Charles A. Meyer, Jr. MD, SFO

Entered into rest on Thursday, December 26, 2024, Charles Aloysius Meyer, Jr. MD, SFO, 83, loving husband of Barbara J. Meyer.

Charles was born in Philadelphia, PA and has lived in Augusta since 1976. He graduated from Villanova University Class of 1963 and Jefferson Medical University, Class of 1967. Dr. Meyer was a retired Naval Captain, Medical Corps USNR having served 37 years. He was Chief of Psychiatry Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Augusta, Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior Medical College of Georgia, a Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, Board of Directors of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He served as chair of Correctional Medicine Committee, Medical Association of Georgia and on the Board of Directors of the Richmond County Medical Society. 

A longtime member of the Augusta West Rotary, Dr. Meyer was a Will Watt and Paul Harris Fellow. He was a member of the USS Laffey DD-724 Association, having served as the last medical officer. The famous Destroyer is now at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston, SC. Captain Meyer was an active member of St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church, a professed member Secular Franciscan Order; member of 4th Degree Knights of Columbus and Ancient Order of Hibernians. He had the honor of being an Olympic Torchbearer in Augusta for the 1996 Atlanta games.

Dr. Meyer is survived by his wife of 57 years: Barbara Jane Meyer; son: Charles E. Meyer (Stacie) of Flagler Beach, FL; daughters: Katherine D. Podrazhansky (Michael) of Milton, GA and Eleanore Jane Tronco (John) of Belmont, NC; six grandchildren: Ava, Ben, Mark, and Jane Podrazhansky, John Jr. and Katherine Tronco; brother: Andre Meyer of Lexington, VA; sister: Adrienne Tamalavich of Fort Lauderdale, FL and nephews: Joel and Adrian Meyer. He was preceded in death by his daughter: Elizabeth Rita Meyer; parents: Katherine D. Meyer and Charles A. Meyer, Sr. and brother: Donald C. Meyer of Villanova, PA.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, January 2, 2024, at 1:00 P.M. at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church with Fr. Mark Ross celebrant. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park with U.S. Navy honors.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of Augusta West Rotary, Richmond County Medical Society and St. Elizabeth of Hungary Fraternity, Secular Franciscan Order.

In lieu of flowers please make memorials to Lynndale, Inc., a Community Support Service, 1490 Eisenhower Drive, Augusta, GA 30904.