Charles Crouse

Obituary: Charles Lee Crouse, 71, of Kannapolis passed away on March 26, 2015 at CMC-NorthEast. He was born December 16, 1943 in Lexington, NC, the son of the late Charles Elmer Crouse and Mary McCarn Crouse. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kay Campbell Crouse in 1992. Charles had retired from Warner-Lambert Corp. as a sales representative. He then worked as a salesman at the former Beasley-Cross Chevrolet and finally worked and retired from Kannapolis City Schools where he worked at A.L. Brown High School. He was a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College Class of 1966 where he was a radio sports announcer at the college and was the school mascot, Joe Bear in 1966. Charles was a longtime member of Trinity United Methodist Church until recently moving his membership to Midway United Methodist Church. At Trinity, he was very involved in many church activities including member of the Administrative Board, choir member, member of Darrell Hinnant Sunday School class and was always the top seller of tickets for the annual church Bar-B-Que. At Midway, he also sang in the choir. Charles was a celebrated athlete and an avid golfer. He played Little League baseball as a child, played and coached tennis and was the Lexington city tennis champion in his earlier years. Charles loved his family and relished being the official videographer of his children and grandchildren's sports and family events. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Trinity United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Mike Collins, Rev. Dave Cash and Rev. Kirk Tutterow. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 PM Saturday, March 28th at Whitley's Funeral Home. He is survived by two daughters, Susan C. Steele (Jonathan) of Kannapolis and Sharon C. Hubbard (Patrick) of Granite Falls, grandchildren, Max, Parker and Jadyn Steele and Asher Hubbard, his sister, Elmira Allen (Jerry) of Columbus, Ohio, and his loving longtime companion, Liz Clontz of Indian Trail. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 416 East First Street, Kannapolis, NC 28083 and/or Midway United Methodist Church, 708 S. Main Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081. Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com
Visitation: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday March 28, 2015 Whitley's Funeral Home

Service: 2:00pm Sunday March 29, 2015 Trinity United Methodist Church

Interment: Carolina Memorial Park