Listen to an orginal song written and performed by my nephew, Jim R. Cave.
You can listen to more of his works on You Tube. The following link will take you to "Where Cowboys Go."
I was born November 11, 1926, nine miles west of Edmond, Oklahoma in the Deer Creek community. When the U. S. government opened the unassigned lands for settlement in 1889, my grandparents and great grandparents migrated to Oklahoma from Indiana and Nebraska. They established farm and ranching enterprises in Oklahoma and Cleveland counties.
I became interested in writing fiction while studying creative writing in college. After retiring from the practice of general surgery in 1993, I began to write my first novel, No Lesser Measure, which remains unpublished. My second novel, Incident at Crazy Woman Creek, was published by Infinity Publishing in 1999. Bighorn Publishing has contracted to publish it and my latest novel, Wakan Man, and, also, my anthology of short stories, Ridden Hard--Put Up Wet, originally published as a series by American Western Magazine.
One year after graduating from Big Cabin, Oklahoma High School in 1944, I enrolled at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. After graduating in 1947, I attended Oklahoma University and the University of Central Oklahoma. I enrolled at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences -- College of Osteopathic Medicine, in 1948. Following graduation in 1952, I interned for one year at the Clinic Hospital, Nowata, Oklahoma. I practiced general medicine and surgery in Bonham, Texas until 1958 when I decided to specialize in general surgery.
I served a second internship at the Gleason Hospital, Larned, Kansas, and then served a five-year preceptor-residency in general surgery at the Fremont Clinic and Hospital in Riverton, Wyoming.
I received the degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Surgeon Specialists in 1968. I served as the president of what is now the American Association of Physician Specialists in 1972. I was appointed to the Wyoming State Board of Medical Examiners in 1964 by Governor Clifford P. Hansen. The Wyoming Board of Medicine exists to serve and protect the public through licensing and disciplining physicians and physician assistants under the authority of the Medical Practice Act. The Board protects the public by assuring Wyoming citizens that physicians licensed in Wyoming are competently trained and practicing within appropriate standards.
Prior to retiring in 1993, I served several years as an Adjunct Professor and member of the Admissions Committee for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The video presentation below is an excellent source of information regarding the organization of which I was president in 1972. It continues to provide one of the best certifying boards for physician and surgeon certifications.
Wilma Lee Cave and I met while we were students at the University of Central Oklahoma in 1947. We were married June 4, 1950 when I was a junior medical student. We have four children: Paul Fredrick, Amy Lou, David Charles and Mark Edward. Paul and his wife, Rosario, reside in Houston, Texas, where he is vice-president and Chief Financial Officer of Carrizo Oil and Gas, Inc. Amy and her husband, Robert Blassingame, reside in Flower Mound, Texas where Amy is employed at the School Book Depository, and Bob is a certified fiancial planner.
David, a SAP software consultant and designer, lives in Lantana, Texas.
Mark is a Corps of Engineers park ranger at Lake Texoma, Denison, Texas.
Following our retirement in 1993, Wilma and I moved to Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.
