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Doctor Samuel D. Thomas, first Negro Physician in Carroll County who had full board admissions at Tanner Memorial Hospital located in Carrollton, Georgia. Dr. Samuel D. Thomas was born on July 17, 1882. He is a graduate of Ridgeway High School located in South Carolina. In 1908 he attended Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. He was accepted into graduate school at Meharry Medical College in 1917. Meharry Medical School is located in Nashville Tennessee. Dr. Thomas post-graduate work was at St.Andrews Hospital in Tuskeegee Alabama. He was a member of the Georgia State Medical Association, a member of the Alabama State Association and the American Medical Association at the time of his untimely death on April 3, 1954.

He attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church and held the position of Deacon and Treasurer during his life. Dr. Samuel David Thomas was the Chairman of the Negro section of Tanner Memorial Hospital and a member of Tanner Memorial hospital medical staff.

Dr. Thomas was married to Mrs. Tammy Thomas a Liberian in the city of Carrollton, Georgia.