Rush Health Systems recently introduced the newly named members of the Board of Directors of Choctaw General Hospital in Butler, Ala. 

    Choctaw General Hospital Board members are:

    Lee Armistead, M.D., board certified family medicine physician affiliated with Gilbertown Family Medical Clinic. Armistead also holds a Master’s degree in public health from the University of Alabama. A resident of Gilbertown, Armistead and his wife Jennifer have two children.

    Leon Brown, Custodian at Choctaw County High School. Brown is a member of Salem Baptist Church. He has two children and one grandchild.

    Cliff Bryan, Supervisor of Logistics/Customer Service Executive for Georgia Pacific Company, Naheola Mill. Bryan lives in the Lusk community. He and his wife Julia have two children.

    Duane Johnson, Baseball Coach at Patrician Academy is a member of the Alabama Independent School Hall of Fame. A resident of Silas, Johnson and his wife Nara have three children and one grandchild.

    Seketha Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer of the Choctaw County Schools makes her home in Lisman. Mitchell has one child and one grandchild.

    Sheila Skelton, mathematics instructor and program coordinator of Alabama Southern Community College in Gilbertown is a resident of Butler. A member of Calvary Baptist Church, Skelton has two children and one grandchild.

    Ruby Singley, retired clinic manager of Gilbertown Family Medical Clinic lives in the Womack Hill Community. She and her husband Arnold have two children and three grandchildren and are members of Womack Hill Baptist Church.

    Hospital administrator, J.W. Cowan said: “We are very fortunate to have such an outstanding cross-section of highly-regarded community representatives who have agreed to serve on our hospital’s board of directors. Each individual brings a wealth of knowledge and love for this community to the table, as well as a healthy dose of integrity. I want to thank them personally and on behalf of the entire Rush organization for the commitment of their time and talents. I know that their involvement from the very beginning of the building phase will result in the new hospital being built with a great deal of input from the customer’s perspective. We are building this hospital to serve this community, and we trust that these dedicated board members’ involvement will help us shape the future of healthcare in Choctaw County in a manner that will allow all of us to be very proud.”

    When complete, Choctaw General Hospital will consist of a 25-bed hospital in the new construction area encompassing 35,000 square feet on the north side of the present structure’s 36,000 square feet, for a total of 71,000 square feet of inpatient and outpatient care areas.  The new Choctaw General Hospital is expected to open in early 2012.