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James D. McKie, a prominent physician of Vanndale, and a graduate of the Medical University of Louisville, Ky., is a native of Mississippi, and a son of James M. and Juliette (Fondren) McKie, who were also of Mississippi origin. The father died in 1861, and his wife in 1888, in Lafayette County, Miss. James D. McKie received his literary education at the University of Mississippi, before entering the Medical University of Louisville, from which latter he graduated in March, 1876. Following this he began his practice at his home in Mississippi, and the succeeding October came to Arkansas, settling in Vanndale, Cross County, where he has built up a large and influential practice, in fact more than he can well attend to. Dr. McKie was married in 1879 to Miss Lula Lea, originally from Tennessee. They are the parents of one child, Willie H. The Doctor and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are also connected with the Knights and Ladies of Honor. He owns a fine residence in Vanndale, and also a farm of 320 acres, with sixty-five acres under cultivation, having a fine orchard; he is somewhat engaged in stock-raising, and has about twenty head of horses. Dr. McKie is a highly educated gentleman, and a leading citizen of this section.