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Bill and Pat Carlton of Little Rock have donated $50,000 to One Day at a Time (ODAT), a Little Rock based non-profit company, to help further its mission of reducing substance abuse locally and eventually in other communities.
Now in its sixth year of operation, ODAT publishes a quarterly newspaper, operates a website and develops projects with special emphasis on substance abuse in the adolescent/college, prison inmate and military populations.
The Carltons‘ donation, received in early May, was made in honor of their son, John William Carlton, who died on September 10 at age 29 following a long struggle with alcoholism.
“The work that One Day at a Time is doing in dealing with the enormous problem of substance abuse is badly needed and deserving of our support,” Carlton said. “We lost our son because of it, and we want to do what we can to spare others from the grief we have experienced.”
Bill and Pat are not the only ones who grieve. Aside from his parents John Carlton leaves behind his wife Kirsten, and two little boys, William Henry and Collin Jones Carlton and many other friends and relatives.
John graduated from Baylor University with a communications degree and received a Masters in Organizational Communications at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
He had a passion for crafting and flying remote control airplanes, and he was an avid outdoorsman. He was also a member of Fellowship Bible Church and involved in its Celebrate Recovery program. A memorial service was held at the church on September 14 with Celebrate Recovery Pastor Jim Hudson officiating.
ODAT’s Palmer, himself a recovering alcoholic, said, “John’s death is a tragic reminder that substance abuse is a major health problem affecting more than one out of every two families. With this incredibly generous gift from the Carltons, we will continue to expand our efforts to bring to those who suffer a message of hope and recovery.”
Bill Carlton is the former Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Carlton-Bates Company. He sold the company to Wesco International, Inc. in 2005 and founded the Carlton Group, a capital advisory firm headquartered in Little Rock a year later.
Other relatives surviving John’s death are his sister Jodi Carlton Kronback and her husband K.C of Dallas; his grandmother Louise Rose of Little Rock, his father and mother-in-law, David and Barbie Henry of Little Rock; his brothers-in-law David Patrick Henry and Christopher Henry, both of Little Rock; and his nieces and nephews: Sidney Rose Kronback, Pearson Christopher Kronback and Eva Carlton Kronback of Dallas.
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