The High Point community is remembering Dr. Otis Tillman, a local civic leader who was laid to rest Tuesday.
Tillman entered the field of medicine during the era of segregation and was one of the few physicians who served the black community at that time.
His career would last 46 years, but he was far more than a doctor.
Tillman used his position to bring the community together, becoming a voice against segregation in High Point during the civil rights movement.
He was a former chairman of the High Point Renewal Commission and was involved in many civic nonprofits. In 2013, Guilford County commissioners honored his legacy by naming a mental health building in his honor.
Tillman was a native of Wadesboro, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina A&T State University in 1953 and from Howard Medical School four years later.
Otis Tillman died last week. He was 89 years old.