THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 8, 1994 TAG: 9407080509
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Dr. James Perry Charlton, 65, of 1208 Curlew Place, died Thursday, July 7, 1994, in his residence.
He retired from The Virginia Beach Family Practice in March 1994. He was a graduate of Roanoke College, class of 1951, with a B.S. in Chemistry, and the Medical College of Virginia, class of 1955 with an M.D. He did his postdoctoral training-rotating internship at DePaul Hospital, Norfolk, 1955; academic appointments and other significant work-Family Practice Virginia Beach, 1956 to present, director of the Virginia Beach Family Practice Residency Training Program of the Medical College of Virginia, associate clinical professor of family practice Medical College of Virginia. He was a delegate from 1982 to 1983, was president from 1981 to 1982 Virginia Academy of Family Physicians. Program chairman from 1972 to 1989. Board of Directors Medical Society of Virginia from 1973 to 1975, Delegate for 10 years Virginia Beach Medical Society and was president in 1962, past president of the Virginia Beach General Hospital Staff, 1964. Co-director, co-founder, Virginia Beach Emergency Coronary Care Program with W.A. Dickinson, M.D. A medical advisor, Virginia Beach Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program. Past chairman, Virginia Beach Council of Volunteer Rescue Squads. Past member and on Board of Directors, American Cancer Society of Virginia Beach. Past member and on Board of Directors, Tidewater Heart Association. Co-recipient, federal grant ($150,000) to establish Virginia Beach Emergency Coronary Care Program. Co-recipient, Virginia Beach Sertoma Club Service to Mankind Award, 1974, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1955, Blue Key National Honor Society, 1951, co-recipient, Virginia Beach Safety Council Award, 1993. He did extensive research in colo-rectal cancer in recent years and was co-author of 60 CM Flexible Fiberoptic Colonscopy and Good Health is No Accident for the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad and Family Practice in Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church.
He was the husband of Karen Hintz Charlton and is survived by three sons, C. Ronald and wife, Debbie Mahoney Charlton of Hampton, Dr. W. Jeff and wife, Desiree Gardner Charlton of Virginia Beach and J. Barry and wife, Anne Bentley Charlton of Quinton, Va.; two stepdaughters, Colleen Elizabeth Mitchard and Kate Geraldine Mitchard; two granddaughters, Stephanie Charlton and Elizabeth Charlton; and three grandsons, Dustin Charlton, Michael Charlton and Cory Charlton.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Virginia Beach United Methodist Church, 19th St. and Pacific Ave., by the Rev. Dr. Paul C. Bailey and the Rev. Clark L. Mandigo. A private burial will be in Princess Anne Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, on Monday, July 11, 1994. Memorial donations may be made to the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 945, Virginia Beach, Va. 23451. Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Avenue Chapel, is handling arrangements.
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