David J. Middleton Jr.

David J. Middleton Jr. GLOUCESTER - Dr. David John "Jack" Middleton Jr., 79, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, at Sunny Brook Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Warsaw Methodist Church, Warsaw. Dr. Middleton was born in Norfolk, Va. to the late David John and Carrie Chadwick Middleton. Dr. Middleton was a graduate of Warsaw High School. He later graduated from Duke University and was a lifetime Duke fan. He received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from U.N.C. - Chapel Hill. He became Director of Continuing Education at Appalachian State and went on to serve as Dean of Continuing Education at East Carolina University from 1962-1980. After retiring, he lived on the North Carolina coast he loved, in Gloucester, where he served on several boards and commissions including 40 years of service on the North Carolina Rural Fund for Development. Dr. Middleton is survived by a son, David John Middleton III of Raleigh; and a daughter, Anne Middleton Johnson and husband, Stewart Lewis Johnson, of Raleigh; granddaughters, Caroline Brooks Middleton, Victoria Tucker Middleton, Mary Landis Middleton, Tyler Middleton Johnson, and Kendall Middleton Johnson. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at Warsaw Methodist Church. Following the service, burial will be in Devotional Gardens. A service of Community Funeral Home of Warsaw, Inc.