Houston Chronicle, July 28, 2007 HOCKLEY - Early in his career Dr. Thomas G. Gready Jr., with his 8-year-old son in tow as they listened to big band music on the car radio, made weekend house calls to treat pregnant women. That practice lasted about three years in the late 1940s and early 1950s, said his son Thomas G. Gready III, but the doctor never lost that "old-school" physician's touch. "They were not in it for the money," the younger Gready said. "They were in it because they loved medicine." His father's 60-year career in medicine ran the gamut: He worked in the military, private practice and the obstetrician/gynecologist resident training program at Baylor College of Medicine. He served as a doctor and later a volunteer at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital until he was 90. Gready Jr., who lived on a ranch in Hockley, died July 23. He was 96 years old. His family and those he taught in resident training remembered him as a loving family man and dedicated doctor trusted by his patients and admired by colleagues. He also opened his home to the residents and their spouses. Gready was born March 25, 1911, in Palestine to Tom and Emma Gready. He lived in Jacksonville, Texas, until he was 10 years old and then the family moved to Houston. He graduated from the Rice Institute, now Rice University, in 1933 and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.