Abstract:
Dr. Cecil Garrenton (born 1883) educated at the Medical College in Richmond, VA and the Orthopedic Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, moved to Bethel, NC in 1913. In WWI he served as an orthopedic surgeon in the US Medical Corps. Dr. Garrenton, who was active in numerous civic, medical and fraternal organizations, was a stockholder and director of the Pitt County Community Hospital in Greenville, NC.