Dr. Ronald B. Causton died yesterday morning

He will be missed

Dr. Ron was quite a character! Always upbeat- and never seemed in a hurry to get to the next patient, like so many doctors these days. He was one of my first clients when I sold ads for the DFS Herald/ Breeze back in the 80s. He did his best to help.... May he rest in peace.

Oh goodness - Dr Causton was our doctor too, until insurance forced a change about 15 years ago. He was also my mom's doctor. He was a character, and you just had to know how to "take" him, but he was an excellent, compassionate doctor.

May he rest in peace.

This is so sad. Dr Causton was a wonderful man and doctor.

Yes he was a big character with a big heart. I spent some time in the office with Evonne while Debbie was over at his home with his daughter and son. Doug made them some shrimp po-boys and it was sad to be in the office and "Doc" not there....but his spirit was all over the place.

His son and daughter-in-law had just given him another grandchild a month ago...a little girl. They have a son too. It must be so hard for them tonight making these arrangements. I hope to know more about those arrangements tomorrow morning.

They are considering keeping the office open with a doctor that was close with Dr. Causton and the staff. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I feel for his children. I do remember that they lost their mother to cancer several years ago. Both gone at a relatively early age.

Oh my goodness! I just found out about this today! I called his office to make an appointment and hear the message on their answering machine. My mother died on Dec 5th, 2008 and now he died on Jan 5th, 2009. It is such a shame! What did he die of?

Thanks.

It's sad for we known him for so many years.
What did he die from???????

yeah it broke my heart to hear the news, he has been my dr for 7 yrs i hate the thought of looking for a new one..........i still have'nt heard of any arrangments.........if anybody hears of them please post..............Philip

Memorial fo Dr. Causton

Destin Assembly of God
726 Legion Dr.
1:00 p.m.​

This is what I was told.... He got out of bed and went to get some water and made a sound then fell to the floor. CPR was immediately applied but he could not be revived. It was probably a massive heart attack.

I am so sad and will miss him terribly. The office may re-open with another Doctor taking his practice. Apparenty someone Dr. C knew and felt really close to. This will be decided by his two children.

Evonne and Debbie helped me get an appointment with Dr. Blount today as I have prescriptions that needed refilling. Dr. Blount and his staff were very nice. They were busy with new patients, but very accomodating and comforting.

Rather hard to put 20 years of ones health records in words. I was happy to get my precriptions refilled.

What a loss to the community of Destin and South Walton. He was our family physician for 30 years. I am still in shock, I love to go see him and laugh at his off the wall humor. He was kind, smart, funny and a great person to call my friend. My thoughts are with his family.

Good People Sometimes Leave Us Too Soon

My sister, daughter, granddaughter, and I have been patients of Dr. Causton's for over two decades. He was our trusted, kindly physician who actually listened to us before evaluating and advising. We respected his medical knowledge and his unhurried attention to our office visits. We appreciated his wit and his enjoyment of engaging us in verbal games of both logic and fancy. He was a healer. He was a generous spirit.

Dr Causton- Rest in Peace

My family and I were devastated over the loss of our family physician, Dr. Causton. He was the only doctor that I knew of that actually cared enough to get to know you as a person. I felt liked I could tell him anything and I was never judged. He was a passionate, caring person. I had just seen him a couple of weeks ago and he was so proud of his new grand-daughter. I am still in shock. It is a shame. Rest in Peace, Doc.

The Novaks

I lost a very close friend


I lost a very close friend this week of 26 years. Ron and I became friends two weeks after he arrived in the Destin area and have continued our friendship. It was just two weeks ago, we were talking about Christmas, and how excited he was to have the opportunity to spend Christmas with his two new grandchildren.

Most of you know him as the doctor of South Walton, but he was an individual also. He had the same kind of interest. He loved automobiles, motorcycles, boating things that went fast. We also had many other interest for one each year the Super Bowl. Over the past 26 years we have celebrated and cheered our teams on this year will be lonely without him by my side rooting for the teams and the commercials. (We both loved the commercials.)

As a physician, he worried about all his patients and had a bedside manner that could not be reproduced by any other. The one thing that I admired about Ron is that his patients always came first and if the patient needed care and could not afford to pay, he never turned them away.

The area has lost a very caringly individual, and I personally will miss my best friend.

John

Thanks everybody for your input

I went to see my surgen Dr Dale Johns today, and he and Ron were very good friends......and they had not heard the news yet......the whole office was sad about the news especialy Dr Dale............guess we will see y'all at the services tomorrow..........god bless Philip

I went to see my surgen Dr Dale Johns today, and he and Ron were very good friends......and they had not heard the news yet......the whole office was sad about the news especialy Dr Dale............guess we will see y'all at the services tomorrow..........god bless Philip

Thanks DestinPhil for letting Dr. Johns office know. I have been so devestated this week I forgot to call them. Dr. C always said that Dr. Johns was the person he always sought out to sit by at lectures, luncheons, etc. because Dr. Johns always shared good stories with him. Dr. C sent us to him a number of years ago and we love him too! He is such a kind man with a great staff too!

The Memorial was very casual. I got to see his precious granddaughters and meet some others close to him. Dodie was there sitting with his family. She was his nurse for so long I don't even know how many years and she was very special to Dr. C. She had moved to Texas a few years back to be with her family and was always missed.

I will be a better person for having known him. Thank you Dr. C for taking such great care of me. I hope I made you laugh half as much as you made me laugh!

Special prayers to Evonne and Debbie...love you much! Let me know if I can do anythin for you.

Sounds like I missed the opportunity to know a very special person. My sympathies to all of you, and thoughts and prayers as well.

Daniel Edwards and Dr. Causton

Hi I worked for Dr. Causton. I just want to say thank you to every one for all the nice things that were said about him and thank you to all the people that came to his memorial service. My heart goes out to Fritz Edwards family at this time of sorrow. Fritz was a very nice man and will be missed. The family is going to set up a trust fund.

Thanks for all your care!

Thanks for all the years you were so kind to me at Dr. C's office. There was never a time when I wasn't glad I was coming for a visit. It was so important what he did for his patients, but without you girls up front I don't know how he could have managed. Now I wonder how I will manage. Almost 20 years is a long time to see one Doctor and he carried a lot of my baggage for me. It's hard to let go of someone that you relied on and never let you down. Bless you all and let me know if I can help in any way.

Kat K