Timothy Robert

Canty Jr.

Timothy Robert Canty Jr. passed away on March 13th 2025 in Butler, Alabama. He was 89.

Mr. Canty was born June 7th 1935 in Charleston, South Carolina to Timothy Canty Sr. and Beatrice Williams.  He is a graduate of Bonds-Wilson High School. He subsequently attended South Carolina State University where he played football and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.  Upon moving to the northeast, he became a quality control chemist for the foundry sands company Whitehead Brothers in Manhattan, New York and Florham Park, New Jersey.  After moving to Vineland in southern New Jersey, Mr. Canty worked quality control at Jessie S. Morie and Sons, a gravel and sands mining company, and worked part time as a security guard in several New Jersey locations.  Eventually, he and his wife, Georgia, moved to Coffeeville, Alabama in 2004.

Mr. Canty was a co-founder of the New Jersey Martial Arts Club, a certified 7th Dan black belt in Japanese Shotokan karate and a community leader in Newark, New Jersey.  He taught self defense and discipline to his students through karate.

Mr. Canty is a Veteran of the United States Air Force (May 1949 – Dec 1952) and served overseas as a Military Policeman in the Philippines and Korea, during the Korean War.  Additionally, he served as a Bishop with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in New Jersey and Alabama for several years.

Mr. Canty was an avid jazz enthusiast, and in addition to Karate, he also was an avid bowler who participated in many leagues in Brooklyn, New York and Hillside and Union, New Jersey.

He is survived by his son, Timothy Canty III, two grandchildren and one great-grand child.  He is preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Mae Canty (nee Hickerson) and daughter, Andrea Velora Canty Pierce.