Carol Charity
September 19, 1932 — September 27, 2020
Carol Bell Charity, 88, departed this life on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, at her home from her daughters loving arms, back to her husband's.
Carol, lovingly called Carolyn by her family, was born on September 19, 1932, in Newark, NJ, a daughter of Robert Ulysses White and Clara B. Taylor Bell.
After attending Julia Richmond high school in New York City, she met and married Earl Arthur Charity, the love of her life. The couple married on November 18, 1952, in Youngstown, Ohio where they made their home for the next 62 years. She pursued her career as a wife, mother, grandmother and caregiver to multiple family members.
Over the years, she helped to support her husband and together they owned several businesses, including nightclubs, a tire recapping service, a gas/service station, a grocery store, wig styling and a boxing gym that spanned a city block.
Carol loved to travel as first lady to her husband, who was the National Commander of the Army and Navy Union USA.
In her retirement, Carol, with her husband often enjoyed fishing. She enjoyed bingo and going to the casino with her niece Denise Charity. She also loved raising Norwegian Elkhounds, (Princess, Honey and Star) for several generations.
She had a personal and individual relationship with her family members, her friends and children in the neighborhood. She was never reluctant to lend a helping hand to those in need.
She sacrificed everything that she had for her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Love of family meant everything to her. She was a caregiver to her mother and both of her grandmother's, Jessie Hayes and Reatha B White with whom she shared a special relationship
Carol is survived by two daughters, Patricia Ann Charity of Jacksonville, FL, with whom she made her home for 20 years and Michelle D. Fort of Gainesville, FL., three sons, Earl Lamont of Youngstown, OH, Toryanno of Cleveland, OH, Eric Antione of Houston, TX; brother Wayne Eugene Bell of Kilauea, HI; her grandchildren, Earl Lee Thompson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, and Brandy Lauren Thompson of Jacksonville, FL; and two great-grandsons, Damien Isiah Stewart and Tahj Xavier Thompson of Jacksonville, FL whom she helped raise; and many more grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her brother and sister-in-laws Robert Charity of Youngstown, OH, Laura Charity of Youngstown, OH and Carrie Charity of Bowie, MD; her beloved cousins whom she helped raise Morris (Meridith) Davis of New York; Judy Sawyer, Adrienne Taylor, Cassie Graves, Daryl Harris, Monaca Nelson, and Patricia Ann Charity and a host of nieces, nephews and friends who were like family, whom she loved dearly.
Preceding Carolyn in death were her husband Earl Arthur Charity, her parents, Robert Ulysses White and Clara Bell; her first-born child, Mary Charity; her beloved granddaughter, Lynette Elise Charity and a host of loved ones.
Special thanks to the Baptist Age Well team and Community Palliative and Hospice for the loving and personal care to keep my mom healthy and alive and assisting us on her last journey.
Interment for Carol will be at the Arlington National Cemetery with her beloved husband in Arlington, Va.
Arrangements for Carol were entrusted to Naugle Schnauss Funeral & Cremation Service, 808 Margaret Street, Jacksonville, FL, 32204 and our friends at Stanton-Borowski Funeral, Warren, Ohio
Carol, lovingly called Carolyn by her family, was born on September 19, 1932, in Newark, NJ, a daughter of Robert Ulysses White and Clara B. Taylor Bell.
After attending Julia Richmond high school in New York City, she met and married Earl Arthur Charity, the love of her life. The couple married on November 18, 1952, in Youngstown, Ohio where they made their home for the next 62 years. She pursued her career as a wife, mother, grandmother and caregiver to multiple family members.
Over the years, she helped to support her husband and together they owned several businesses, including nightclubs, a tire recapping service, a gas/service station, a grocery store, wig styling and a boxing gym that spanned a city block.
Carol loved to travel as first lady to her husband, who was the National Commander of the Army and Navy Union USA.
In her retirement, Carol, with her husband often enjoyed fishing. She enjoyed bingo and going to the casino with her niece Denise Charity. She also loved raising Norwegian Elkhounds, (Princess, Honey and Star) for several generations.
She had a personal and individual relationship with her family members, her friends and children in the neighborhood. She was never reluctant to lend a helping hand to those in need.
She sacrificed everything that she had for her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Love of family meant everything to her. She was a caregiver to her mother and both of her grandmother's, Jessie Hayes and Reatha B White with whom she shared a special relationship
Carol is survived by two daughters, Patricia Ann Charity of Jacksonville, FL, with whom she made her home for 20 years and Michelle D. Fort of Gainesville, FL., three sons, Earl Lamont of Youngstown, OH, Toryanno of Cleveland, OH, Eric Antione of Houston, TX; brother Wayne Eugene Bell of Kilauea, HI; her grandchildren, Earl Lee Thompson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, and Brandy Lauren Thompson of Jacksonville, FL; and two great-grandsons, Damien Isiah Stewart and Tahj Xavier Thompson of Jacksonville, FL whom she helped raise; and many more grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her brother and sister-in-laws Robert Charity of Youngstown, OH, Laura Charity of Youngstown, OH and Carrie Charity of Bowie, MD; her beloved cousins whom she helped raise Morris (Meridith) Davis of New York; Judy Sawyer, Adrienne Taylor, Cassie Graves, Daryl Harris, Monaca Nelson, and Patricia Ann Charity and a host of nieces, nephews and friends who were like family, whom she loved dearly.
Preceding Carolyn in death were her husband Earl Arthur Charity, her parents, Robert Ulysses White and Clara Bell; her first-born child, Mary Charity; her beloved granddaughter, Lynette Elise Charity and a host of loved ones.
Special thanks to the Baptist Age Well team and Community Palliative and Hospice for the loving and personal care to keep my mom healthy and alive and assisting us on her last journey.
Interment for Carol will be at the Arlington National Cemetery with her beloved husband in Arlington, Va.
Arrangements for Carol were entrusted to Naugle Schnauss Funeral & Cremation Service, 808 Margaret Street, Jacksonville, FL, 32204 and our friends at Stanton-Borowski Funeral, Warren, Ohio
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