Doctor Cartmell was Tom’s father.

In 1995, Stanley Hughey wrote to Stan’s granddaughter, Becky, about Becky’s great-grandfather:

Dr. Cartmell was the epitome of the Country doctor. He traveled to the country by horse and buggy before cars, and after cars when it was muddy. He was frequently paid in foodstuffs when the patients had no money, and as I recall he delivered over 2,000 babies. He was highly skilled as a diagnostician and had a wide following in the community.

In about 1942, he gave up his practice in Greenville, moved to Chicago, and serviced compensation claims for Kemper Insurance during the war. Interestingly, he retired about 1945 or 1946 and was one of the first doctors to qualify for social security.

When Oradelle died in 1934^[1]Oradelle DeMoulin was Dr. Cartmell’s first wife and also Tom’s mother, Doctor lived alone until about 1937, when he married Cleda Sussenbach, a long time 6th grade teacher who had taught his son Tom (Elaine’s brother). As you may recall, Tom was killed in the war, and this was a bad experience. You probably remember visiting Cleda (“Grandma Cartmell”) in Greenville.