Funeral Services will be held graveside at 2:00 PM, Saturday May 5, 2018 at Carolina Memorial Park with Chaplain Daniel Cooper officiating. Family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 PM at Carolina Memorials Funeral Home until the time of the service.
Carl was born August 26, 1925 in Lincoln, NE, the youngest son of Karl A. and Gertrude B. Merting. He served on the USS Makin Island in Composite Squadron 84 during WWII, worked at and retired from Charleston Naval Shipyard, and was a member of North Charleston United Methodist Church.
He is predeceased by his wife Mary H. Merting.
Surviving are three sons, Bob (Deborah) Merting of Walterboro, Rick Merting of North Charleston, and Mark (Connie) Merting of Summerville; grandchildren, Sara Evans, Robert Merting, Carl Merting, and Jacquelyn Merting; and great grandchildren, Alanis Hamilton and Braxton Evans.
