Zachariah Boardman Newton, III M.D.

Asheville - Zachariah Boardman Newton, III, died Saturday, August 28, in the peaceful comfort of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was Past President of Staff and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Georgia Baptist Hospital, Member of Northside Hospital Executive Committee, Founding partner of Peachtree Women’s Clinic, Member and past President of Carter Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, Medical school at Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Internship at Pennsylvania Hospital and served his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University. Husband, Father. Brother. Friend. Provider. Healer. Delivery man. Sailor. Existentialist. Planner. Card sharp. Provocateur. Teacher. Wordsmith. Loved his family, his patients, his country, and his church. Zach is survived by his wife, Barbara Jean, his children, Amanda Lou and Robert Beck, Zach and Kelly Newton, and Katy and Ernie Lawley. His sister Linda Harlan, four grandchildren, Quincey, Cooper, Mary, and Lilly, and three dogs, Rosie Belle, Darlin, and Tillie Sue. Memorial services will be Tuesday, August 31, at 11:00 a.m. in St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville, NC, and Thursday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Oakwood, GA. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Good News at Noon Shelter, 979 Davis St., Gainesville, GA 30501, 770-503-1366, or to Residents‘ Fund, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, Hendersonville Rd., Asheville, NC, 28804, 828-274-1531.