PINOLE, Calif. — David Charles Haik died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at Doctors Hospital in San Pablo, Calif. He was 59.

Born in Vicksburg, he had made his home in New York City for some 30 years. He had made his home in Pinole for the past six months. David received degrees from Vanderbilt University, University of Wisconsin, University of California at Irvine, City College of New York and University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Kelly Haik; and his mother, Bertha Thomas Haik.

Survivors include his brother, Stephen Thomas (Barbara) Haik; and his niece, Stephanie Emma Haik.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home with the Rev. Rwth Ashton officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from noon until the hour of the service at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Winstead, Fredrick Dolan, Michael Ellis, Ed Parks, Jim Wally and John Payne.