Dr. Selwyn T. Hartley

Biography SELWYN THOMAS HARTLEY, JR., MD Selwyn Thomas Hartley, Jr., MD passed away April 17, 2013. He was born on March 15, 1941 and was the son of Evelyn Tompkins Hartley and Selwyn Thomas Hartley, Sr. Dr. Hartley spent his childhood years in Davisboro, Washington County, Georgia. He graduated from North Georgia College in Dahlonega, Georgia, where he met his forever love, Jacqueline Hinton, whom he married in 1965. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and interned in the United States Air Force, where he later served as a flight surgeon, his last assignment being Dispensary Commander at Tainan Air Force Base, Taiwan. In 1971, after only one night shift in the Emergency room, Selwyn found his specialty niche and began a medical career that spanned almost four decades. He was director of the Emergency Department at Clayton General Hospital, now Southern Regional, and there established the first EMS System in Georgia. He was a founding member and officer of the American College of Emergency Physicians and practiced in later years at both Parkway and Newnan Hospitals. After military service, he and Jacqueline settled in their College Park, Georgia home where he passed away on Wednesday evening, quietly holding her hand. Selwyn enjoyed entrepreneurial ventures with great success. He loved history and literature; folk music and Beethoven; the Smoky Mountains and the villages of England; high tech gadgets and old-fashioned word puzzles; greyhounds and alley cats; college football and poker; nephews and nieces, ours both by birth and by friendship. He disliked pretense, prejudice, modern art, gossip and unkindness. He spoke little but said much. In addition to his wife of 48 years, he is survived by a brother, Jonathan Dale Hartley; brother in-law and sister in-law, Jim and Ann Hinton; niece and great and great-great nieces Linda Hinton, Farin, Alexin, Jadyn and Daxlyn; nephew Lt. Col. Stan Hinton and wife Marcie, great nephews Kyle Hinton and Lt. Shane Hinton and wife Brittaney. To this list are added a wealth of devoted friends. In lieu of sending flowers or donations, Selwyn left two borrowed memorial wishes, the first from writer H.L. Mencken: “ If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.” And the second from jazz musician Hubie Blake: “Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind. Listen to the birds. And don’t hate nobody.” A Celebration of Selwyn’s remarkable life and a proper English wake will be held at a later date. Parrott Funeral Home and Crematory, 770-964-4800.

Dr. Selwyn T. Hartley

March 15, 1941 - April 17, 2013