Born: 1952

Married: Paula Tidwell Kinslow

3 Children

4 Grandchildren

Coleman Phillip Kinslow was born in 1952, in Carthage, Tennessee to Coleman and Ann Phillips Kinslow. He grew up with sister Judy on the family farm on Lost Creek in the Rock City community. Phillip attended Union Heights Elementary School and graduated from Smith County High School. He was active in 4H and FFA and received the State Farmer Award. He graduated from Tennessee Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science. In 1975, he married Paula Tidwell, a nurse raised in Nashville, and that summer he worked at Opryland. In the fall of 1975, he was one of only fifteen Tennessee students to be accepted into Auburn University’s Veterinary Program. Upon graduation in 1979, Phillip, or as many know him today as Doc, became partners with Dr. David Bennett in a clinic that was located beside The Wilson County Livestock Market on West Main Street in Lebanon. In 1984, he became sole owner of the practice and for the next 30 years was a permanent fixture at the sale barn. In 1986, while Doc continued to work cattle in town, he purchased the clinic’s current property on Southside Park Drive where it continues to grow as a mixed animal practice, servicing large animals as well as a very modern small animal practice. Through the years over twenty veterinarians have had the chance to learn and practice medicine under his care. He has served as President of the Upper Cumberland Academy of Veterinary Medicine, served on the Advisory Committee to the State Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, and the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association Legislative Committee, and is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association, and the Society for Theriogenology. Doc and Paula have three children Paul Alan, Jennifer, Amy and four grandchildren.