Parnell Carter
October 15, 1928 ~ May 5, 2011
Resided in:
Candler, NC
PARNELL CARTER
CANDLER – Parnell Carter, 82, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Mission Hospital, Memorial Campus.
Mr. Carter was born October 15, 1928, in Blackshear, GA, and was a son of the late Artimus Carter and Fledia Steedley Carter Bryant. He has resided in Asheville since 1953. He was also preceded in death by wife Louise Rhymer Laney Carter, who died in 2000; brothers Reinell Carter and Regal Carter; and great-granddaughter Emily
He was a graduate of Patterson High School, Patterson, GA, and the Winston Salem Barber College. He was the former owner-manager of Model Barber Shop, West Asheville. He was a past president of the West Asheville Optimist Club, West Asheville Lions Club; member of the West Asheville Business Association, West Asheville Masonic Lodge #665, and Deaverview Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Carter; daughters LaNita Carter Cloninger and husband Jack, and Teresa Carter Holt and husband Branson; step-daughter Linda Laney Eagle and husband Kenny; grandsons Justin Cloninger and Branson Carter Holt; step-grandchildren Kimberly, Richie and wife Sonya; step-great-grandchildren Dallas and Sandy; and sisters Myrtle Gordon of Houston, TX, and Margaret Strader of Blackshear, GA.
A funeral service for Mr. Carter will be at 6:00 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Norris Wright officiating. Interment will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
His family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Flowers are appreciated, or memorials may be made to the West Asheville Lion's Club, or to one's favorite charity.
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Jeanette & family: My heart is breaking at the passing of Parnell. What a wonderful man & I loved dearly. Please know that you are in my thoughts & prayers & that i am sending up to you lots of love & hugs. Please let me know if there is anything that i can do. I love you!!!
We are so sorry to here of Parnels passing, we go to church with Jeanette and Parnel. I enjoyed Parnels visits at the car lot and also going to the sales with him.I will miss his humerous spirit. He will be greatly missed. God Bless, Bob, Sharon, and Matt
Jeanette, LaNita & Family, Our prayers are with you at the passing of Parnell. He was a wonderful man and I will miss his smiling face and funny stories he told at church. He always made me smile. God Bless you, Ernestine & George Stone
Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers over the years, you’ll always be in my heart, until we meet again.
Teresa, I am so sorry for your loss. My heart and prayers go out to your entire family at this very difficult time. May you find strength and comfort in God’s word to help you thru this time.
Teresa, I am very sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Teresa, I’m so sorry to hear about your Father. May you and your family find peace.
Lanita and family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. I know how very difficult it is to lose a parent and just know that we are always there for you with love always!
The May family loved you Parnell. You sold us our first home, and always came to the May family reunions. You even gave some of us our very first haircut, then gave us a pennies to buy gumballs afterwards. You were always so kind and giving. We will miss you so much……
My sympathies to all of Mr. Carter’s friends and family during this time.
Lanita and Family: Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time. Cherish all your wonderful memories and be glad, as we know that ‘any man can be a Father, but it takes someone really special to be a dad.’ All our best, Richard and Carol
Parnell will be sorely missed. I first met Parnell at the West Asheville Lions Club. We became friends right off. He was the kind of guy that kept you laughing at something. One saying he would always say when he seen me was how are you good for nothing. Thats a little joke between him and me. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you Jeanette and family. Love Judy & Elmer Taylor
Our thoughts and prayers are with family and friends during this time! God Bless. Debbie and Bruce Kalb
LaNita,
So sorry to hear of your Dad’s passing. He will always be in our memories and heart, as a loving, caring, and funny man. I absolutely loved his sense of humor. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help during this time. Love and hugs to you and your family. Love you bunches!
We were so sorry to learn of Parnell’s passing. We have many memories of times spent with him and Louise. We will keep each of the family in our prayers during this time of sadness. With love from Bobbie, Mike, Gary, Carol, Kathy, and Steven
MARJE AND I EXPRESS OUR SORROW AT THE LOSS OF A FRIEND OF LONG STANDING. WE WILL REMEMBER HIS PLEASENT PERSONALITY AND HELPFUL SPIRIT AND MISS HIM.
Dear LaNita, Jack, and family,
Please accept my condolences on Mr. Carter’s passing. Though I didn’t know you were his daughter when I met you some 25 years later, LaNita, it was your dad who gave me my first haircut during my childhood in West Asheville. Many a Saturday my dad brought my brother and me in for our trims, and I always thought of Parnell Carter as just what a friendly, neighborhood businessman should be: a professional at his trade, a leader in his community, and a good man with a good heart.
He made his mark on many, many people in Western North Carolina, and he will certainly be missed. My heart is with you.
Andy Reed
LaNita,Jack & Justin, We were sadden to hear of Mr. Carter’s passing. All of you are in our thoughts and prayers.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Teresa, I am so sorry to hear about your father. May God give you and the rest of your family peace and strength during this time.
LaNita, Jack and Justin,
Our hearts break for your loss.
We are thinking of you.
My condolences and prayers to the Carter Family….Cassie and I lived across Monte Vista Road from where Parnell lived (on Vista Knoll) for a few years after we got married in ’77. We would walk over and talk to Parnell from time to time. I don’t think there are too many young men who grew up in the fifties, sixties and seventies within three or four miles of the Brevard Road/Haywood Road intersection that didn’t know Parnell. He cut my hair for years as he did most of my male friends and their fathers. You could even get brought up on local politics if you were there when Luke Atkinson would walk over from his furniture store or Danny Judd’s dad would walk down from his hardware store. He cut my hair just before I finished my leave between my tour in Panama and the upcoming tour in Vietnam some 44 years ago this month and I remember he had a tear in his eye as he shook my hand goodbye. The Model Barber Shop was a landmark there next to Moody Jewelers and the Ideal Drug Store. Parnell will be sorely missed in our hearts and minds as he was such a part of our youth and, looking back on it, a role model for being a honest person and a gentleman.
LaNita, I just learned about your father and my deepest sympathy and condolences go out to you and your family. Your father was a wonderful man and I know that you will miss him.