymous donor from Ponca City. While in college, he became interested in the biological sciences and worked in the physiology lab of Francis O. Schmitt (later President of MIT). He was a member and house manager at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Terrell graduated from Washington University Medical School (St. Louis) in December 1943. Because of WWII, internships were curtailed. He had to find training elsewhere. Paterson, New Jersey had an opening where Terrell spent the next 18 months in a rotating internship as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Corps. There he met Adriana Sisco and was married. In 1946 after completing 27 months of internship, Terrell was fully vested in the US Army Corps as a First Lieutenant and transferred to San Antonio for Officers Training. Shortly thereafter 596 of 600 officers were shipped overseas. Terrell, one of the four left, was sent Swannanoa, North Carolina, to serve as a ward physician of a 1200 bed temporary hospital overseen by the Jefferson Medical College treating the sick and injured soldiers from the Pacific theatre. After 9 months he was transferred to Fort Belvoir in Virginia, outside Washington DC and became Chief of Medicine and headed the dispensary. There he worked with Jonas Salk who had just developed a new flu vaccine. Terrell was asked to administer the vaccine to 1500 engineers leaving for France the next day. He and Dr. Salk worked nonstop from 3:00 pm to 5:00 am the next morning. After this nine-month stint, the war was over and physicians from the theatre had first choice of residencies. Many of the desirable programs were full. Terrell was told of a new school in Texas. There he met the famous Dr. Tinsley Harrison at Parkland Hospital and was accepted into one of the first two-year residencies in Internal Medicine at the McKinney Hospital Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Harrison is author of Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine , still being used in medical schools today. In 1950, Terrell moved to Tulsa and put up a sign at the Court Arcade Building across the street from the Medical Arts Building in downtown. Terrell dedicated his life to community development and projects in Tulsa as it related to health care needs. He practiced at St. John Hospital for almost 50 years, retiring at the age of 80. During those years Dr. Covington performed insurance exams for Met Life for $3.00 each; company physicals for Sears Roebuck; read cardiograms for Vinita State Hospital and Hugh Perry Clinic; initiated school physicals by competent physicians; ran a rheumatic heart clinic for children; helped establish the Tulsa chapter of the American Heart Association and served as president; was elected to the staff of St. John Hospital and became Chief of Staff in 1971 overseeing the building of the new hospital. He met and married Nancy Findley that year. Dr. Covington served as vice-president of Tulsa County Medical Society; began serving on the Tulsa County Board of Public Health in 1956 and from that position helped create Moton Health Care Clinic (currently referred to as the Morton Health Care Clinic), and served as chairman of their board. He served as board member of the Tulsa Educational Foundation that created a movement addressing the needs of the learning impaired in Tulsa Public Schools; was on the teaching staff at St. John Hospital for over 40 years. In retirement he accepted a position teaching History-Taking to third-year O.U. medical students. Dr. Covington was a private physician specializing in Internal Medicine-Diagnosis. He had 650 active patients when he retired. Terrells contributions to the church include: early member of John Knox Presbyterian Church; joined Southminster Presbyterian after his marriage to Nancy; taught Church school for nearly 40 years, touching the lives of many at both churches. He was an Elder and served actively at each church. After retirement he joined Nancy in ministry at Dardanelle and Van Buren, Arkansas, where he continued to inspire and lead others in Christian faith. Terrell balanced family, religion, medicine and community service throughout his entire life. He did so with humility, humor and great humanity. His family and friends are blessed with the legacy of love and integrity that he leaves behind. Memorials may be made to Southminster Presbyterian Church, TCMS, or Washington U. Medical School in St. Louis. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 am, May 3rd 2014 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Service: 05/03/2014 00:00 11:00 AM Southminster Presbyterian Church 3500 S. Peoria Ave. Tulsa, Oklahoma