Charles Franklin Stanberry
November 27, 1929 ~ October 25, 2008
Resided in:
Enka, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Charles Franklin Stanberry, 78, of 6 Hillcrest Street, Enka, passed away following an extended illness on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at Pisgah Manor Health Care.
A native of Swain County, he was a son of the late Turner and Mayme Miller Stanberry. A USMC veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was retired from BellSouth after 36 years of service. A member of Edgewood Baptist Church, he enjoyed playing the guitar and sharing his musical talents with family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Claudine Bryant Stanberry; a daughter, Cindy Myers of Enka; three sons, Charles "Chuck" Stanberry of Hendersonville, Cliff Stanberry of Candler and Clark Stanberry of Cumming, GA; a sister, Jean Ladd of Granitesville, SC; a brother, William "Bill" Stanberry of Boone; three grandchildren, Chi Glass, Rachel Stanberry and Nicole Myers.
Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Monday at Edgewood Baptist Church with the Revs. Ron Brown, Lewis Gibson and Matt Pruett officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
His family will receive friends from 2:00-3:00 pm Monday prior to the service.
Flowers are greatly appreciated or memorials may be made to Care Partners Solace Center, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to Edgewood Baptist Church, 100 Moody Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806.
The family would like to thank the staff and nurses of Pisgah Manor for the excellent care Mr. Stanberry received.
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Claudine and family,
Please know that I am thinking of all of you and have you in my thoughts and prayers. May the many happy memories you have of Charles bring you comfort.
Peace in Christ,
Janet Crisp-Lacy
To all of the Stanberry Family –
Charles was a fine man and represented the best in what common decency and family are all about. I am proud to have known him.
Sincerely and with deep sympathy,
Claudine and Family;
It comes with great sadness to learn of Charles’ passing. It seems like it was just yesterday we were all in school at Sand Hill.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Jack and Nancy Morgan
While I knew Charlie only briefly, I found him to be a very fine individual and wonderful family man. I truly loved his music and still listen to the tapes he gave me many years ago!
May God Bless him!! My sympathy goes out to his fine family.
R.Wayne Myers, (Mike’s Father)
Charlie
You were one of the good guys.
It was a pleasure working with you.
Blaine
It was always a pleasure working with Charles. He will be missed
To Claudine & Family,
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. Charles was a good friend and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. God bless you all.
Bill
I am sorry to hear of Charlies passing our prayers will be with the family.
I worked with Charlie many years at Bell South and found him to be a real friend who was always the same all the time I knew him.
I was out of town this last week and didn’t see his obituary until today after his funeral.
May the peace of God be with the family and that you may know he is now with Christ making music with the angels……….
Our prayers are with your family.
Nancy, Mike, Ashton, & Marina
Stanberry Family,
I am sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
I’m very sorry for your loss. I remember Charles as a wonderful person. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
We are sorry to hear of your loss, but realize you can take great comfort in knowing he is in a much better place.
Rachel, We know he’s proud of you and your many accomplishments. Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you continue through your Senior year without this special person to share it with.
We love you all. Jennifer, Yogi, Kymber and Dustin Crowe
You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Norman, Melanie & Austin Hollar
Charles Stanberry was a man that you could pattern your life after. He was kind gentle but strong and very faithful to his family and friends. He was very kind to me, I knew him well, he was my uncle. May God always bless his wife and childern for many generations to come. We love Uncle Charles!