Virgie Carroll (167629740)
Carolyn, known as Virgie or Virginia at least as late as October 1940 when her husband Thomas Carroll registered for the draft (my mother called her Aunt Virgie), appears to have changed her name by 1947 when she appears in the El Centro CA city directory as Carolyn L Carroll.

Carolyn was born in Roby TX 30 October 1911, address Roby Community zip code 79543 (Public Records Index).

1920 census - Hamilton Co TX
McKay JW head rents 48 can read and write born AL father b AL mother b AL farmer, Rhetta wife 40 R/W TX TX TX no occupation, William son 17 TX R/W laborer on home farm, Tressie dr 15 TX school R/W laborer on home farm, Nola dr 13 TX school R/W laborer on home farm, Alpha 11 TX school R/W laborer on home farm, Vergie (Carolyn) dr 8 TX school R/W, Dealva dr 6 TX, Maude dr 3 TX, Alta dr 1 TX.

1930 census - Fisher Co TX
McKay John W head home rented lives on farm not a veteran, Rhetta wife, daughters Alpha 21, Verdie (Carolyn) 18, Deavla 16, Maudie 14, Alta 12, Ozella 9, Estella 9, Frankie (Sandra) B 7.

8 Dec 1932, Virgie McKay and Thomas David Carroll (1911-1959) married in Fisher Co TX. Thomas was born 10 Oct 1911 in Comanche Co TX to James Ezekiel Carroll (1881-1916) and Vennie Edna Hudspeth (1883-1957).

Birth of daughter Glozata Lee Carroll (1934-2001) 14 April 1934 in Rotan, Fisher, Texas (Texas Birth Index). She went by Lee when I knew her from her visits to see Mom. She was blonde and told a good story. Lee died 6 Jan 2001 (Social Security Index), last residence Tucson AZ (Social Security Death Index).

1935
Rotan TX

Birth of son Thomas Earl Carroll (1937-1981) 28 April 1937 in McCaulley, Fisher, Texas (Texas Birth Index, Social Security Index). Thomas E Carroll died 24 August 1981 in San Diego Co CA.

1940 census - El Centro, Imperial, California
Rented house on Poplar Av. Carroll Tom head 28 laborer farm worked 48 hours previous week highest grade completed 7, Virgie wife 28 keeping house highest grade completed 7, Glozata dr 6, Earl son 3.

Thomas David Carroll WWII draft registration 16 Oct 1940. Address Box 115, Shafter, Kern, California. Born 10 Oct 1911 Comanche Co TX. Person who will always know your address Mrs. Vergie Lee Carroll. Employer Bob Hilderbran. Place of employment Hwy 99 Bakersfield, Kern, California. 5'9", 146 lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion.

Mrs Carolyn L Carroll listings in the El Centro CA phone directory: 1947 h 1019 Park Av, 1949 wtr, 1957 Carroll's Truck Stop h 1040 1/2 Olive Av, 1968.

1950 census - El Centro, Imperial, California
Carroll Carolyn L head 34 divorced TX waitress in a restaurant worked 48 hours previous week, Gloyada L dr 15 TX, Earl T son 12 TX.

Thomas David Carroll died 27 Nov 1959 in Riverside Co CA (California Death Index). His military headstone at Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple TX is inscribed:
TEXAS
PFC HQ TRP 11 CONSTAB SQ
WORLD WAR II
BSM-PH (Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart).

Mrs Carolyn L Carroll of El Centro CA ('McKay Rites Set at Rotan,' Abilene Reporter-News, 2 Feb 1961).

Carolyn Carroll of Roby TX (Alta Pettit obituary, Lubbock Evening Journal, 26 March 1984).

103 Orange, Roby TX, 79543 (Phone and Address Directories). Carolyn's daughter G Lee Carroll lived at this address in 1991 (Public Records Index).

Carolyn Lea Carroll, 87, died Feb. 15, truckstop owner, Evergreen Mortuary (Tucson Citizen, Thu 18 Feb 1999).

Carolyn's stone, at Evergreen Memorial Park in Tucson, is inscribed BELOVED MOTHER and BLESSED BE THE TIE THAT BINDS.
Contributor: lili li (50076969)