Earl Ernest Carrell^{[1, 2]}

1915 - 2001  (86 years)

• Name	Earl Ernest Carrell
  Born	5 Jun 1915
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jun 2001  [3, 4]
  Buried	21 Jun 2001	Sherwood Memorial Cemetery
  Person ID	I102014	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Edward Cornelius Carrell,   b. 17 Aug 1890,   d. 22 Oct 1963  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Clara Melissa Baxter,   b. 26 Oct 1889,   d. 28 Jul 1959  (Age 69 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1913
  Family ID	F36893	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Marie Bell
  Children	+ 1. Kaye Eileen Carrell,   d. Bef 18 Jun 2001   2. Charles Rodney Carrell + 3. Anna Leigh Carrell
  Family ID	F98549	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 51. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 10 Aug 1998. Charles Clifford Carrell obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 3 Aug 2004. Hollis "Frosty" Carrell obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 18 Jun 2001. Earl Ernest Carrell, age 86, died Monday morning after a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his parents: Edward and Clara Baxter Carrell and daughter, Kaye Eileen McMahan. He is survived by his wife, Marie Bell Carrell; son, Charles Rodney Carrell; daughter, Anna Leigh Norton and her son, Joshua Norton; and Thomas Michael McMahan, Matthew Scott McMahan and Alicia Marie McMahan, children of his deceased daughter, Kaye McMahan. Mr. Carrell had served in a number of capacities during his lifetime. He began as a Machinist Apprentice and retired from the Alcoa Aluminum Company after 39 years. He was an official of the first elected Alcoa Board of Education (1969-1977); a Trustee of the Chilhowee Baptist Association; on the Board of Directors at the Blount County Children's Home; and spent 19 years as Superintendent of Adult III Dept. of Sunday School at First Baptist Alcoa. Earl was a Devotional Leader of the WBCCI Trailer Club. He was a "Fisher of Men" to fishermen in Alaska; a Veteran of the US Air Force serving during WWII. He was a teacher of grades 1-12 at Brown's School in Cocke County; formerly a surveyor for the State of Tennessee, and was employed by the Post Office in Newport. His joy was working with wood, especially grandfather clocks. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, at First Baptist Alcoa, with Pastor Richard Holden and Rev. Henry Linginfelter officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the church. Family and friends will meet at Sherwood Memorial at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, for a graveside service, located on Alcoa Highway (Hwy 129) without having a procession. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P. O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101, 1-800-822-6344. Memorial Funeral Home 983-2050. www.funeralassociates.com/memorial.htm. Condolences may be e-mailed to memorialfh@yahoo.com. Memorial Funeral Home in charge.