John Haynes, Jr. is a rural family physician and surgeon, and community leader of Northwest Louisiana and Northeast Texas. Dr. Haynes is known for being chosen as the first Country Doctor of the Year in 1993 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to rural healthcare. Dr. Haynes received his Bachelor of science from Centenary College, his Medical Degree from University of Texas Medical Branch School in Galveston, and completed his internship and residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He became the Chief of Staff at North Caddo Memorial Hospital in Vivian, LA in 1966. He later became a founding member of the American Board of Family Medicine. In 1993 he founded the rural Family Practice Fellowship and residency in conjunction with Willis Knighton Health System and Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine in Shreveport, LA. Dr Haynes was also honored as the Louisiana Family Practitioner of the Year in 1998 and 2004 and the Louisiana Rural Practitioner of the Year award in 1998 and 2009 . 

March 7th, 1937 in (Age 87)