A Year with Chaplain Cheatham (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781482648546)

Rev. Dr. Richard B. Cheatham was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 16, 1916. He later moved with his family to Florida, where he grew up and graduated from the University of Florida. He went on to Lexington Theological Seminary, where he graduated first in his class. In Lexington, he met his wife, Louise Robertson, the niece of his Old Testament professor, Dr. Charles Lynn Pyatt. "Dick" Cheatham (as he was baptized) joined the Army when World War II started, and served as a chaplain for 20 years. He retired as a colonel and then earned a PH.D. in counseling psychology at American University. At that time, he was the minister at Fairfax Christian Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and was a counselor at Georgetown University. Later, he taught at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, and then opened his own counseling practice first in Oakland and then in Carmel. He counseled people with all sorts of personal problems and was one of the few psychologists in the Bay area who was willing to work with people who had alcohol problems. His two heroes were Jesus and Freud. He retired to Williamsburg, Virginia. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.