Emory Lawrence Langdale

Dr. Emory Lawrence Langdale age 90, of Walterboro, South Carolina, entered into his state of eternal rest the morning of September 4^th, 2010, at his Walterboro home, surrounded by his loving family and under the care of Agape Senior Hospice. The Funeral service for Dr. Langdale will be held on Wednesday September 8, 2010 at eleven o'clock in Portside Baptist Church, 1179 Remount Rd. North Charleston. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends at J. HENRY STUHR NORTHWOODS CHAPEL, Tuesday, September 7, 2010 between five and seven.

Dr. Langdale was born October 14, 1919 in Walterboro, SC, he was the son of the late Clint M. Langdale and the late Lilian Bailey Langdale. Upon graduating from Walterboro High School, he entered the Navy, serving in WWII as a Chief Hospital Corpsman.  It was during his time in the Navy, that he developed an interest in medicine. After the war, Dr. Langdale completed his undergraduate studies at the College of Charleston in 1949, and received his Medical Degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1953.  After completing an Internship at Greenville General Hospital in 1953, he began his medical career as a general practitioner in Walterboro, and later opening his private practice on Remount Road in North Charleston.  Dr. Langdale became aware that doctors were discovering they were ill-equipped to provide the much needed rehabilitative care for our veteran soldiers who returned from war.  At this point in his life he dedicated his medical efforts to these Veterans by completing additional education and training specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, along with a residency at the Medical College of Virginia.  Dr. Langdale went on to become a professor at the Medical College of Virginia, and later, he worked at the Naval Medical Regional Center in Hampton, VA, and the Veterans Administration in Augusta, GA.  Upon returning to Charleston, SC he joined the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina.  Throughout his medical career, he continued his military service in the Naval Reserves and retired as a U. S. Naval Reserves Commander in 1979.  After he retired from MUSC and the Naval Reserves, Dr. Langdale re-opened his private practice in North Charleston and divided his time between his private practice and serving as Medical Director for the Colleton Regional Hospital and Rehabilitation Unit in Walterboro.

Retiring for the final time, Dr. Langdale returned to Walterboro, built a beautiful log home on the farmland he grew up on, and enjoyed the company of his family and friends.   Affectionately known as "Doc" and "Papa", he is loved and fondly remembered as a kind, soft spoken, generous gentleman who cared deeply for the Lord, his family, friends, and others who came to know him.  He was a man of many talents.

Surviving him are his children; Thomas W. Langdale and his wife Kimberly, Emory L. Langdale, Jr. and his wife Reaves, Fred E. Langdale and his wife Sharon, Betty Marlene Haley and her husband Tom, grandchildren; Christopher L. Langdale and his wife Melissa, Thomas W. Langdale, Jr. and his wife Paula, Faith A. Langdale, Maggie R. Langdale, Sara A. Langdale, and Leah M. Langdale, great granddaughter Adysen Rose Langdale.

Memorials may be made to MUSC Foundation, Class of 1953 Scholarship Fund, 18 Bee Street, MSC 450 Charleston, SC 29425