Charley B. Justice, Jr.
January 5, 1933 ~ January 14, 2013
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Charley B. Justice, Jr. (80), of 189 Dogwood Rd., in Candler, passed away January 14, 2013, due to complications with Parkinson's Disease of 22 years and pneumonia. He was born in the upper Spring Creek community of Madison County in 1933 and had resided in Buncombe County since 1960.
He graduated with honors from Western Carolina University with a degree in chemistry, and he retired as a research chemist with American Enka/BASF after 37 years of service.
He was the son of late Breckenridge and Leona Webb Justice. He was preceded in death by a sister, Sara Plemmons, and four brothers, William, C.J., Ray, and Dean.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Peggy Plemmons Justice; his daughter Susan Ballard and the sunshine of his life, grandson Holden Ballard, both of Weaverville; sister Dortha Smith of Hazelwood; brothers James (Wanda) of Brevard, Edward (Eleanor) of Waynesville; sisters-in-law Mary, Polly, Diane, and Linda; and all of his nieces and nephews who had a special place in his heart.
He served as past President of the Candler Lions Club, of which he was recently honored as a lifetime member. He was known for his love of collecting antique hand tools, making pine knot and sassafras "critters", and wrote four books of poems and short-stories relating to his time at Spring Creek. He also square danced with the Pisgah View Ranch Cloggers for 15 years.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Howard Moore, Jr., officiating. Burial will be private.
His family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, and also from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Thursday, prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Candler Lion's Club, Attn: Roger Metcalf, 221 Liberty Rd., Candler, NC 28715, and/or to the National Parkinson's Foundation, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21749-5018 or www.parkinson.org (click on Donate Now).
Peggy, Susan, Holden…
I was sadden to hear of Charley’s passing. He was a great friend and I enjoyed the talks we had. I had the pleasure of helping him compile the 4 books he wrote to honor his family. He really wanted to do this so his beloved grandson, Holden, would always remember how it was when and where his Grandpa grew up. I’ll always remember the laughs we had as we were working on the books.
Mary Farley
Peggy and Susan,
I was so sorry to hear about Charlie. He was such a special person. I am so glad I got to see him at the square dance reunion. I am out of town this week, but will be in touch within the next couple of weeks.
Beth Gudger Lee
Good-bye friend,
Our thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones who are left behind, that they might be comforted knowing you suffer no more. Surely you will be missed. Thank you for being in our lives.
Charlie was a lifelong friend and schoolmate.He will be greatly missed.Our condolence to Peggy,Susan and Holden… Ray and Shirley
Peggy, I still cherish the ‘horse/rider’ pine knot art piece I purchased from Charlie when he and B. C. were both going for radiation treatments at Mission Hospital in the fall of 2005. I am pleased to have this piece or art for rememrance of Charlie and the mountains of NC.
Our deepest simpathies to Aunt Peggie, Susan, Holden and Uncle Charley’s sister and brothers. Uncle Charley has always had a special place in our hearts and lives. He will be terribly missed but remembered with love.
Peggy and Susan,
MUCH love and heartfelt sympathy is being sent to you and your family. Charley was as unique as his pine knot creations! We loved him greatly!
I want to send my prayers to your family. The bible tells us that god will unite us with our loved ones again. Sickness and death gone forever.may god be with you.
My thoughts and prayers are with your family. The people that worked with Charlie at BASF thought very highly of him. He was a wonderful person.
My thoughts and prayers go to Aunt Peggy and Susan. Uncle Charlie was a gem and he will not be forgotten.
My fondest memories of Charly was playing basketball with him at Spring Creek High School. I will always cherish those memories. My prayers go out to Peggy and family.
Peggy and family,
So sorry to hear of Charley’s passing. Loving thoughts and prayers are coming your way. May God give you peace and comfort at this time as only He can.
I was so shocked to see my precious patient in the paper this morning. I will miss seeing him every 6 months and enjoying his stories and just spending time with him. Peggy I will be thinking of you and your family. It makes me smile though to know he is loving the new body and mind he has in heaven and watching over us. Especially his grandson whom he talked about all the time.
I would also like to send thoughts and prayers from everyone at Biltmore Dental Group. He was a wonderful patient and joy to have in our practice.
Hugs and prayers-
Tracie-Charley’s hygienist:)
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time. You are in our hearts.
Deepest Sympathy,
Sandra and Randy
Peggy and love ones we are sorry to hear of Charley. We were classmates and friends in school. He was a wonderful and caring person for those around him. May God bless and comfort you. Don Thomas
Peggy and family sorry to hear about Charley. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
I have wonderful memories of working with Charley in research at Enka. He was a good friend. I am so sorry for your loss.You are in my prayers.
Susan and Peggy, I’m so sorry to hear about Charlie. I have lots of wonderful memories of him while growing up. He was a great man to many. I will be praying for you all
Love
Sarah
Peggy & family my sincere condolence in Charlie’s passing. It’s a few years since we worked at American Enka, but I have fond memories of you two. May God comfort you and your family.
I am so sorry for your loss. I am praying for for you peggy and Susan. God bless your family. George
Charley was part of my department when I first started working at American Enka. It was an honor and a delight to work with him and to have known him. I am sorry that his physical presence has been taken from us, but am rejoicing in his freedom from disease. Please know that all of you have been in my thoughts and prayers the last few days.
Cathey Turbyfill
We are neighbors down the street from Mr. Justice. We have stopped in several times to see some of his old farm items. May you remember him for the good memories you have made with him.
Peggy,Susan
I am very sorry to hear about Charlie! He was one of the best people that I have ever known.
THIS WAS TRUELY A GREAT MAN. GREAT FATHER. GREAT HUSBAND AND GRANDFATHER AND NEIGHBOR. A SPECIAL MAN IN A LITTLE BOYS LIFE WHEN HE WOULD TAKE US SOMETIME TO VISIT SPRING CREEK. BE AT REST CHARLIE BE AT REST.
THIS WAS TRUELY A GREAT MAN. GREAT FATHER. GREAT HUSBAND AND GRANDFATHER AND NEIGHBOR. A SPECIAL MAN IN A LITTLE BOYS LIFE WHEN HE WOULD TAKE US SOMETIME TO VISIT SPRING CREEK. BE AT REST CHARLIE BE AT REST.
Do you have information on availability of any of his Spring Creek books?
Dear Peggy,
Andrea and I are so very sorry for your loss. We want you to know that you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Tim and Andrea Roddey
Peggy ad Susan we are so very sorry to hear about the passing of Charlie. I know that you will miss him. He was a great friend and he will be missed. Sorry We couldn’t attend the Service becauseof Mary’s ALZ
It was my privilege to work with this marvelous man from the 60s when I joined him at American Enka until his retirement. I admired his intellect and marveled at his courtesy over those many years. However, I had not been aware of his status as poet and author and would be pleased to learn more about his Spring Creek stories. It is good to read here the names of other associates at American Enka. My email is L_H_P@yahoo.com. I am on Linkedin and Facebook.