FORT WORTH - Art Henry Rutledge, M.D., 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.
Funeral: There will be a private family service.
He was born on July 12, 1921, in Denison, Texas to Robert Milton and Barthena Rutledge. Art graduated from Denison High School in 1938, and being an active athlete, he earned a football scholarship to and graduated from East Central College in Ada, Okla., in 1941. Thereafter, he entered Oklahoma University Medical School and graduated during the War year of 1945. Because Art had enlisted in the U.S. Navy while attending medical school, he entered active Navy duty upon graduation and served in the Pacific Theater as a Naval Medical Officer, at one time being assigned to the U.S.S. Attala. While in the Navy he completed his medical residency in Aiea, Hawaii. After taking inactive status with the Navy, Art moved to Fort Worth and completed his medical residency with T.C. Terrell and All Saints Hospital. Art was recalled to active Navy duty in...[more]

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51 during the Korean Conflict, and was stationed at the Naval Base in San Diego, Calif. He and his family returned to Fort Worth and resumed his practice at the Terrell Clinic. After leaving the Terrell Clinic in 1969, he and his long-time partner, Dr. Emory Davenport, established their own medical practice partnership. Art served on the All Saints Hospital Board of Directors for 27 years, as well as being the Chief of Medicine and Chief of Staff. He was a volunteer on the teaching staff at John Peter Smith Hospital for 10 plus years. In 1981, the practice grew when Art's son, Brian, and Dr. Davenport's son, Alan, along with Tony Carlton, joined the practice. He was recognized with numerous awards, but the one he was most proud of was to be recognized with the Truman C. Terrell Award in 2001.In 1947, Art met and married Gloria Culwell. They had three children and were married for 42 years until Gloria's death in 1989 and was preceded in death by his son, Brian Rutledge, MD.
Survivors: Two daughters, Jule Jennings (Michael) and Libby Scoggins (Don); daughter -in-law, Val Rutledge; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.