Carrol Paul Killough, 82, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The visitation will be at 1 p.m. and the memorial funeral service and Celebration of Life will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, October 23, at Wade Funeral Home in Hubbard, Texas, with Reverend Bob Rainey officiating. Interment will be in Dover Cemetery in Navarro County.
Carrol was born in Hubbard, Texas, to the late Paul Haran Killough and Carrie Lee Loveless Killough, the oldest of six children. He graduated from Hubbard High School in 1953 and Texas A&M University with a degree in engineering in May 1957, paying his way through college by raising cattle on the family farm.
In November 1957, he married Sybil McMullan in Corsicana, Texas. They moved to France where Carrol served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and then to Duluth, Minnesota, where he completed his 4 years of active military service.
Carrol accepted a position at Caterpillar Tractor Company out of college which was held for him while serving our country before returning to Illinois to resume his work at the Washington Proving Grounds as a research engineer and then moving to the corporate headquarters in quality control.
Carrol remained passionate about farming and was a lifelong collector of farm equipment literature and toy tractors. He proudly refurbished antique full size tractors and helped others locate quality tractors across the United States. He also served his community with an active snow removal service and was a member of the Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Illinois for over 50 years.
In November 2014, both Carrol and Sybil survived the F4 tornado which wiped out 1,400 homes in Washington, Illinois including totally decimating their home of 52 years. He also went on to fight brain cancer which first emerged in 2014 and built his dream home just one mile away from his home in Washington where he and Sybil resided in 2015 to the spring of 2016. He gladly lent his expertise to the church building committee and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity after he retired.
For most of his life Carrol was frequently found with a camera in hand and left his family with over 15,000 photographs documenting a life well lived as well as instilling a passion for photography and an enjoyment of biking and fishing in future generations. He shared his commitment to Christianity and appreciation of family, faith and integrity with his children and dear friends.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Melva Joyce Killough Pringle.
Survivors include his wife, Sybil; daughter; Terry Killough LaFin and her husband; Bob; of Charlotte, North Carolina; son, Larry Killough and his wife, Karen, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers: Donald Killough, of Mesquite, Glynn Killough and wife, Jeanie, of Ovilla, and Dwain Killough and wife, Sarah, of Lillian; sister, Janice Killough Trompler and husband, Charles, of Malone; other relatives and many friends. I5
Carrol was born in Hubbard, Texas, to the late Paul Haran Killough and Carrie Lee Loveless Killough, the oldest of six children. He graduated from Hubbard High School in 1953 and Texas A&M University with a degree in engineering in May 1957, paying his way through college by raising cattle on the family farm.
In November 1957, he married Sybil McMullan in Corsicana, Texas. They moved to France where Carrol served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and then to Duluth, Minnesota, where he completed his 4 years of active military service.
Carrol accepted a position at Caterpillar Tractor Company out of college which was held for him while serving our country before returning to Illinois to resume his work at the Washington Proving Grounds as a research engineer and then moving to the corporate headquarters in quality control.
Carrol remained passionate about farming and was a lifelong collector of farm equipment literature and toy tractors. He proudly refurbished antique full size tractors and helped others locate quality tractors across the United States. He also served his community with an active snow removal service and was a member of the Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Illinois for over 50 years.
In November 2014, both Carrol and Sybil survived the F4 tornado which wiped out 1,400 homes in Washington, Illinois including totally decimating their home of 52 years. He also went on to fight brain cancer which first emerged in 2014 and built his dream home just one mile away from his home in Washington where he and Sybil resided in 2015 to the spring of 2016. He gladly lent his expertise to the church building committee and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity after he retired.
For most of his life Carrol was frequently found with a camera in hand and left his family with over 15,000 photographs documenting a life well lived as well as instilling a passion for photography and an enjoyment of biking and fishing in future generations. He shared his commitment to Christianity and appreciation of family, faith and integrity with his children and dear friends.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Melva Joyce Killough Pringle.
Survivors include his wife, Sybil; daughter; Terry Killough LaFin and her husband; Bob; of Charlotte, North Carolina; son, Larry Killough and his wife, Karen, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers: Donald Killough, of Mesquite, Glynn Killough and wife, Jeanie, of Ovilla, and Dwain Killough and wife, Sarah, of Lillian; sister, Janice Killough Trompler and husband, Charles, of Malone; other relatives and many friends. I5
Carrol Paul Killough, 82, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The visitation will be at 1 p.m. and the memorial funeral service and Celebration of Life will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, October 23, at Wade Funeral Home in Hubbard, Texas, with Reverend Bob Rainey officiating. Interment will be in Dover Cemetery in Navarro County.
Carrol was born in Hubbard, Texas, to the late Paul Haran Killough and Carrie Lee Loveless Killough, the oldest of six children. He graduated from Hubbard High School in 1953 and Texas A&M University with a degree in engineering in May 1957, paying his way through college by raising cattle on the family farm.
In November 1957, he married Sybil McMullan in Corsicana, Texas. They moved to France where Carrol served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and then to Duluth, Minnesota, where he completed his 4 years of active military service.
Carrol accepted a position at Caterpillar Tractor Company out of college which was held for him while serving our country before returning to Illinois to resume his work at the Washington Proving Grounds as a research engineer and then moving to the corporate headquarters in quality control.
Carrol remained passionate about farming and was a lifelong collector of farm equipment literature and toy tractors. He proudly refurbished antique full size tractors and helped others locate quality tractors across the United States. He also served his community with an active snow removal service and was a member of the Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Illinois for over 50 years.
In November 2014, both Carrol and Sybil survived the F4 tornado which wiped out 1,400 homes in Washington, Illinois including totally decimating their home of 52 years. He also went on to fight brain cancer which first emerged in 2014 and built his dream home just one mile away from his home in Washington where he and Sybil resided in 2015 to the spring of 2016. He gladly lent his expertise to the church building committee and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity after he retired.
For most of his life Carrol was frequently found with a camera in hand and left his family with over 15,000 photographs documenting a life well lived as well as instilling a passion for photography and an enjoyment of biking and fishing in future generations. He shared his commitment to Christianity and appreciation of family, faith and integrity with his children and dear friends.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Melva Joyce Killough Pringle.
Survivors include his wife, Sybil; daughter; Terry Killough LaFin and her husband; Bob; of Charlotte, North Carolina; son, Larry Killough and his wife, Karen, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers: Donald Killough, of Mesquite, Glynn Killough and wife, Jeanie, of Ovilla, and Dwain Killough and wife, Sarah, of Lillian; sister, Janice Killough Trompler and husband, Charles, of Malone; other relatives and many friends. I5
Carrol was born in Hubbard, Texas, to the late Paul Haran Killough and Carrie Lee Loveless Killough, the oldest of six children. He graduated from Hubbard High School in 1953 and Texas A&M University with a degree in engineering in May 1957, paying his way through college by raising cattle on the family farm.
In November 1957, he married Sybil McMullan in Corsicana, Texas. They moved to France where Carrol served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and then to Duluth, Minnesota, where he completed his 4 years of active military service.
Carrol accepted a position at Caterpillar Tractor Company out of college which was held for him while serving our country before returning to Illinois to resume his work at the Washington Proving Grounds as a research engineer and then moving to the corporate headquarters in quality control.
Carrol remained passionate about farming and was a lifelong collector of farm equipment literature and toy tractors. He proudly refurbished antique full size tractors and helped others locate quality tractors across the United States. He also served his community with an active snow removal service and was a member of the Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Illinois for over 50 years.
In November 2014, both Carrol and Sybil survived the F4 tornado which wiped out 1,400 homes in Washington, Illinois including totally decimating their home of 52 years. He also went on to fight brain cancer which first emerged in 2014 and built his dream home just one mile away from his home in Washington where he and Sybil resided in 2015 to the spring of 2016. He gladly lent his expertise to the church building committee and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity after he retired.
For most of his life Carrol was frequently found with a camera in hand and left his family with over 15,000 photographs documenting a life well lived as well as instilling a passion for photography and an enjoyment of biking and fishing in future generations. He shared his commitment to Christianity and appreciation of family, faith and integrity with his children and dear friends.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Melva Joyce Killough Pringle.
Survivors include his wife, Sybil; daughter; Terry Killough LaFin and her husband; Bob; of Charlotte, North Carolina; son, Larry Killough and his wife, Karen, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers: Donald Killough, of Mesquite, Glynn Killough and wife, Jeanie, of Ovilla, and Dwain Killough and wife, Sarah, of Lillian; sister, Janice Killough Trompler and husband, Charles, of Malone; other relatives and many friends. I5
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