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J. Roy Guyther
Dr. Roy Guyther was born in Mechanicsville, Maryland, in 1920. He attended the local primary school and graduated from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy in 1937. He is a graduate of the Universit...view moreDr. Roy Guyther was born in Mechanicsville, Maryland, in 1920. He attended the local primary school and graduated from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy in 1937. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, took post graduate internship at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, and spent 2 years in the Army Medical Corps. He entered the private practice of general medicine in Mechanicsville on January 1, 1948. For the next 51 years he served the people of the Village of Mechanicsville and surrounding areas. During the last 20 years of that period he worked part time at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, in Baltimore.
Dr. Guyther has been married for 67 years to Elizabeth Tyrie Guyther of Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, and lives in the Village of Mechanicsville. He has a daughter, son, four grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Dr. Guyther has a great interest in local history and has published seven books:
Charlotte Hall School – 1774-1976
Charlotte Hall, The Village – 1797-1997
Mechanicsville, The Story of our Village
Doris, A Trail of Tragedies
Tales of St. Mary’s
Memoirs of a Country Doctor
Reminiscencesview less