J C Bernhardt Family

Friday, August 1, 2014

Roy P. Bernhardt

SALISBURY - Roy Peeler Bernhardt, age 89, of Salisbury, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.

Roy was born April 17, 1925, in Rowan County, a son of the late Ira Leo and Maggie Elizabeth Parks Bernhardt.

A 1942 graduate of Granite Quarry High School, he was a longtime area resident and very active member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where he served on the Church Council and the Cemetery Committee.

Roy served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard PC 550 and LST 659 in the European and Pacific Theaters. He was a brick mason for D.C. Linn, Plant Manager of Concrete Supply Company. In 1960 he founded Bernhardt Trucking Company, Inc. and was also a farmer.

Roy enjoy hunting and surf fishing and the Atlanta Braves. He also enjoyed helping his neighbors and loved to attend all the sporting events that the grandchildren participated in.

In addition to his parents, Roy was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ruth Beaver Bernhardt, in 1998; a son, Allen Eugene Bernhardt, in 1961; four brothers; and a sister.

He is survived by his sons, Benjamin Leo Bernhardt (Susan) of Salisbury and Randy Lynn Bernhardt (Deborah) of Claremont; his four grandchildren, Jason Bernhardt (fiancee Amanda), Lisa Cerda (Mat), Brett Bernhardt (Erika) and Kerri Wimberly (Manning); his four great-grandchildren, Beckett Bernhardt and Amaya, Tristan and Ethan Cerda.

Arrangements: The family will receive friends Saturday, Aug. 2 from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. His funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev. William Ketchie. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military rites.

Memorials: May be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Cemetery Fund, 205 St. Paul's Church Road, Salisbury, NC 28146.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.linnhoneycuttfuneral. com

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home in China Grove is serving the Bernhardt family. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/salisburypost/obituary.aspx?pid=171931577#sthash.p8cRh25M.dpuf

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John Crawford Bernhardt

John Crawford Bernhardt (Johu Crofford,) the youngest son of John Christian Bernhardt II and Sarah Elizabeth Lentz was born Oct 3, 1835 in Cabarrus Co., NC. The German Lutheran family attended Bethel Bear Creek Church in Stanley Co. JC joined the Confederate Army and served in the Nineth Regiment Calvary, Company H.
JC married Laura Elizabeth Davis on Sept. 30, 1865 and operated a grist mill near St. Peter's Lutheran Church south of Salisbury, NC. In 1873 the family moved to Marion, NC where JC operated a general store. The family returned to Rowan Co., in 1874 and purchased property on Grants Creek where they were active in Grace Lutheran Church. JC and Laura had 10 children; John Adolphus, George Michael, Cora Lee, Mary Augustus, Sarah Elizabeth, William Mathias, Ernest Theophilus, Joseph Clarence, and twin, and Jacob Alphonso. Laura died of pneaumonia on March 22, 1882 and is buried at Grace Lutheran Church.
On Dec 6, 1883 John Crawford was married to Martha Jane Brown. The family moved to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church area of Rowan Co. in 1889. The family home in which they lived still stands and is owned and occupied by their descendants. Martha Jane and JC had 5 children; Annie Laura, Joline, Paul Crawford, Ida Pearl and Ira Leo. JC served as County Surveyor and Justice of the Peace. He died Oct 30, 1912. Martha Jane died Nov 10, 1929; both are buried at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC.
Descendants of the 15 children of JC Bernhardt will hold their 60th Family Reunion on the first Sunday in August of 2010.