CARL WILHELM BISSENGER KORB, JR. Carl Wilhelm Bissenger Korb, Jr., 92, of Wilmington, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice. He was born on April 29, 1924, in Roanoke Virginia, and was the son to the late Carl W. B. Korb, Sr. and Grace Lord Korb. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sister, Helen Korb Bergeron, and brother Robert Lord Korb. A veteran of World War II, he served in the Navy on board the USS Missouri as a seaman first class (metal smith). He earned the American Area Campaign ribbon, the Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign ribbon (3 stars-Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Guam), and Victory Metal (WWII). He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a lifelong Tar Heel fan. Carl loved to camp, fish, hunt, and garden. As a boy, he hunted and fished the lakes and streams near Roanoke. When the family moved to Newport News, VA during the war, he hunted ducks on the Chesapeake Bay with his brother Bobby. Bobby, a Merchant Marine in WWII, died when his ship was sunk off the coast of VA. Then the family moved to Wilmington where Carl enjoyed many years surf fishing on Wrightsville and Masonboro Islands and quail and dove hunting in Brunswick County with his father, sons, and brother in law, Bill Bergeron. Every summer on his one week of vacation, he would pack up the station wagon and take the family camping, hiking, and fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains. He loved to garden and was proud of his tomatoes which he grew each summer. Carl would often say that "he knew a little about everything and a lot about nothing." He was truly a jack of all trades. He worked as a book keeper for Hanover Construction Company until it closed in the early 80s. He changed the oil, brakes, mufflers, etc. on the family cars. He helped to build his father's, brother in law's, and his own houses. He could split logs for firewood, camp with the boy scouts, and clean and prepare the day's catch. Carl was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wilmington where he served as usher for over 60 years. Carl was a devoted husband and a loving father. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Betty Jane Stroup Korb, and four children, Elizabeth Korb-Queen (James Clinton Queen)of Ashville, Carl W.B. Korb III of Wilmington, Mary Korb Smith (Thomas J Smith) of WV and Benjamin Stroup Korb (Helen Gray Korb) of Calabash. In addition he is survived by 6 grandchildren, Trenton Lee Smith (Erin Rundberget), Clinton Patrick Smith, Caroline Ashley Smith, James Michael Andrew Queen, Michael Meriwether, Jr., and Margaret Anne Meriwether, and great grandson Anthony Valentino Meriwether, and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces. A celebration of Carl's life will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wilmington at 2:00pm, on Sunday, January 29, 2017. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Carl's name to Lower Cape Fear Hospice or St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com