Carl Maynard Sebris

Follower-of-Christ, Husband, Father, “Bop,” and Pastor—Carl M. Sebris passed peacefully into his Savior’s arms on Friday morning, October 30, 2015. He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on October 10, 1954 the youngest of three children to parents Ruth and Robert Sebris. Carl spent his childhood summers on the Great South Bay fishing on the family boat with his brother Bob and sister Evelyn. In 1972 he graduated from Pittsford High School in Rochester, New York. After receiving an athletic scholarship, Carl attended Cornell University. He transferred to the University of South Carolina playing on the collegiate soccer team. Carl graduated from USC with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Carl attended Clemson University receiving another bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. At Clemson, he met the two loves of his life. In January of 1978, he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior while kneeling bedside in his apartment. Carl would often describe that moment as him praying the first real...