Jaya Yajaman Shankar MD

Dr. Jaya Yajaman Shankar passed away peacefully with his family by his side on August 26, 2017. Dr. Shankar was born on August 31, 1941 in Bangalore, India. He completed his education in India and eventually earned his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College. After graduating from medical school he furthered his medical training in England. Dr. Shankar then immigrated to the United States in 1969 where he pursued his career in pediatrics. He trained at some of some of the finest institutions in the country to include Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in New York and Miami-Dade Hospital in Florida.

He then married the love of his life, Manda, in 1979 and started a family, welcoming their first son, Chetan, in 1979 and Chandan in 1982. While in Florida he operated several successful pediatric practices before moving to Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1984. While in Fayetteville, Dr. Shankar worked at Womack Army Medical Hospital serving our troops and their families as a civilian pediatrician. He then medically retired in 1993 due to developing an untreatable retina disease that led to his blindness. Although he may have been blind, that did not stop him from having a vision. Dr. Shankar was active in raising his family, participating in the community and serving as a board member for the Vision Resource Center. To all that knew him, he was a very kind, generous, and loving man to all to which he came in contact. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Manda Shankar, his son Chetan Shankar, daughter in law, Jacqueline Shankar, son, Chandan Shankar, daughter in law, Suzanne Shankar and four grandchildren, two of which carry his namesake, Naveen Jay Shankar, Ava Shankar, Perrin Shankar, and Clara Jaya Shankar.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home located at 300 St. Mary’s Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. The family will accept visitors at 9:00 a.m. and the service will begin at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family asks that those who feel inclined may make donations to the Vision Resource Center, Post Office Box 87385, Fayetteville, NC 28304-7385.

Arrangements under the direction of Apex Funeral Home, Apex, North Carolina.