Guy Thomas
CARSWELL
(b.
29 September 1894
,
d.
11 October 1966
,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
)
Cause of Death: Automobile Accident
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Guy Thomas CARSWELL was born 29 September 1894
Guy Thomas CARSWELL was the child of Abel Hampton CARSWELL and Mary Elizabeth HUFFMANGuy Thomas was a soldier in World War I.
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Guy Thomas CARSWELL died 11 October 1966 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA.
He entered the University of North Carolina just prior to WWI, but when the U.S. became involved, he joined the Navy and became a Sergeant in the Medical Corps. After the war, he married a school teacher Clara Horn, who also grew up on a farm. Together, they resumed Guy's education, this time at Wake Forest University. She taught music and helped with the "Pressing Club" that Guy ran. After receiving his B.A. and L.L.B. from Wake Forest, they moved to Charlotte in 1921.
Guy's success as a trial lawyer was almost immediate. He simply "had a way with juries" as a fellow lawyer put it. Clients in civil and criminal cases flocked to his office on the first floor of the Law Building. He had 2 law partners. First, was Joe Ervin, brother of Senator Sam Ervin. The second was James F Justice.
As Guy's professional success produced financial rewards, he was increasingly generous. He was a founder of Myers Park Baptist Church and creator of the Carswell Foundation which gave college educations to many deserving young people. He endowed the Carswell Scholars Program at Wake Forest . The Administration Building at the wake Forest Law School bears his name, a gift from his widow. His alma mater honored him with a Doctor of Humane Letters Degree.
He taught the Men's Bible Class at the First Baptist Church on N. Tryon St. and later at the new Myers Park Baptist Church on Queens Rd. for so long, no one living can furnish the exact dates!
He was a founding director of Home Finance Company, which later merged with Auto Finance Company to become American Credit Corporation, now BarclaysAmerican.
At the time of his death,in an automobile accident, he was a member of the board of directors of First Union NAtional Bank, American Credit Corporation, the Charlotte Young Men's Christian Association and was a fellow in the American College of Trail Lawyers
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Guy Thomas CARSWELL was a Trial lawyer.
Guy Thomas CARSWELL was a Trial lawyer.
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1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States) 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.
1966 Death 11 October 1966
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
He died at the age of 72.
Guy is buried at: Evergreen Cemetery Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
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