Devoughn Leon Carthen

DEVOUGHN LEON CARTHEN WAS BORN ON MAY 6TH, 1982 TO BILLY CARTHEN AND MONICA CARTHEN, AT STANFORD HOSPITAL NI PALO ALTO, CA. DEVOUGHN WAS A HAPPY CHUNKY LITTLE BOY THAT LOVED TO EAT AND PLAY WITH HIS ONLY BIG BROTHER RODNEY. THEY FOUND A LOVE FOR RACE CARS GROWING UP. AFTER HIS PARENTS SEPARATED DEVOUGHN PICK UP AND LEFTEAST PALO ALTO, CA AND MOVED TO SACRAMENTO, CA WITH HIS MOTHER MONICA AND TWO SIBLINGS RODNEY, AND LACRESHA.

DEVOUGHN ATTENDED GRANT HIGH SCHOOL IN DEL PASO HEIGHTS WHERE HE FOUND A PASSION FOR CARS AND TOOK AUTO BODY IN HIGH SCHOOL. HEAL SO PLAYED BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, ART, AND HE LIKE TO DO MUSIC. HE HAS A HEART OF GOLD AND A SMILE SO BRIGHT THAT WILL LIGHT UP A ROOM. AS A YOUNG MAN DEVOUGHN GOT MARRIED AND OUT OF THAT UNION HE HAD HIS FIRST CHILD A DAUGHTER NAMED MONESSA CARTHEN(20) SHE LIT UP HIS WORLD. AFTER THAT UNION CAME TO AN END. ABOUT 8 YEARS LATER HE HAD A SON NAMED DEVOUGHN CARTHEN J.R (12) AND WITH THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN HE KNEW HIS LEGACY WOULD LIVE ON THROUGH THEM. BEING A FATHER MADE HIM PROUD.

IN HIS 30'S DEVOUGHN DECIDED HE WAS DONE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND WANTED A CHANGE OF SCENERY SO HE PICK UP AND MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA WITH HIS SON. HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST HOME, OPENED A RENTAL CAR BUSINESS, AND GOT MARRIED TO JULIE CARTHEN. LEARNING STOCKS WAS A HOBBY OF HIS AND BEING HIS TRUE ENTREPRENEUR SELF. SADLY GOD CALLED DEVOUGHN HOME ON AUGUST 31,2023 OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER MONICA CARTHEN, FATHER BILY CARTHEN,DAUGHTER MONESSA CARTHEN, SON DEVOUGHN CARTHEN JR., WIFE JULIE CARTHEN, SIBLINGS RODNEY CARTHEN, AND LACRESHA SILVA. A LIST OF NEPHEWS, NIECES, AUNTS, AND UNCLES IN DEATH HE IS PROCEED BY HIS GRANDFATHER FRANK JAMES,GRANDMOTHER LOUIES JAMES, GRANDFATHER BILLY CARTHEN, AND GRANDMOTHER BETTY ARMSTRONG, COUSIN LAMICA BARNETT, GREAT-GRANDFATHER NELSON ARMSTRONG, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WILMA ARMSTRONG, UNCLES LARRY ARMSTRONG, JIMMY ARMSTRONG AND MICHAEL ARMSTRONG