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Bob and Teresa Carson
Care of the Office of New Student and Carolina Parent Programs
SASB South, Suite 3318
Campus Box 5490
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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May 7th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
It seems so long ago that Eve died, yet, the grief still feels so tender inside me. Graduation is this weekend and, while Eve will not be present physically, I know her spirit will be strongly felt. I hope she is awarded her degree. I never met her but oh how I miss her.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:48 am
To the Carson Family —
We are heartbroken by your loss.
Eve will never be forgotten. She will live on in the hearts of the Tarheel community.
With deepest sympathy,
The Easleys
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
Heart and Home is from North Carolina. As I was raised there for more than half of my life. A natural born Yankee, rooting for the Uconn Huskies. But when the sad News of Miss Carson’s death hit my ears from my television to my eyes, it hit hard. I’d like to say , as a basketball player and fan of most collegiate sports, the motivation to live, pursue success, and smile, will come from the Name Eve Carson. My condolescences, as a fellow North Carolinian by heart, and an American Citizen by birth.
Keep God number one, as I am sure he has kept Eve in his hands. There is nothing God isnt aware of. TO the family, I didnt get the privelege of knowing the young lady, and I am writing this!!! but for all of the young women around, her name symbolizes a work undone and should motivate us, as it will me, to never stop untill, I myself am taken from this earth. FOR EVE! God be with you!Your memory will live.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I wanted you in Eve’s family to know that thoughts of you continue during these difficult adjusting days following her untimely death. I pray that each member of her family knows God’s love, comfort, and peace.
What a positive impact Eve seemed to have made on such a number of people who knew her and on others who recognized and admired her!
With heartfelt sympathy, Jean Young
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“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”
2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV
April 29th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Dear Carson Family,
I am a graduate student at UNC, and unfortunately did not have the pleasure of knowing your daughter, but when I was 20 and in college, I lost one of my best friends under similarly tragic circumstances. Like Eve, Christine lit up the lives of everyone who knew her. I’ve never known anyone who burned the candle at both ends like Christine did, but I suspect Eve must’ve been like her. I wish I had known her, but I feel blessed to be surrounded by so many who were touched by your beautiful daughter. It’s no consolation, I’m sure, but not a day goes by that I don’t think of my friend, and hope that I am living my life in a way that honors her memory. We don’t meet too many people who inspire us that way, but I am sure that Eve has and will continue to inspire so many of us, at UNC and beyond, by the tremendous gift of her all too brief life.
May God bless you and comfort you.
Sincerely,
Erin Branch
April 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pm
ALL THE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI FROM STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLOF SCIENCES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHARE YOUR GRIEF, AND THE GRIEF OF THE ENTIRE UNIVFRSITY COMMUNITY. JACK M PURVIN FOUNDATION,INC
April 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I have two children who are deeply loved and who have turned into wonderful young adults now. But when my son was born something I can’t quite explain happened in that sterile o.r. The room lit up with some kind of sparkle that had nothing to do with the glaring lights in the room. And there was a kind of peace around all of us that wasn’t of this world. I gave birth naturally so I can’t explain any of it with a drug haze. It was the closest I’ve ever been to God. And I knew right there and then that this child was going to be more and give more to the world and as devoted and caring as I promised to be it would have little to do with me. He’s 26 now and still has a way with people that I can’t quite explain. He’s graduating law school next month (which doesn’t explain his personality at all) and I am as sure now as I was then that he is blessed by God in a special way and will use his education to do God’s work in some way. I only tell this story because after reading the words you spoke to all the mourners, I thought you might have had a similar experience when your beautiful Eve was born. I don’t tell that story to to many people for fear they won’t understand and I don’t want my daughter to feel left out somehow. But it has to be said that some people like Eve are remarkable gifts to us here in this sometimes dark world. I want you to know that her loving, blessed spirit has come throught tv screens and jumped off newspaper articles even for those of us who were not lucky enough to be with her in person. And this has nothing to do with her accomplishments (although there are so many). I know that those who knew Eve will do more and be more because of her. That beautiful loving spirit will have a ripple effect forever.
I am so terribly sorry for the pain you are going through. I hope that our prayers will help hold you up just a little.
With deepest sympathy,
Kathleen O’Neil