Joseph Charles "Chuck" Hoyle, 72, danced his way into heaven on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

Chuck became a paraplegic when he was injured in a small plane crash 36 years ago - so living half of his life in a wheelchair. But Chuck didn't let his circumstances bring him down. His life became an incredible story of a man who determined to live a "normal" life without the use of his legs and feet. He achieved success as a CPA and an attorney. A sensitive and talented man, he adopted and raised nine children and supported and nurtured many others - his nieces and nephews, along with many, many friends of his kids.

Chuck's physical achievements were also incredible. With only his hands and upper body, he drove cars, rode bikes, waterskied, played basketball, swam, and more. Chuck often took down trees around his wooded yard, often using a chain saw to drop big trees precisely where they were supposed to go. But this time the tree went the wrong way, and Chuck entered into his heavenly home, finally healed and restored and able to greet so many who had gone before him, including his beloved Wanda Robertson and parents Betty and Gene Hoyle.

Chuck was a graduate of Kings Mountain High School and the US Air Force Academy. He also graduated from Lincoln Law School in Sacramento, CA, and served as a lawyer and CPA for many years in Shelby and Kings Mountain.

Left to cherish Chuck's memory are his brother and sister-in-law, Mike and Nancy Hoyle of Kings Mountain; sister and brother-law April and Scott Shauf of Boiling Springs; children and spouses: Richard and Crystal Hoyle of Rutherfordton, Anna Hoyle of Saranac Lake, NY, Charles and Dixie Hoyle of Marion, Emily and Josh Carpenter of Kings Mountain, David Hoyle of Shelby, Caleb Hoyle of Sheffield, IA, Robert Hoyle of Rutherfordton, Rebecca Hoyle of Hendersonville, Tyler Hoyle of Kings Mountain and Kylan Hagen of Idaho; and ten grandchildren.

Chuck also deeply loved and was loved by his nieces and nephews: Melanie Holland and husband Mike of Kings Mountain, Dustin Hoyle and wife Tabitha of Mint Hill, and Jonathan Shauf and Kit Shauf of Boiling Springs. Chuck was also blessed with many dear friends locally and throughout the US including California, Oregan, Colorado and Texas.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 at David Baptist Church in Kings Mountain. Friends will be received afterwards in the church's Fellowship Hall.

Chuck loved to give back to the community, and he constantly found ways to do so. Two of his big efforts
were with the Joni and Friends Ministry and the Wake the World organization, for which he founded and coordinated the local Moss Lake Wake the World event every August. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations go to those two organizations: Joni and Friends North Carolina, 616-A Matthew's-Mint Hill Rd., MaƩhews, NC 28105 (or online at www.joniandfriends.org/north-carolina/), and Wake the World, 339 Legend Dr., Asheboro, NC 27205 (or via Venmo: @wake-the-world).