Dr. Donald “Don” Barrie McBurney, age 81, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Don was predeceased by his only sister Karen (McBurney) DeRosier and his parents John Barrie and Marjorie May (Freyou) McBurney.
Don was born and raised in Jennings and graduated from University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1964 and from Louisiana State University Medical School in 1968. He completed his internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and subsequently volunteered to serve two years in the U.S. Navy, functioning as a flight surgeon with the rank of lieutenant. His primary duty was caring for pilots stationed stateside during the Vietnam War at South Weymouth Naval Air Station in Massachusetts. During that time, Don also learned to fly and earned his private pilot’s license.
To complete his residency in radiology, he trained and completed rotations at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y., and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pa. He completed his residency and began his practice at Ochsner Clinic in Metairie…