Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Proctor, James A.  March 4, 1931
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark March 5, 1931

           DR. J. A. PROCTOR, BERKLEY DENTIST, FATALLY INJURED

   Suffers Fractured Skull When Struck By Automobile and Dies in Hospital

                WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PART IN POLITICS

Dr. James A. Proctor, aged 65, prominent Berkley dentist and politician of 
that section for years, was fatally injured yesterday when struck by an 
automobile at Berkley Avenue and South Main Street.  He was injured at 12:05 
o'clock and died in St. Vincent's Hospital at 3:35 o'clock.
George R. Hathaway, young Berkley automobile salesman and a friend of Dr. 
Proctor's, who was driving the car that struck the veteran dentist, 
surrendered to the police and a charge of homicide was placed against him by 
Detective Leon Nowitzky.  He was released on $1,000 bail for his appearance 
at a Police Court hearing this morning.
In his report, which was signed by Detective B.H. Lowe and himself, Hathaway 
said he had turned his automobile south into Main Street from Berkley Avenue 
and that Dr. Ray Altizer called to him from the corner. He said he was 
backing his machine to the corner to talk to the doctor and struck Dr. 
Proctor, who had left the curb and was crossing the street.
                          Skull Fractured
The rear of the machine struck Dr. Proctor and he was knocked to the 
pavement.  It is believed that his skull was fractured when it struck the 
curb.  Young Hathaway said the wheels of the car did not pass over any part 
of the man's body and that he stopped almost instantly after striking the 
man.
Hathaway and Dr. Altizer placed the injured man in Hathaway's car and took 
him to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was treated and admitted as a 
patient.  He was in an unconscious condition and died at 3:35 o'clock 
without regaining consciousness.
After the doctor's death Hathaway went to the Berkley precinct police 
station and surrendered himself.  Nowitzky obtained a warrant and charged 
him with homicide.  The detective announced that an inquest would be held 
next Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Proctor had been a resident of Berkley for about 35 years during which 
time he practiced dentistry.  Although he never held public office, he took 
an active part in Democratic political affairs in the Berkley section.  For 
years he was looked on as the Democratic party leader in that section.
                           Widely Popular
Dr. Proctor was widely known and liked in Berkley and was always known as a 
very charitable man.  He never married and lived alone in an apartment in 
the rear of his offices on West Main Street.  He was a native of Greenville, 
N.C., but had lived in this section approximately 50 years.
He was the son of the late James Randolph and Mrs. Anna Maria Hawkins 
Proctor and is survived by four sisters, Mrs. R.T. Crisp, Mrs. R.L. Branton, 
Mrs. W.H. Hancock, of Norfolk and Mrs. Patricia Murray, of Port Arthur, 
Tex., and several nephews.
The body was removed to the Graham & Sykes Funeral Home, 124 East Berkley 
Avenue, pending funeral arrangements, announcement of which will be made 
later.


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