Obituary

Charlotte rahall, of charleston, passed away on september 1, 2014, after a long illness, in cleveland, ohio, where she had been living with her daughter, sandra rahall tolbert; son-in-law, deacon macarius tolbert; and grandson, gregory michael tolbert. Charlotte was born in charleston on may 10, 1928, to alexander and freda haddy. She graduated from stonewall jackson high school in 1946. After graduation, she studied to become a dental assistant, and then worked with dr. Leo moses and later with dr. Moses and dr. Alex skaff. Later in life, she was employed in the admissions department of the charleston area medical center until she retired in 1998. However, more importantly, she was a lifelong member of st. George orthodox cathedral in charleston, where she worshiped the lord and served the church community all of her life. She was always very active in the church, and this is what she truly loved.
She was also an active member of the shums ‘il bir club, a charitable lebanese women’s club in charleston since the 1920’s.

In 1956, charlotte married naseeb rahall of beckley. Naseeb was a ballroom dance instructor, so, charlotte learned dancing from him and then assisted him with his classes until his death in 2008. Charlotte and naseeb loved dancing together and teaching others. In addition to her dancing, charlotte was known in the charleston area for her baking and cooking. So many people enjoyed her pies and lebanese foods, and she got such joy out of providing these to so many people in charleston.

Charlotte is survived by her son, john haddy rahall (wife, gelme) of pittsburgh, pa. And grandson, vakaris of philadelphia, pa.; daughter, sandra rahall tolbert (husband, deacon macarius tolbert), and grandson, gregory tolbert of cleveland, ohio. She is also survived by one sister, virginia (jenna) bsharah of charleston; and one sister-in-law, sally tweel, of huntington; ron and sue helmintaler; her cousins, george and kathy risk, richard and kaye risk, mary ann risk, and gina namay. She is also survived by her nieces, patty haddy, loretta haddy, dorothy haddy, neva haddy, emily bsharah, anne bsharah, connie choueiri, jean browne, and georgianna michael; her nephews, john haddy, ernest bsharah, john michael, and howard browne, and many more nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews, too numerous for their names to be written here, but whose names are truly forever written in charlotte’s heart.

Charlotte rahall was predeceased by her loving dancing husband, naseeb rahall; alexander and freda haddy (father and mother); edna and mike rahall (mother-in-law and father-in-law); mae and phillip michael (sister and brother-in-law, who raised charlotte after her parents died when she was very young), john and josephine haddy (brother and sister-in-law); emaline haddy ellis (sister); louise and ethel haddy (sisters); elizabeth and tony lapa (sister and brother-in-law); ernest bsharah (brother-in-law and husband of jenna); james tweel (brother-in-law and husband of sally); toy and lorene david (brother-in-law and sister-in-law); nahey and abe bassett (sister-in-law and brother-in-law); george and ellen rahall (brother-in-law and sister-in-law); phillip and rose rahall (brother-in-law and sister-in-law). She is also predeceased by her niece, donna risden; and nephews phillip michael jr., robert haddy, george choueiri, and tanios choueiri.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.M. At st. George orthodox cathedral in charleston, wv, tuesday, september 9, with trisagion prayers at 7:30 p.M. The funeral service will be held 11 a.M. Wednesday, september 10, also at st. George orthodox cathedral, with the very reverend father olof scott officiating. Burial will follow at sunset memorial park in south charleston.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to st. George cathedral, p.O. Box 2044, charleston, wv 25327.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.Barlowbonsall.Com.
Barlow bonsall funeral home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.