Carroll Wesley Angel, 90, formerly of Burnsville, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Asheboro. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Gaston M. and Malissa Beaver Angel and the husband of 60 years of Elora Griffith Angel, who died in 2008. He was also preceded in death by a sister: Beatrice and brothers: Alvin, Derrick, Edgar and Pershing. Carroll was a member of the Greater Generation, having served his country in WWII as a Quarter Master Third Class aboard the USS Bates. He served on the Bates from the day it was commissioned until the day it was sunk by Japanese suicide planes. The Bates escorted merchant ships with war supplies and personnel to Europe. After participating in the invasion of France, the Bates was sent to the Pacific to assist with the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The ship sank near the island of Ishema in May 1945.
After the war, Carroll returned to Burnsville and graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College, now Appalachian State University. He taught in Yancey County schools, sold insurance and then worked for Mohasco Corporation, retiring after 31 years.
Carroll is survived by his daughters: Dianne Vickery and husband Michael of Hampstead and Sheila Nelson and husband Chip of Asheboro; a granddaughter; Courtney Thomas and husband Michael of Charlotte and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P. M. Friday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Pastor Wes Sharpe will officiate. Burial will be in the Holcombe Cemetery, with military graverites by Sgt. E. L. Randolph, Chapter 57 DAV.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 P.M. Thursday at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro and from 2 until 3 P. M. Friday, prior to the service at Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Road., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209 or Hospice of Randolph County, P. O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff of Brookdale for their loving care and support and also to the staff of Hospice of Randolph County
After the war, Carroll returned to Burnsville and graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College, now Appalachian State University. He taught in Yancey County schools, sold insurance and then worked for Mohasco Corporation, retiring after 31 years.
Carroll is survived by his daughters: Dianne Vickery and husband Michael of Hampstead and Sheila Nelson and husband Chip of Asheboro; a granddaughter; Courtney Thomas and husband Michael of Charlotte and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P. M. Friday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Pastor Wes Sharpe will officiate. Burial will be in the Holcombe Cemetery, with military graverites by Sgt. E. L. Randolph, Chapter 57 DAV.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 P.M. Thursday at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro and from 2 until 3 P. M. Friday, prior to the service at Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Road., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209 or Hospice of Randolph County, P. O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff of Brookdale for their loving care and support and also to the staff of Hospice of Randolph County
Carroll Wesley Angel, 90, formerly of Burnsville, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Asheboro. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Gaston M. and Malissa Beaver Angel and the husband of 60 years of Elora Griffith Angel, who died in 2008. He was also preceded in death by a sister: Beatrice and brothers: Alvin, Derrick, Edgar and Pershing. Carroll was a member of the Greater Generation, having served his country in WWII as a Quarter Master Third Class aboard the USS Bates. He served on the Bates from the day it was commissioned until the day it was sunk by Japanese suicide planes. The Bates escorted merchant ships with war supplies and personnel to Europe. After participating in the invasion of France, the Bates was sent to the Pacific to assist with the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The ship sank near the island of Ishema in May 1945.
After the war, Carroll returned to Burnsville and graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College, now Appalachian State University. He taught in Yancey County schools, sold insurance and then worked for Mohasco Corporation, retiring after 31 years.
Carroll is survived by his daughters: Dianne Vickery and husband Michael of Hampstead and Sheila Nelson and husband Chip of Asheboro; a granddaughter; Courtney Thomas and husband Michael of Charlotte and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P. M. Friday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Pastor Wes Sharpe will officiate. Burial will be in the Holcombe Cemetery, with military graverites by Sgt. E. L. Randolph, Chapter 57 DAV.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 P.M. Thursday at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro and from 2 until 3 P. M. Friday, prior to the service at Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Road., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209 or Hospice of Randolph County, P. O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff of Brookdale for their loving care and support and also to the staff of Hospice of Randolph County
After the war, Carroll returned to Burnsville and graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College, now Appalachian State University. He taught in Yancey County schools, sold insurance and then worked for Mohasco Corporation, retiring after 31 years.
Carroll is survived by his daughters: Dianne Vickery and husband Michael of Hampstead and Sheila Nelson and husband Chip of Asheboro; a granddaughter; Courtney Thomas and husband Michael of Charlotte and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P. M. Friday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Pastor Wes Sharpe will officiate. Burial will be in the Holcombe Cemetery, with military graverites by Sgt. E. L. Randolph, Chapter 57 DAV.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 P.M. Thursday at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro and from 2 until 3 P. M. Friday, prior to the service at Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Road., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209 or Hospice of Randolph County, P. O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff of Brookdale for their loving care and support and also to the staff of Hospice of Randolph County
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