Charles Henry Chalfant

Dr. Charles Henry Chalfant Jr., who resided near Branch, Arkansas, passed away peacefully, Sunday, October 25, 2015 at his home. He was born May 31, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 81 years old. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and received his doctor of medicine from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock. He began family practice in Rogers, Arkansas and later moved to Booneville, Arkansas. He retired from Cooper Clinic in Fort Smith in 2007 after serving as a physician for 50 years. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, October 31st, at Brotherton Funeral Home Chapel in Charleston. The body will be cremated following the service and burial of cremains will be in Augusta Memorial Park Cemetery, Augusta, Arkansas. Funeral services and cremation is under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home and Flower Shop in Charleston. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Janine (Lloyd) Chalfant; four daughters, Julie Lacy and husband Ron of Charlottesville, Virginia, Sharla Chalfant and husband Rev. Thompson Murray of Newport, Arkansas, Jill Chalfant and partner Shawna Digby of Fayetteville, and Christina Chalfant of Fayetteville and William May, Jr.; three sons, Charles "Chuck" H. Chalfant, III and Debbie Chalfant, both of Fayetteville, Michael Chalfant of Kansas City, Missouri and Amy Gonzales Chalfant, and Matthew Chalfant of Fayetteville; two brothers, Louis Chalfant and wife Sandy of Russellville and Ted Young and wife Mary of Boulder, Colorado; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren with two more on the way. Family will visit with friends 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday night at the funeral home and immediately following the funeral service at the First United Methodist Church Youth Activities Building in Charleston, Arkansas. To pay an online tribute, please visit www.brothertonbrothersfuneralhomes.com.