Charlotte Duvall

Miami, FL
Charlotte Freels Duvall, age 95, died Saturday, April 2, 2016.  Born in Morristown, TN, a daughter of the late James Cleveland Freels and his wife Aileen Fisher.  Her family wintered in Miami where she attended Shenandoah Elementary and Junior High, and graduated from Miami High in 1938. She earned degrees at Mount Vernon Junior College, Washington DC and the University of Miami, class of 1942.  She met her husband John Emack Duvall of Cheraw, SC, at a dance at the Coral Gables Country Club; they were happily married 69 years!  She is predeceased by her husband and parents listed above and a brother, James Cleveland Freels, Jr.  She is survived by three children Mary Aileen Smith (Harold), Charlotte Denise West (Macdonald) and Mareen Walker Duvall (Millicent); three grandchildren Jonathan Walker Duvall (Karen), Taylor Mareen Bennett (Ryan) and Gideon Williams Duvall; 3 great grandchildren, Micah Walker Duvall, Gabriel John Duvall, Charlotte Rose Bennett and two sisters, Mary Nelson White and Julia Chwalik.  She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, the Beaux Arts, and the Coral Reef Yacht Club.  She loved doing genealogy research and was a member of many hereditary societies including DAR, NSCDA, NSDAC, FFV, DFPA, Order of the Crown, Colonial Governors, Crown of Charlemagne.  Services in Cheraw, SC, Saturday April 9, 2016 at 11AM at St David’s Church. Contributions can be made to St. David’s Cemetery Association, PO Box 1196, Cheraw, SC 29520.