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Festus Royal Carroll

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Festus Royal Carroll

Birth
Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
21 May 1976 (aged 81)
Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA
Burial
Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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A Weimar, TX resident since 1944, Mr. Carroll was a native of Enid, Oklahoma. He was born April 18, 1895, the son of Amma Bass and Martha (Barden) Carroll. The family moved to Texas in 1908. After schooling in Beeville, Corpus Christi and Houston, he was graduated from old Sam Houston High at Houston and attended Rice Institute until World War I broke out. During his two years at Rice he was captain of the football team.
He enlisted as a sergeant in the 357th Ambulance Company in 1917 and a year later was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 168th Aero Squadron at Saumur, France, where he flew as pilot and artillery observer until July 1919.
After the war he was associated for several years with his brother Paul in the florist business. Later he joined the Campbell Fertilizer Co. and in that job pioneered the use of fertilizers in truck cropping throughout East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley.
He married Mildred Dargan on May 31, 1927, at Houston.
Mr. Carroll is survived by his wife; his son Jeff and daughter-in-law Paula of Asheville, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Deborah and Kelly Carroll; and two sisters, Mrs. Addie Van Verth of Houston and Mrs. Bonnie Miller of Mathis. Nine brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Obituary published in the Weimar Mercury, May 27, 1976.
A Weimar, TX resident since 1944, Mr. Carroll was a native of Enid, Oklahoma. He was born April 18, 1895, the son of Amma Bass and Martha (Barden) Carroll. The family moved to Texas in 1908. After schooling in Beeville, Corpus Christi and Houston, he was graduated from old Sam Houston High at Houston and attended Rice Institute until World War I broke out. During his two years at Rice he was captain of the football team.
He enlisted as a sergeant in the 357th Ambulance Company in 1917 and a year later was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 168th Aero Squadron at Saumur, France, where he flew as pilot and artillery observer until July 1919.
After the war he was associated for several years with his brother Paul in the florist business. Later he joined the Campbell Fertilizer Co. and in that job pioneered the use of fertilizers in truck cropping throughout East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley.
He married Mildred Dargan on May 31, 1927, at Houston.
Mr. Carroll is survived by his wife; his son Jeff and daughter-in-law Paula of Asheville, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Deborah and Kelly Carroll; and two sisters, Mrs. Addie Van Verth of Houston and Mrs. Bonnie Miller of Mathis. Nine brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Obituary published in the Weimar Mercury, May 27, 1976.

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