Charles Carson Lewis

Charles Carson Lewis, 79, of Asheboro, NC, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born on July 14, 1946 in Statesville, NC, Charles was a devoted father to sons Jonathan and Phillip, and a loving grandaddy to his five grandchildren. He was a dedicated educator; sharing both his love of mathematics education and word puns with thousands of students, spanning a 43-year career in public education.

Charles always wanted to be a teacher. After graduating from Statesville High School in 1964, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968 majoring in math education, Charles embarked on his career in education, where he had a tremendous impact on his students and the wider community. Charles started his teaching profession with junior high instruction across NC, including stops at Quail Hollow, Proximity, Swann (formerly Aycock), and Guy B. Phillips schools before obtaining his masters at Chapel Hill in math education.

He found his true calling for teaching at the high school level. After a brief stint at Western Guilford High School; he moved to Asheboro to raise his family and enjoyed almost 30 years of instruction at Asheboro High School. If he wasn't at the chalkboard instructing students or collaborating with his many treasured colleagues, you could find him running the clock at the high school football and basketball games and watching his sons' sporting events. After retirement from Asheboro High School, he taught at Randolph Community College for three years. Charles also had an unwavering faith and was very active at Browers Chapel Global Methodist Church by teaching Sunday School, helping with services, and holding administrative roles. He was an avid golfer for most of his life, and loved to travel to visit family. He also loved watching his grandchildren's many pursuits in athletics, band, and theatre. Charles also enjoyed tending to the lawn at his farm house and spending time with his cat Buddy.

Charles is survived by his son Jonathan Lewis and fiancé Christy Roberts, and his son Phillip and wife Candice Lewis. He will be greatly missed by his five devoted grandchildren: Julie, Ryan, Landon, Chase, and Bennett. He leaves behind his beloved brother and sister-in-law, Barry and Patricia Lewis, and their children Barry Jr. and Bryan Lewis, and families. He is also survived by his nieces-in-law Sue Swengros, Ann Freeman Sykes, Kay Freeman, nephews-in-law Charles Freeman and Mark York, and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents Harvey (Buster) and Ruth Duncan Lewis, and aunt Mildred Duncan.

Charles's commitment to his faith, family, friends, and community were extremely important to him. He will be deeply missed by all that knew and loved him.

The family will receive guests at a visitation at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro, NC on Friday, July 25 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. A funeral service will be held the following morning on Saturday, July 26 at 10:00am, at Browers Chapel Global Methodist Church (1030 Browers Chapel Road, Asheboro). The Lewis funeral will comprise a chapel service and graveside service. The family invites all guests to an informal reception to follow in the Fellowship Hall onsite.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Randolph Hospice House of Asheboro or the Browers Chapel Road Cemetery fund.