Charles Gough Fenwick
October 25, 1940 ~ January 1, 2014
Services:
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM in St. Peter Claver Catholic Church St. Inigoes, MD with Father Scott Woods officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation:
The family will receive friends on Friday, January 10, 2014 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM in St. Peter Claver Catholic Church St. Inigoes, MD.
Charles Gough “Guffy or Guppy” Fenwick,73, passed away in Washington, DC on January 1, 2014. He was the loving son of the late Bertha Mae Fenwick and Ambrose Louis Fenwick, Sr.
Charles is survived by his children; Charles Fenwick, Jr of RI, Valerie Fenwick and Karenza Outlar (Douglas), Bianca Fenwick all of Lexington Park, MD. Lisa Burgess of Waldorf, MD, 16 grandchildren, and 21 great grandchildren. Siblings; Ambrose Fenwick, Jr., Mae Howell and William Fenwick all of Lexington Park, MD. Charles was preceded in death by his daughter Edwina Fenwick, brothers James Fenwick, and George Brent Fenwick.
He attended from Cardinal Gibbons Institute and worked as a transporter and mail courier for Anchor/ Continental Van Lines from 1960 – 2001 and went on to work for Maryland Bank and Trust from 2001 to 2011. Charles enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing cards, planting gardens, mainly sunflowers, telling jokes and talking smack, he was an avid lottery player and was a member of the Flaming Knights and Cycle Kings.
The family will receive friends on Friday, January 10, 214 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM in St. Peter Claver Catholic Church St. Inigoes, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM in St. Peter Claver Catholic Church St. Inigoes, MD with Father Scott Woods officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers: Lester Price, James Saxon, Kindle Briscoe, Tony Hatton, and Richard Sims. Honorary Pallbearers : Melvin Taylor, Willie Williams, Richard Holley, Charlie Moore and Tom Daugherty.
Arrangements provide by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
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“Sorry for your loss. He is in a better place. Bonds Family”
“Our prayers and thoughts are with you all. May God bless and keep you during your time of bereavement. “
“To the Fenwick and Taylor families: My thoughts and prayers are with you.”
“Sorry for your loss. He was like a second father to me and I will miss him dearly. Im sorry I won’t be able to attend but know that I wish I could be there. Stay strong and God will see you through this hard time for he is in a better place. He will be missed.”
“So sorry for your loss. He was like a second father to me and I will never forget him. He will be missed and he is in a better place. So sorry I won’t be able to attend but know that I appreciated him and will miss him so much. Stay strong and God will see you through this.”
“Sorry for your loss. enjoyed talking with him when he worked for the bank. “
“Charles- you will forever be missed. You were such a giving person and this world will not be the same without you. God bless your family.”
“We are so sorry for your loss. Charles was such a sweet man. He will surely be missed by all who knew him.”
“He was a hard worker,had magic in his hands when he grew his flowers,could whip a story if you needed to hear some gossip,had a slew of MB&T employees that thought the world of him. He was my dear friend and I will miss him. If you look up to the skies and there’s a yellow glow, you’ll know that Charles’s sunflowers shining down from heaven. “
“”Our prayers and thoughts are with you all. May God bless and keep you during your time of bereavement. ” “
“Guffy was a dear friend and respected coworker, he will be missed by everyone. My deepest condolences for his extended family and friends”