C. Carson Carroll

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JONESBOROUGH - Mr. C. Carson Carroll, age 92, Jonesborough, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at his residence.

Mr. Carroll was born in Butler, TN and was the son of the late Charles & Nell Ann Tester Carroll. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Clawson Carroll and six brothers and sisters, Jim Carroll, Beulah Haines, baby sister Jeanne Carroll, E.T. Carroll, Lynn Carroll and Betty Garland.

He was a United States World War II Navy Veteran. He served in the Pacific Theater during the Solomon Islands Campaign aboard the USS Helena.

Mr. Carroll was a member of the Indian Motorcycle Club.

He was a Carpenter and Forman for several construction companies.

Survivors include a daughter, Freddie Applegate, Jonesborough; two sisters and three brothers, Kay Arnold and Bob Carroll, both of Johnson City, John Carroll, Rogersville, Bill Carroll, California and Ruby Davis, Stone Mountain, GA; and several nephews and nieces.

Funeral services will be conducted 1:30 pm Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Thompson officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30 pm Saturday prior to the service. Interment services will follow at Monte Vista Burial Park. Friends are requested to meet at the cemetery following the funeral.

Pallbearers will be family & friends.

Charles married Nellie Ann Tester on 1 Aug 1923 in Bristol, , Washington County, Virginia. Nellie (daughter of George Washington Tester and Rhoda Ella Phillippi) was born on 9 Sep 1904 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 Feb 2001 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Edgefield UMC Cemetery, , Sullivan County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Isobel (Carroll) about 1890. Isobel was born about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Johnson County News," Thursday, February 21, 1946
DEATHS
George W. Tester, 65, died at 11 a.m. Sunday at his home near Boone's Creek, after a lingering illness.
He is survived by four sons, Raymond Tester, Piney Flats; George Tester, Bristol, Va., and Archie and James Tester, both of Boone's Creek; four daughters, Mrs. E. B. Norris, Boone's Creek, Mrs. E. T. Millard, McDonald, Mrs. C . C. Carroll, Piney Flats and Mrs. Oscar Tester, Butler; two brothers, Stanley Tester, Kingsport, and Smith Tester, Neva; four sisters, Mrs. Virgie Tester and Mrs. W. H. Smith, both of Neva; Mrs. McKinley McElyea, Shouns and Miss Bell Tester, Mountain City.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Edgefield Methodist Church with Rev. Dan Graham officiating. Burial followed in the Church cemetery.

George married Rhoda Ella Phillippi on 19 Nov 1903 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Rhoda (daughter of Ephram Hunter Phillippi and Nancy Elizabeth Berry) was born on 9 Apr 1880 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Jan 1940 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Sarah Fine Forrester about 1878 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Forrester and Pheobe C. Proffitt) was born on 7 Nov 1861 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died before 1940 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was living with her son Robert Stanley Tester in the 1930 Johnson County, TN Census.

Ephram married Nancy Elizabeth Berry about 1872 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of William Robert Berry and Sarah F. Dotson) was born on 3 Jul 1853 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 May 1929 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]