John Haynes, Jr.

John Haynes Jr. (born March 7, 1937 – June 7, 2021) was a rural family physician and surgeon, and community leader of Northwest Louisiana and Northeast Texas. who was chosen as the first Country Doctor of the Year in 1993 for his contributions to rural health care. Haynes died June 7, 2021, of cardiovascular disease.

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 later became a founding member of the American Board of Family Medicine. Haynes trained thousands of medical students and physician residents in the field of rural family medicine.

A USA Today article from 1993 described Haynes as "a cross between Marcus Welby and John Wayne."