Rocky Mount - John Carlton Livesay,67, passed away in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Born in 1944 in Rocky Mount, Carlton grew up in the city and graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School. He completed his bachelor's degree with honors in Psychology at Wesleyan College. After completing his Master's Degree at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, he finished coursework for his PhD in Psychology at Memphis State University. Carlton did his internship at the John F. Kennedy Veteran's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He taught psychology at Radford College in Virginia for two years after which he took a position with the State of North Carolina as a psychologist for six years.
Carlton was a church musician for most of his life. He was an accompanist for the Wesleyan Chapel Choir and the Wesleyan Singers. He served as a minister of music for many years for People's Missionary Baptist Church. Carlton shared his gift of music in his last years as a member and as the organist for Edgemont Baptist Church.
He will always be remembered for his intelligence, his academic achievements, musical talents, his superior sense of humor, and his loving devotion to family and friends.
Carlton was preceded in death by his parents, John and Harriett Livesay. He is survived by his brother Raymond and wife, Nancy of Raleigh; his father's sister, Helen Reynolds of Wilmington; and his father's brother's wife, Corinne Livesay of Gaston Lake; along with several cousins.
The family will receive friends and relatives from 10:00-10:45am on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Edgemont Baptist Church followed by a funeral service at 11:00am officiated by Rev. Keith Griffin. A committal service will be held at 2:00pm at Pineview Cemetery section 29.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.
Visitation
Edgemont Baptist Church
1622 West Mount Drive
Rocky Mount, NC 27803
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Tuesday 7/31, 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Service
Edgemont Baptist Church
1622 West Mount Drive
Rocky Mount, NC 27803
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Tuesday 7/31, 11:00 am
Pineview Cemetery
761 N. Raleigh Road
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
Tuesday 7/31, 2:00 pm
Cemetery
Pineview Cemetery
761 N. Raleigh Road
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
Please accept our deepest condolences for your family’s loss.
Ray and Family,so sorry to hear about Carlton,We have you all in our prayers! Bobby & Cassie Dorsey!!
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