Georgia doctor Leila Denmark dies at 114

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Georgia doctor Leila Denmark dies at 114

Georgia doctor Leila Denmark dies at 114

Denmark stands outside her clapboard farmhouse office in Alpharetta on Jan. 23, 1998, a month before turning 100.

Leila Denmark and grandson Steve Hutcherson celebrate her 113th birthday with pie in 2011.

Denmark received an honorary degree from Emory in 2000.

Denmark would walk to work at the 125-year-old farmhouse next door to her home.

Denmark examines 4-year-old Jamey Brawell's throat in 1998.

Denmark weighs 14-month-old Amber Jimison, of Buckhead in 1998. Denmark had planned to retire in 1985 when she moved to Forysth county from Sandy Springs where she'd practiced for 40 years, but continued to practice medicine until she was 103.

Denmark touches 7-month-old Zachary Moore on the head during a routine exam in 1998. Denmark, who lived and worked in and around Atlanta starting in the '20s, moved to Athens to live with her daughter a few years ago.

Denmark touches the hand of 4-year-old Jamey Braswell during an office in 1998 for a sore throat at her 125-year-old farmhouse next door to her home. Denmark began treating sick children in her home the same year Mickey Mouse made his debut. By the time she retired, she was treating the grandchildren of some of her early patients -- and still in a home office.

Hundreds of photographs of patients spanning her 70-year-career covered Denmark's desktop.

Dr. Leila Denmark, who practiced medicine until she was 103, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Athens. She was 114. A native of Georgia's Bulloch County, Dr. Denmark was the only woman in the class of 1928 at the Medical College of Georgia.

Denamrk posed for a photo in 1918.

Denmark practiced medicine until she was 103.

Leila Denmark played doctor with Tutsy the cat and mother Mary Denmark (right) sometime in 1035 or 1936.

Denmark, right, chuckles as her daughter Mary Hutcherson (left, in purple) conducts a family 'roll call' during Denmark's 100th birthday celebration at her home in Alpharetta on Sunday, Feb. 1, 1998. Family members, friends and patients packed the country home for the party and took part in meeting, greeting, laughing and reuniting - and also a huge cake shaped like a 100, topped with 100 blue candles.

Scarlett Jimison, center, and her 14-month-old daughter Amber, hug then-100-year-old Dr. Leila Denmark goodbye after an office visit at her 125-year-old farmhouse in 1998. Jimison, who is from Buckhead, had been coming to Denmark since she was an infant and continued to bring her daughter.

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Denmark stands outside her clapboard farmhouse office in Alpharetta on Jan. 23, 1998, a month before turning 100.

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