Former Resident Buried Here Tuesday

Double funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon for Kenneth Dale Carroll, 21, and Bonnie Ealine [sic] Adkins, 18, who drowned Sunday afternoon when their boat overturned in Lake Altus, Okla. The Rev. Bill Bruce and Rev. Howard Jones officiated at the services held at Loco, a community near Wellington.

Carroll, a former Clarendon resident for several years prior to moving to Wellington, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Carroll; six sisters, Mrs. A.B. Meredith of Shamrock, Mrs. R.S. Shores of Amarillo, Mrs. N.L. Lockhart of Long Beach, Mrs. Jerrell Whatley of Leveland [sic], Virginia Mae and Peggy, Wellington, and one brother W.J. Carroll of Amarillo.

Burial was in Citizens Cemetery here with the Murphy-Spicer-Buntin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Donley County Leader & The Clarendon News, New Series - Volume 18 Number 42, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, December 4, 1947, Page 1)
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Couple Drown As Boat Upsets

ALTUS, Okla., Nov. 30 (AP). Kenneth Dale Carroll, 21, and Miss Bonnie Atkins [sic], 18, both of Arlie, Texas, drowned Sunday in Lake Altus when a small boat capsized.

Two other occupants of the boat clung to a rock and were rescued. They are Miss Cleo Thomas of Altus and Dwight Atkins, brother of the girl drowned.

The four young people were carving their names on a rock in the center of a deep arm of the lake and their combined weight on one side of the boat caused it to overturn. Atkins and Miss Thomas held to the rock.

(Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas · Monday, December 01, 1947, Page 3)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name Kenneth Dale Carroll
Gender Male
Race White
Age 18
Relationship to Draftee Self (Head)
Birth Date 12 Jan 1926
Birth Place Giles, Texas, USA
Residence Place Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Registration Date 12 Jan 1944
Registration Place Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Employer Farming For Father
Height 5 11
Weight 165
Complexion Ruddy
Hair Color Black
Eye Color Brown
Next of Kin W W Carroll
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Kenneth Dale Carroll 18 Self (Head)

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
Name Kenneth Dale Carroll
Birth Date 12 Jan 1926
Service Number C-8495479
Service Branch US Navy Reserve
Enlistment Date 1 Aug 1944
Discharge Date 20 Mar 1946
Death Date 30 Nov 1948
Cemetery Clarendon Cemetery
Cemetery Location Clarendon, Texas, USA

U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name Kenneth Dale Carrell
Ship, Station or Activity Chicago
Ship Number or Designation CA-136
Muster Date 31 Mar 1945