Charles Norman Saunders, Jr.
April 29, 1920 ~ July 2, 2003
Resided in:
Enka, NC
Charles Norman Saunders, Jr., 83, of Enka, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at a local hospital.
A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Charles N. and LouEllen Myers Saunders, Sr. He was retired from American Enka Corp., a Navy Veteran of WWII, a graduate of Chef Cordon Bleu Cooking School, a member of the Masonic Lodge and Oak Hill United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife Helen Clark Saunders; a daughter, Norma Cochrane and her husband Julian of Arden; a son, Charles Saunders and his wife Debbie of Huntsville, AL; two sisters, Mary Kezziah of Greenwood, SC and Pauline Cooper of Canton; four grandchildren, Caitlen and Griffen Saunders, Tracy Lindsey and Jason Cochrane and one great-grandson, Michael Lindsey.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Saturday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Reverend Kim Higgins officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
His family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 pm Saturday prior to the service.
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Very sorry for your loss,
Jack Barnett
Secretary, Nichols-West Asheville Masonic Lodge
Very sorry for your loss,
Jack Barnett
Secretary, Nichols-West Asheville Masonic Lodge
Say Helen,
I just wanted to let you know you’re in our thoughts and prayers. If there’s anything that we can do, let us know.
Ron and Sylvia Reese
Pisgah Manor
I had the pleasure of working with Charlie at the Enka Plant for a number of years and thought a great deal of him. My sincere condolences to his family and close friends.
Frank Scott
Retired Enka Nylon Plant Manager
Helen, Pauline & family,
Please accept my sympathy for your
loss. Charles will be missed by
everyone and he was a very good
friend to me.
God bless you.
Bill
We are so sorry for your lost. My dad loved him dearly. Our prayers are with you all in this time of sorry. Love the Lester family.
Sorry to hear of Mr. Saunders (Charlie to dad) passing. I remember him and how much my dad Roy Lester thought of him. You are in our prayers..the Bob Lester family.
NORMA & FAMILY
I WAS SO SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR DAD’S PASSING. I STILL MISS MY DAD AND I KNOW YOU WILL MISS YOURS ALSO. BUT GOD WILL COMFORT YOU AND HELP YOU GET THROUGHT THESE SAD DAYS. CALL ME ANYTIME. LOVE, YOUR FRIEND, JUDY