Dr. Shea Edward Prince was born in the Bossier Parish town
of Princeton (yes, named for his family!) on August 8, 1869. He was the son of
Joseph Wilson Prince and Virginia Alice Locke Prince. He went to school in Bossier
Parish and was a resident student at the Shreveport Charity Hospital in the
early 1890s, where he worked with Superintendent Dr. T.E. Schumpert. He continued
his education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland.
He graduated in 1896. He returned to Northwest Louisiana and married Pauline
Trigg in March of 1899. Prince’s marriage announcement in the Bossier Banner notes that he is a
prominent and popular young physician. He practiced medicine in Bossier,
Webster, Ouachita, Caddo, and Sabine Parishes. During World War I, Prince was
medical examiner for the Bossier Parish draft board. Shea and Pauline had three
daughters: Emmaleen Virginia, Helen Beverly, and Hallula Sue.
In addition to his medical practice, Prince was very
involved in the banking industry. He organized and served as president at the
Noble State Bank in Sabine Parish. He founded the Bossier State Bank and was
also president of the Plain Dealing State bank. On February 6, 1941, Prince had
been at the Bossier State Bank as usual, and then spent the evening with his
family at his home in Shreveport. He suffered a heart attack later that night and
passed away.
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