
SOUTHPORT — Charles J. “Chuck” Mahoney, 84, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. He was born April 8, 1935, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and raised in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and educated at The Haverford School.
He was a star athlete in track and football and graduated from Washington and Lee University. After graduation, he entered Navy Officers’ Candidate School and served in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War as a sea going officer and commander of Service Squadron 3. He was honorably discharged at the rank of commander in May 1964.
His entire career was spent as an executive with The Coca-Cola Company. He retired circa 1995 and moved to Southport, where he and his wife Carol owned and operated Northrop Mall Antiques and Gifts. Except for his years at The Haverford School and in the military, most of his life was spent in the South where his love of the sea abounded. He lead a full and prosperous life, loved nature, big game fishing, poetry and his family.
Chuck was preceded in death by his son, Sean Mahoney.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Celeste Mahoney; daughter, Sabrina Miller; two sons, Ryan Brandon, and his wife, Barbara, and Brigham Brandon, and his wife, Amanda; eight grandchildren, Nicholas Worley, Andrew Worley, Jack Brandon, Stella Brandon, Thomas Brandon, Timothy Miller, Lucas Miller and Cadence Miller.
A memorial service will be held outdoors at 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 29, at the home of Barbara and Mike O’Reilly, 3782 Ridge Crest Drive in St. James Plantation. The Rt. Rev. David W. Haines will officiate the service. A celebration of his life will follow the service at the family home, 3780 Ridge Crest Drive.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to SECU Hospice House of Brunswick, 955 Mercy Lane, Bolivia, NC 28422; SOAR Southport/Oak Island Animal Rescue, 3376 St. Charles Place S.E., Southport, NC 28461; or Dosher Memorial Hospital Foundation, 924 North Howe Street, Southport, NC 28461.
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