Nicholas Carroll Chubb, MD

Dr. Nicholas Carroll Chubb, 86, of Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, Asheville, NC, died on October 20, 2008. Dr. Chubb was born on August 4, 1922, in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of the late Charles F. and Mary Claire Albert Chubb. He married Betty Lou Brown on November 7, 1953. Dr. Chubb served in the United States Army in the Signal and Medical Corps. He graduated from Princeton University and completed his medical degree at the University Of Pittsburgh Medical School. Dr. Chubb served as a general practitioner in Reedsville, PA for ten years prior to completing a psychiatric residency at Warren State Hospital. From 1966 to 1977, Dr. Chubb and his family resided in State College, PA where he served as staff psychiatrist at Penn State University. From 1977 until his retirement in 1985, Dr. Chubb practiced as a psychiatrist at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. Upon his retirement, the Chubbs moved to North Carolina where Dr. Chubb enjoyed hiking, Tai Chi, swimming and serving his church communities in Cashiers, NC and the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville. Dr. Chubb devoted time to studying and teaching the Bible and was revered as both a student and a scholar of the Bible. Dr. Chubb is survived by his wife Betty Lou; a daughter, Anne Christy Chubb of Travelers Rest, SC; two sons, Nicholas Carroll Chubb, Jr. of Cinco Bayou, Florida and Jonathan Frisbie Chubb of Darien, GA; a granddaughter, Michelle Christy McCready of Travelers Rest, SC and two great grandchildren, Abigail Christy McCready and Ethan Samuel McCready and a brother, Talbot Chubb of Fairfax, VA. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at St. Giles Chapel on the Deerfield campus. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Dr. Chubb to the St. Giles Health Care Chapel, 1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or to CarePartners Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.