Obit for John posted by Janet Laubhan Flickinger

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Funeral services for Dr. Phil Haddock, age 99, a longtime Norman physician will begin at 10:30 am Saturday, October 22, 2011 at the First Christian Church, 220 South Webster in Norman with Reverend David Spain and Dr. G. Hugh Wilson officiating.

Dr. Phil, as he was known in Norman for more than 60 years, was born May 26, 1912 in Louisville, Kentucky the son of James Laurel and Sara (Snellings) Haddock.  He passed away early Sunday evening, October 16, 2011 at his Norman residence after a brief illness.

Dr. Phil moved to Norman with his family when he was just 10 years old.  He was educated in the Norman Public Schools, graduating from Norman High School in 1930.  He obtained his undergrad from the University of Oklahoma in 1934.  He graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1937 and did postgraduate work in gynecology and obstetrics at St. Louis County Hospital and the Mississippi State Hospital.
After graduating from Medical School, Dr. Phil entered the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico as a first lieutenant.  He met and married Emmette Jones, a pharmacist on April 19, 1938 in Silver City, New Mexico.  After serving six months in the Civilian Conservation Corps, Dr. Phil resigned and he completed his internship and residency.  
Dr. Phil and Emmette made their life in Norman, where Dr. Phil, along with his brother, Dr. Jim Haddock, began a medical practice together in a two story house in 1940 at Gray Street and Crawford Avenue.  In 1941, Dr. Phil decided to volunteer for the Army Air Corps.  He was inducted in April, 1941, prior to the U.S. Entry into the war.  Dr. Phil was later assigned to the Army Medical Corps.  He served in the 58th Medical Battalion attached to the 45th Infantry Division and saw action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany.  Orders for Japan were rescinded when atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Then, Major Haddock was discharged from the Army in March of 1945. 
Dr. Phil returned to Norman and resumed into his medical practice.  Norman was a bustling little town after the war due to everybody's return home.  Norman was without a hospital due to the closing of the American Legion Hospital and Dr. Phil was delivering babies and seeing patients at home and in Oklahoma City hospitals.
In 1945, Norman received a government grant to build the municipal hospital.  It was a half a story underground, because it had to be built onto the former American Legion Hospital.  Dr. Phil, along with his brother, Dr. Jim Haddock and Dr. O.M. Woodson performed the first major surgical operation in June of 1946 at the new hospital.      
Later in 1951, the two story home that served as the Haddock Clinic since 1940 was moved off and replaced by a new building at 231 East Gray.  Dr. Phil continued practicing medicine at this location for the next 55 years before closing his practice in 2006. 
Despite his commitment to medicine, Dr. Phil was active in the Norman Chamber of Commerce and has been a member of the First Christian Church since he first came to Norman in 1922, when church services were held in an old hotel at the corner of Main and Webster before the present structure was built.  He was also a longtime member of the Norman Kiwanis Club. 
When Dr. Phil wasn't practicing medicine, he enjoyed golf, hunting and fishing.  Most recently, he was selected as Norman's 89er Day Parade Grand Marshal. 
Memorial donations may be made in memory of Dr. Phil Haddock to Blue HAWK (Helping Animals With Kindness) P.O. Box 5902, Norman, Oklahoma 73070.

Survivors include one son, John Philip Haddock, Jr. and his wife, Christine of Dallas, Texas; two daughters, Virginia Ann Kenney and her husband, Jaime of New Orleans, Louisiana and Sara Jean Haddock of Norman; one granddaughter, Kelli Bush and her husband, Korey of Ft. Worth, Texas and two great grandchildren, Mitchell Bush and Madeleine Bush of Ft. Worth, Texas and many nephews, nieces and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Emmette Jones on September 6, 1994; one brother, Dr. James Laurel Haddock, Jr., and his wife, Marie and their son, James Laurel Haddock, II; and one sister, Anna Mae Haddock.   
   
Burial will conclude in the I.O.O.F Cemetery in Norman.  Arrangements for Dr. Phil and his family where placed in the care of the Vice Family at Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman

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