Terry Jackson Revels

Mr. Revels was born in Mecklenburg County on December 13, 1942, to the late Obie Jackson Revels and Lula Stamey Revels.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Camilla Webb Revels, a brother, Gary Revels, and a sister Serita Williamson.

Terry retired from the United States Navy as an air traffic controller, was a member of Excelsior Lodge number 261 AF&AM in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was a Shriner. He had an avid love of flying and traveling in his RV across the United States.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Revels of Fayetteville, NC, two sons, Terry Jackson Revels Jr. and his wife, Lisa of Steadman, NC, Roger Wayne Revels of NC, two stepsons, Jason Ryan Taylor and his wife, Kelly Hampton, and Matthew Trent Taylor of Bessemer City, NC. Several grandchildren, Jared, Sarah, Jonathan, Trent, and one great-granddaughter, Isabel, two step grandchildren, Caterina Jones and Kandace Hampton, three nephews, Jeremy Biddy and his son Waylon, David and Jonathan Williamson, a niece Sandy Revels, a sister-in-law, Charlotte Webb of Gastonia, NC, his special friends Ken Gregory, Earlene Harper, and Dustin Gregory of Raeford, NC, and one fur child, his cat, Cheyenne (Dammit Kitty).

A celebration of life will be held later.