Charles Carr Jr. ’36

Charlie died Dec. 24, 2005, in Columbus, N.C., just before his 91st birthday.

He was a graduate of Webster Groves (Mo.) High School. At Princeton he majored in English and played varsity football on our championship teams of 1933, 1934, and 1935, which suffered only one defeat during those three years. He also played varsity rugby and was a member of Tiger Inn.

During World War II, Charlie served four years in the Army Air Corps in England and France, rising to the rank of major. After the war he returned to the International Shoe Co. in St. Louis, serving 34 years as a sales representative for New England.

He raised his family in Weston, Mass., and retired in 1978. He then moved to Tryon, N.C. He was a lifetime member of the Weston Golf Club and the Tryon Country Club. While living in Weston, he was president of the Princeton Club of New England.

Charlie was predeceased by his sister, Inez Comfort. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former Virginia B. Powers; sons Charles III ’73, Bruce C., and John T.; a granddaughter, Liz Rudd; and two great-grandchildren.