Last Saturday, a Charlotte legend many have never heard of died at the age of 62. But Cary Mitchell was most certainly a legend, his friends will tell you.
Mitchell, or “Cup,” as he was known, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm. His funeral will be Friday, April 15 at Charlotte’s Victory Christian Center, and there probably won’t be too many empty seats.
“You just don’t find too many people like Cary,” said Johnson C. Smith men’s basketball coach Steve Joyner, a longtime friend and mentor. “He’s not looking for credit, not looking for pats on the back.