Our classmate, Charlie Maultsby, died unexpectedly on Friday night, February 1, 2019.   Charlie grew up in Roxboro and was in class with many of us from elementary through his high school freshman year.  His family then moved to Wilmington where he attended and graduated from New Hanover HS.

Following are articles that ran Feb 2 in Lumina News at http://luminanews.com/2019/02/legendary-wrightsville-beach-bar-owner-charlie-maultsby-dies/  and Star News.  Below the articles is the obituary posted Feb 7th on Wilmington Star-News.

Charlie Maultsby — known for building and operating legendary local nightclubs The Mad Monk in Wilmington and Red Dogs in Wrightsville Beach — has died. He was 69.

Several friends of Maultsby have told Lumina News that he died at his Wilmington home on the evening of Friday, Feb. 1.

Wrightsville Beach will remember Maultsby as the man who owned and operated Red Dogs for 41 years, from its 1975 beginnings as a beach bar with a jukebox catering to  the “pink and green, penny loafer, yuppie crowd” until 2016, having transformed it into a modern, sometimes controversial nightclub catering to a college crowd. For many, the iconic Red Dogs was a necessary stop in any visit to Wrightsville Beach.

The irrepressible Maultsby was also renowned for his fights with the Wrightsville Beach town government, time and again besting the town in disputes with the N.C Alcohol Beverage Control Commission over his liquor license. Most recently, he won a battle to retain his license in early 2016, the last in many run-ins with the town, starting with his efforts to start serving liquor in 1991. He also faced a challenge from the town in 2000 when he expanded into the second floor of its location on 5 N Lumina Ave.

In a 2016 interview with Lumina News, Maultsby bragged about how he had beaten the town after it spent $150,000 in legal fees in an effort to shut the bar down, while his legal fees were less than half that.

An institution in Wrightsville Beach, Maultsby proudly touted the notoriety the bar had achieved in Wilmington and beyond.

“Everybody all over the state knows Red Dogs,” Maultsby said in 2016, adding that several University of North Carolina athletes had made stops in the club.

Maultsby was also known for his ownership of the Mad Monk, a Wilmington nightclub that drew national acts, from punk band the Ramones to local favorite Hootie and the Blowfish.

The original Mad Monk location on Market Street burned down in 1992, forcing Maultsby to move it to the College Road location where Ten Pin Alley now operates, before closing it for good in 1996.

In his 2016 interview with Lumina News, speaking about his 41-year career, reflected on how much he enjoyed living in the Wilmington area and enjoyed being a bar owner.

“There’s never a day that I dreaded coming to work,” Maultsby said. “It was a lot of fun for me. It was better than working in a cubicle.”

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From Star News https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20190202/well-known-bar-owner-charlie-maultsby-dies

By Allison Ballard StarNews Staff  - Posted Feb 2, 2019 at 5:33 PM

 Maultsby owned The Mad Monk in Wilmington and Red Dogs in Wrightsville Beach

Charlie Maultsby, who may be best known for owning two popular local hotspots, passed away on Friday, Feb. 1 at the age of 69. He was a familiar face to many in the Wilmington area, and even more know of, and had happy times, at Red Dogs in Wrightsville Beach and The Mad Monk in Wilmington.

Music lovers, especially, have fond memories of the Mad Monk, which Maultsby owned from 1983 to 1996. During its operation, acts like the Ramones, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Pantera, Motörhead, Marilyn Manson, Hootie and the Blowfish and the Dave Matthews Band played at one of the two locations. (The original Market Street site burned in the early ’90s, and Maultsby reopened on College Road, where Ten Pin Alley is now.) Many of the bands played locally before they became well known.

In Wrightsville Beach, Maultsby operated Red Dogs for more than four decades, from 1975 until 2016. Over the years, it’s been a well-known college hangout and drinking establishment.

Maultsby’s history in the area goes back further, though. In 2009, the StarNews interviewed him about playing in the first New Hanover-Hoggard high school football game in 1969 at Legion Stadium.

As news of Maultsby’s passing spreads, so are the stories about the meet-ups and parties that happened at his nightspots. In fact, a ‘Remembering the Old Mad Monk’ Facebook group, which was started 10 years ago, is still active and has more than 4,000 members. Fans and friends of Maultsby are posting remembrances there and elsewhere on social media.

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WECT News: http://www.wect.com/2019/02/04/charlie-maultsby-owner-red-dogs-mad-monk-dies/

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Obituary via Star-News Legacy.com at https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/starnewsonline/obituary.aspx?n=charlie-maultsby&pid=191477181

CHARLIE MAULTSBY Charlie Maultsby (John Charles Maultsby, Jr.), a well-known and loved man with an unforgettable personality, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019. He was born on November 1, 1950 in Whiteville, N.C. to the late John Charles and Doris Maultsby, and soon thereafter moved to Roxboro, N.C., where he spent the better part of his childhood until he moved to Wilmington, N.C. his Sophomore year of High School. Charlie started his athletic endeavors in football and baseball while in Roxboro and later transferred his talents to New Hanover High School. In addition to his athletic abilities, he acquired the accolade of best looking in high school. He was an exceptional athlete, played on several Post-10 championship teams under Coach Buck Hardee, and was awarded many scholarships in both football and baseball to several universities but chose to play centerfield on a baseball scholarship to UNCW. Because of his love of sports, Charlie has generously donated through the years to many area booster clubs, sports programs and scholarships. Charlie received his degree in Biology and later attended NC State in hopes of becoming a Veterinarian. Although his greatest passion in life was helping animals, his life took a different direction. After college, Charlie started dabbling in the 8-track tape distribution business that he took great pride in, even though it was minor in comparison to his many other accomplishments. He was a mate on The Pelican with Captain Hal Abrams before opening the legendary Wrightsville beach hot spot, Red Dogs, in 1974. Despite having no experience whatsoever in the bar business, Charlie, along with partner and close friend, Steve "Reddog" Parker, created an institution that is one of the most well-known and unforgettable bars to this day. He also opened the Mad Monk in 1983, which was known for its iconic live music. After the original location was lost to a fire, a new location was opened in 1992 and remained a critically acclaimed music venue until 1996. Charlie was also quite the ladies' man and captivated everyone he met with his charm and good looks. If you worked for Charlie, he took a special interest in you and what you were doing to better yourself. Charlie wanted to always share what he was passionate about and would always help those in need. He would not want credit or praise for the philanthropic side of him. So much so, it is unclear how much he actually helped the community. Charlie loved nature and animals and was very insistent on regular benefit events to serve the eco systems and environment. He believed we all could do good things for this world by working to better ourselves. Charlie loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter, fisherman, golfer, beach-goer, boater and traveler and held a special place in his heart for the solitude and beauty of nature. The effect that Charlie had on everyone he met cannot be easily quantified into a few words since the man is an icon, an entrepreneur, an unsung hero and a rockstar to so many people. Charlie always called things as he saw them and had no patience for idleness. Musicians, promoters, managers, agents and music fans from around the globe have a lasting respect for The Mad Monk and Charlie Maultsby. There will never be another like him, but hopefully his ideas and sense of community can be carried on by those that properly understand his influence and how to continue his legacy. A celebration of life is being planned in his honor and details will be shared at a later date. Charlie is survived by his step-children, Tac and Whitt Cozart; his childhood best friend, Andy Wooten and his family; and many beloved cousins, aunts and uncles in Whiteville and Wilmington.

Published in the Wilmington Star-News on Feb. 7, 2019

From 40th Reunion in 2009