Historic Walker County

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CHARLES W.
MONDAY, JR.,
M.D., P.A.
Charles W. Monday, Jr., M.D., P.A.
Dr. Charles W. Monday, Jr., was born in
Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1941, grew up in
South Texas, and graduated University of
Texas in 1962. He completed his medical
degree at UT Galveston in 1966, surgical
residency at Herman Hospital in1971, and
military service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps
in 1973.
Dr. Monday opened his medical practice in
Huntsville in the specialty of general surgery
in 1973 at Avenue O and Thirteenth Street.
He was only one half block from Huntsville
Memorial Hospital which was located at the
corner of Eleventh Street and Avenue O and
later became Ella Smither Geriatric Facility.
When he came to Huntsville there was only
one other Board Certified referred specialist
in town and that was Dr. Raymond Blalock.
He opened his practice with Susan Smither
Tarpey who became his practice office
manager and remained for thirty-eight years.
For the next fifteen years, Dr. Monday
practiced actively in Huntsville, Madisonville
and Trinity often driving over one hundred
miles a day to make daily rounds and
attend emergency patients.
In 1975, he and colleague
Marge Rex were co-chairmen
of a committee to improve
the emergency medical
service in Huntsville and
Walker County. They and
their committee, including
county and city officials, visited
Madisonville and studied
surrounding communities.
They made recommendations
to the county and city on
establishing a new service
here in Huntsville and Walker
County. At that time, with the
help of a volunteer emergency
corp., most of the ambulance
service was being run out of
a funeral home. Acting on
the committee’s recommendations
a new EMS service
was established with highly
trained personnel and
intensive care level well
equipped ambulances. The
service evolved into a
paramedic service under the
direction of the Walker
County Hospital District.
Dr. Monday was appointed
by the governor to the Texas
Board of Medical Examiners
from 1993-1999. In 2011, he
was honored as Physician of the Year by
the Huntsville Memorial Hospital employees.
He served on the Board of the Chamber of
Commerce, has been active in the Lions Club,
and is a member of the First Methodist Church.
Married to Jane Clements Monday, he
and his wife are parents of three daughters,
Kimberly, Julie, and Jennifer, all having
post-graduate degrees graduating with honors.
They have eight grandchildren.
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