Mr. Carl Goldston, Jr., 91, of West End, North Carolina entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at FirstHealth Moore Regional in Pinehurst, North Carolina. 

Please keep the family and friends of Mr. Carl Goldston, Jr in your thoughts and prayers. 

Carl Lee Goldston, Jr., fondly known by his daughter as “her little rubber band man”, and to his grands as “Birdie”, was born on September 27, 1934, to the late Janie Bell Huff Goldston and Carl L. Goldston, Sr. in Eagle Springs, NC. Mr. Goldston took his flight on January 25, 2026, at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC.

Mr. Goldston was a member of Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church for many years. In 1955, he was united in marriage to Mary McLean Goldston. To this union, three girls were born. Mr. Goldston was employed with Carthage Fabric Mills in Carthage, NC for many years until his health declined and was medically retired. Mr. Goldston loved art and did beautiful freehand pictures. He loved fishing and Sadie was his fishing buddy. Every time he would go, she thought she was supposed to go with him. Most of the time she was right there with him. He had a love for yard work, gardening and just being outside; he always kept everything well-groomed in the yard. Even though he had many health challenges in his later years, he always bounced back and didn’t complain. That’s why he was called our little rubber band man.

Mr. Goldston was predeceased by his entire family of siblings, William Henry, Vivian Morrison, Helen Goldston, Novella Moore, Lillian Bowden, Jessie Lee and Alice Goldston, two daughters, Doris Jeanette Simmons, and Debrah Jane Thomas and one grandson, Theodore Daniel “Danny” Harris, Jr.

Mr. Goldston leaves to cherish his memory, one daughter, Sadie (Diane) McLauchlin and her husband Henry of Killeen, TX; four grandchildren, Larry Scott Patterson (Karla) of Wake Forest, NC, Nicholas Pratt (Stephanie) of Seven Lakes, NC, Daryl McLauchlin of Killeen, TX, and Belinda Clark (Damon) of Pinehurst, NC. A bonus granddaughter, Kendra Myers of Mt. Airy, NC; seven great grandchildren: two great, great grandchildren. A special niece who was so good to him, Sarah Alford of Pinehurst, NC, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.

Arrangements are entrusted to McLeod Funeral Home of Southern Pines, North Carolina.