Henry David Kashouty

HAMPTON - Judge Henry David Kashouty, retired, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Kecha Costas Kashouty; daughters Leslie Meher Savvas and husband, Theodore Sam Jr., and Michelle Mehera Erickson; son, Merwan Angelo Kashouty; granddaughters Nicole Michelle Gatchell and Angela Veronica Schneider and husband, David Aaron; great granddaughters Sidony Alexandra Gatchell, Giorgia Michelle Gatchell and Lexington Ellery Gatchell; brother Ernest Kashouty and wife, Paula; cousin Hesta Surgent and many nieces and nephews. Kashouty served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, where he was assigned to the Admiral's band as a trombonist. He later formed his own small band which enabled him to complete a formal education. Kashouty was a graduate of the College of William and Mary, 1949 and The Marshall Wythe School of Law, 1951. Henry began his law career in Richmond, Virginia where he met and married his wife Kecha. They moved to Hampton, Virginia in 1954, where he practiced law until 1969. During this time, he served as a substitute judge in the City of Hampton. In 1969, he was appointed as a full time judge to the General District Court of Hampton and served until his retirement in 1996. From 1996 through 2010 he continued as a substitute judge, at which time he fully retired. Judge Kashouty was an advocate of Judicial Independence and Separation of Powers; he was instrumental in the creation of community agencies to encourage the education, training and treatment of individuals in need of crisis intervention. These agencies are still in operation today. During his tenure as judge, he was appointed by Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico of the Supreme Court of Virginia to serve as chairman of the State Judicial Independence and Separation of Powers committee. He also served as President of the Association of District Court Judges from 1982-1986, and served on the advisory board of the Virginia Beach Symphony, now known as Symphonicity. Kashouty was a longtime follower of the life and teachings of Avatar Meher Baba particularly Meher Baba's Book "GOD SPEAKS". "God cannot be explained, He cannot be argued about, He cannot be theorized nor can He be discussed and understood. God can only be lived¿" Meher Baba. Arrangements are private and memorials may be made to your favorite charity. Arrangements by R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home, Hampton, Virginia. www.rhaydensmith.com.