Chowan County NcArchives Obituaries.....Eason, Carl Ray 2007
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THE VIRGINIAN PILOT – 02-28-2007
CARL RAY EASON

   SUFFOLK – Carl Ray Eason Sr., 70, of the 3400 block of Pittmantown Road, died
Feb. 27, 2007, in his 
home.
   Mr. Eason was born Feb. 19, 1937, in  Chowan County, North Carolina. An
electrical supervisor with 
Union Camp Corp. in Franklin, Va., now International Paper, he retired after 40
years of employment. A 
member and deacon of Reynoldson Baptist Church, he taught the Men’s Sunday school
class for more than 
40 years. A Past Master of Gatesville Masonic Lodge No. 126, he was a member of
McAlister Masonic Lodge 
No. 185 in Suffolk, past Patron of Whaleyville Chapter No. 137, The Order of the
Eastern Star, past 
president of the Suffolk Shrine Club, past president of the Road Runner’s of the
Khedive Shire Center, had 
served as chaplain of the Khedive Shrine Center and was a member of the Norfolk
Court Royal Order of 
Jesters No. 75.  His community involvement included service as chairman of the board
for Community 
Electric Cooperation, a board member of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and
several mission trips 
through the North Carolina Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief Group. He had served his
county as a member of 
the National Guard.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis M. and Martha Pierce Eason and a
granddaughter, Meghan 
Smither.
   The husband of Jean Bracy Eason for 46 years, he was the loving father of Donna
E. Smither of Suffolk, 
Laura E. Joyner and husband Glen of Zuni and Carl R. Eason, Jr. and wife, Kara, of
Ivor, Additional survivors 
are grandchildren, Katelyn and Kelsey Smither, Miranda Joyner and Ayden and Aleyah
Eason; a sister, Mary 
E. Holland of Suffolk; and brother, George M. Eason of Hampton, John T. Eason of
Lake Gaston and Don 
Eason of St. Augustine, Fla.
   The funeral will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in Reynoldson Baptist Church by the
Revs. John Wilkinson, Billy 
Presley and Todd Higginson. Burial with Masonic rites will follow in the church
cemetery. Friends may join 
the family Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main St.,
Gatesville, N.C., and other 
times at the residence.
   Memorial contributions may be made to Reynoldson Baptist Church, c/o Charles
Cale, 8353 Longstreet 
Lane, Suffolk, VA 23434 or to a charity of one’s choice.

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