Kenneth Poe Funeral Services

May 31, 2021 - June 18, 2021

CHARLOTTE – Patsy Gadd "Pat" Culbreth passed away, May 31, 2021. Her husband, Clyde Franklin "Frank" Culbreth, passed, June 18, 2021. A service to celebrate the lives of Frank and Pat will be 11 o'clock Saturday morning, August 7, 2021, at Myers Park United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends following the service at the church.  The service will be livestreamed at: https://livestream.com/mpumc/funeral

Pat was born March 28, 1928 in Miami, Florida and grew up in High Point, North Carolina. Frank was born March 30, 1928 in Rutherfordton, North Carolina and grew up on the family farm. They met at the age 19 while attending High Point College. Pat majored in English and Spanish and after graduating taught 7^th grade. Frank majored in History, attended graduate school at UNC, and later joined the United States Army in 1950.

They were married July 21, 1951, and lived in Columbia, South Carolina where Frank was a Corporal at Fort Jackson. Pat worked for the South Carolina school system.

After Frank’s service in the army, they moved to Charlotte where Pat worked for the American Oil Company and Frank for Travelers Insurance Company. Frank’s work transferred them to Raleigh, NC where they lived several years before being transferred back to Charlotte in 1960 where he worked for 36 years. After he retired, he worked for Prestige Insurance Company.

Pat enjoyed working at their home. She had a beautiful rose garden, was an excellent seamstress and pianist, loved to cook, enjoyed tennis and was a member of a bridge club for many years. She was a Kindergarten Sunday School teacher for 25 years at Myers Park United Methodist Church.

Frank loved to play golf and was a charter member of Cedarwood Country Club. He loved to sit and chat with his neighbors in a special seating area, set up by one of his neighbors which they named Franklin Park which was a special place for him to tell many stories. As an active member at Myers Park United Methodist Church since 1960, he participated on the Administrative Board, Stewardship and Building Committees, sang in the men’s chorus and he and Pat were both members of the Ownbey Sunday School Class.

What they loved most of all was taking care of their family and spending time with them.

They are survived by two loving daughters: Kathy Hamilton and her husband, Joe and Allyson Ware and her husband Stephen; two grandsons: Josh Hamilton and his wife, Maureen and Christopher Hamilton and his wife, Erin; four granddaughters: Liz Yates and her husband Daniel Yates; Jenna Hamilton and her husband, Vin Mele, Sarah Ware and her husband, Derek Stadther, Mary Kathryn Ware; two great-grandsons, Jacob, and Sam; three great-granddaughters, Susie, Emma, and Geneva. Also survived by sister-in-law, Hilda Owen along with many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

The family wishes to express their gratitude to the staff at Novant Presbyterian Medical Center and Asbury Rehabilitation Facility at Aldersgate.

Memorials may be sent to Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC. 28207 for the Children’s Ministry department.

Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC; 28204 (704) 641-7606. Online condolences can be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.