Carl Leon Fluharty's Obituary
Carl Leon Fluharty lost his battle with lung cancer on Mon. Feb. 11, 2008 at the Caroline Home for Hospice in Denton, MD. He was 66 years old.
He was born Aug. 1, 1941 to the late Lawrence Fluharty, Sr. and Roberta Handy Fluharty.
He was a graduate of Preston High School Class of 1960. He drove a tractor trailer for Tri-Gas and Oil and Preston Trucking for several years before going part-time for Central Redi-Mix Concrete. He retired five years ago. He was a member of Easton Moose Lodge #1520 where he received the Legion degree and served as treasurer for one year. While his children were young he was involved in many of their activities including football, softball, band boosters, Girl Scout troop camping and other activities. One of his favorite activities was camping with his family. Recently fishing and crabbing were his favorite activities which he enjoyed with his buddies. For the last ten years, he and his family and friends had a team to raise money for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Caroline County. He is presently registered as a member of the 2008 “Beside the Still Waters 4H Relay for Life Team”. His family will continue to raise money in his name for the year.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Elizabeth Ann “Libby” Towers Fluharty, whom he married on Aug. 13, 1960 at the Harmony United Methodist Church in Preston, MD, a son, Frank Curtis Fluharty, Sr. and his wife Valerie, of Federalsburg, daughters Robin Lynn Simmons of Federalsburg and Susan Beth Corbitt and her husband, Alan of Hillsboro, TX; seven grandchildren, Eric William Simmons, Sr., Amy Elizabeth Simmons, Lawrence Edward Fluharty, Frank Curtis Fluharty, Jr., Devin Nicole Corbitt, Kristen Amber Fluharty and David Alan Corbitt; great-grandson, Eric William “Will” Simmons, Jr., a brother, Lawrence F. Fluharty, Jr. and his wife, Mildred, sisters, Evelyn Cummings and her husband, David, and Margaret “Maggie” Rogers and her husband William, brother-in-law Charles McNeal and his wife, Jan, and sister-in-law Blanche
Fluharty. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Lee Fluharty in 1991, a brother, Charles W. Fluharty and a sister, India Ruth McNeal, and his wife’s parents, Frank and Grace Towers.
Services will be held on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg with Rev. Denzil Cheek and Rev. Howard Dunn officiating. Interment will follow in Junior Order Cemetery in Preston. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Friday from 1:00 -2:00 p.m. Serving as pallbearers will be Joseph Voshell, Dinky Scurto, Skip Pierce, Donald Willoughby, Frank Fluharty, Jr., Larry Fluharty, Eric Simmons, Sr., and James Mowbray. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank C. Towers, Ben Feyl, Amy Simmons, Devin Corbitt, Kristen Fluharty, David Corbitt and Will Simmons, Jr.
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