We are sad to announce the passing of Thomas Harris Wyatt, MD, 85, who died peacefully at home Aug. 31, 2024 due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was born Jan. 6, 1939 in Tampa, Florida, the son of Mary Alice Young Wyatt and Phil Henley Wyatt. He moved to Sanford, Florida, where he spent his youth.
Tom graduated from Seminole High School, Sanford. He attended Florida State University on a music scholarship. An extraordinary piano player, he and others around him were blessed by this gift his entire life.
Graduating from Florida State University in 1961, he received his Doctor of Medicine from University of Florida School of Medicine in 1965. His training continued at Vanderbilt University with an internship in general surgery in 1966 and ob/gyn residency and fellowship training at Duke University in 1971. He was a Life Fellow of ACOG and member of the F. Bayard Carter Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Duke University. Following training, Tom served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corp at Lyster Army Hospital, Fort Rucker, Alabama from 1971-1973. He was honorably discharged and moved to Pensacola, Florida where he started his medical practice while raising a family. An original member of the Medical Center Clinic, he was loved and respected by his patients, staff and partners. It was here he cultivated and shared a love of the water and boating. Tom transitioned from clinical practice to administrative medicine, working all over the southeast. He retired to Fairhope, Alabama with his wife, Mary. In 2022, Tom and Mary moved to Richmond, Virginia to be close to family.
Tom was most proud of his four sons, their wives and his seven grandchildren. His greatest pleasure was time with them. He shared his love of music, fishing, watching sports and exploring.
In addition to his mother and father, Tom is predeceased by his sister, Phyllis Senkarik and his son, Andrew Campbell Wyatt.
Surviving in addition to his wife of 32 years, Mary (Johnston) Wyatt, are his sons Thomas Allen Wyatt (Jan) of Winter Haven, Florida, Christopher Harris Wyatt, MD (Julie) of Jackson, Mississippi and Phillip Byers Wyatt (Addie) of Richmond, Virginia.; seven grandchildren Thomas James Thornal Wyatt of Washington, D.C.; Campbell Watkins Wyatt, Porter Allen Wyatt, Elizabeth Letton “Lettie” Wyatt, Mary Phalbia “Mim” Wyatt, Harris Hampton Wyatt “Hamp” all of Jackson, Mississippi; and Samuel Byers Wyatt of Richmond, Virginia; one niece, Kathryn Alexandra Johnston of St Petersburg, Florida; special brother-in-law and friend, Edward Senkarik of Sanford, Florida.
A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14 at Bayview Fischer Pou, 3351 Scenic Hwy 90 E, Pensacola, Florida. Those who wish to remember Tom may make gifts in his memory to Wade’s Army, supporting families battling neuroblastoma or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
