Charles Blacknall Weaver

When you read this, I will be gone.Finally. I was born April 9, 1935, in Durham, NC, the son of Charles Baker and Hazel Dority Weaver.Dad was from Lansing, Ashe County, and Mom from Durham.I spent my early childhood between those two places. I consider Lansing my hometown, where I was raised on the family farm, The Teaberry, and where my love of family history and genealogy began. Our family came to Winston-Salem in 1946.I graduated from Reynolds High School in 1953, where I was a rinky-dink athlete, playing just enough to earn letters in football and baseball, and where I was on the 1952-53 state championship football team. After a year at Furman University, I entered the US Army, serving two years in Munich, Germany. Much to the surprise of my father and several friends, I earned the Good Conduct Medal. Back in town, attending WFU, I met a very cute student nurse, and married her in July, 1958, one of the few wise moves I ever made. She has been a faithful, loving, and caring wife for 55 years, and my caregiver for all but two of those years. She is a textbook example of a dedicated and faithful human being, the best friend I ever had. In 1961, and again in 1966, I was a study subject at the National Institutes of Health. When I left there both times, doctors gave me 3 - 5 years to live.Wrong! I leave behind my loving wife Patricia Tate Weaver formerly of Lenoir, NC, and three fine and accomplished daughters: Katherine Otterbourg and partner Mike McCulloch of Winston-Salem, Patricia Kelly Goley and husband Will of Charlotte, and Mary Beth Evans and husband Michael of Lewisville; also four fine grandsons who made their Papa proud; Norris Weaver Evans and wife Jordan Samuel Evans of Lewisville, Alexander Weaver Goley of New York City, Patrick McIver Goley of Nashville, and Samuel Weaver Otterbourg of Chapel Hill. Also surviving is Andree DeGeorges Weaver, wife of my predeceased brother William Norris Weaver of Charlotte.I leave behind many, many great friends who gave me joy, and who put up with my eccentric ways.I would be remiss if I didn't thank the taxpayers of this country for maintaining the program of compensating disabled veterans, a program started in 1790s.This program allowed our family to have some degree of normalcy. Also, my gratitude goes out to my many caretakers, especially Rhonda McDaniel and Teresa Flake, who made it possible for me to enjoy my last days in the comfort of my own home. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 23 at 11:00 a.m. at Ardmore United Methodist Church. Any memorials may be made to Ardmore United Methodist; the Lansing, NC, Volunteer Fire Department, the DAV, NRA, Kate B. Reynolds Hospice, or the charity of the giver's choice. The congregation is invited to attend a lunch in the church fellowship hall following the service. Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-miller.com

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