Victoria you do not have all the information concerning the founding of Leaksville Hospital and Nursing School. My father, H. Carlyle Dixon, Sr. Was one of the three doctors. In fact, Dr. Dixon was contacted to take over a doctor's practice in Madison, N. C. He immediately saw the need for a hospital in Rockingham Co. and started looking around for the best location. After talking to Luther Hodges, who at that time was an employee of what was called Marshall Fields, and city or town officals and perhaps others who would have interest in a hospital being in Leaksville. Dr. Dixon then contacted Carl V. Tyner, who had opened a small hospital in a house in Smithfield, NC, and Edgar Thompson of Winston-Salem. All of the doctors were "friends" from Wake Forest. Dr. Thompsom was not interested in going to Leaksville as he was medical director at R. J. Reynolds. His wife was from New York and could not see living in a small town.
Then Dr. Casteen was contacted - at that time he was working for a mill in Mayodan where a brother-in-law was employed and Dr. Casteen agreed to come aboard. My Father died at the age of 43 in l935 and it seems that in years to come he has not been given the credit of being one of the three. If interested, The Leaksville News, Development Edition, dated August 1934 stats "Established in 1924 by Drs. Dixon, Tyner and Casteen"
