Obituary of Carleen R. Berndt
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Jessie Carleen Richardson Berndt of Fairfield Lane, Blowing Rock, NC passed away Saturday morning, August 26, 2017 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation. Born August 21, 1955 in Chatham County, Georgia, she was the daughter of Joseph Carl Richardson and Edna Kathryn Elledge Richardson. Carleen was a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Florida State University. She loved her family as well as her church family at First Presbyterian Church, Boone, NC where she was a deacon. She enjoyed walking, hiking and the beauty of North Carolina.
Carleen is survived by her son, William Read Berndt, brother Craig Richardson and wife Dena of Fort Mill, SC., nieces Megan Leigh Richardson (Jacob West) and Lauren Elise Richardson Tuck (Richard Connor Tuck), both in Ocala, Fl. The family would like to express their profound appreciation to the following individuals for their love and unfailing commitment to Carleen during this challenging chapter in her life: David and Barbara Harman, Alexis and Bryan Molenda, Pastor Jeff Smith, her employer � Ned Fowler and many other friends and volunteers from First Presbyterian Church who continually visited and cared for Carleen.
A memorial will be conducted at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 2:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Building Fund at First Presbyterian Church. Please call (828) 264-3906 for more information.
Online condolences may be shared with the family at the website www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.