OBIT - Lawrence Carroll Sr. - 1922-1998 - Grayson - Lawrence Carroll Sr., 75, of Grayson, died Friday, Jan. 2 in King's Daughters' Medical Center. Mr. Carroll was born April 21, 1922, in Carter County, a son of the late Daniel "Scott" and Maggie Swint Carroll. He was a Mansbach Metal Co. retiree and a World War II veteran. A daughter, Daisy Seagraves, preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Davis Carroll; two sons, Lawrence Carroll Jr. and Mark A Carroll, both of Hitchins; three daughters, Reba Campbell of Hitchins, Arlene Dravenstott of Grayson, and Gloria Jarrell of Georgetown; a brother, Edgar Carroll of Grayson; two sisters, Ethel Bond and Lacy Easterling, both of Grayson; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Jan. 5 at the Malone Funeral Home in Grayson by the Rev. Johnny Little. Burial was in the Davis Family Cemetery at Rush. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. (Grayson Journal-Times, January 7, 1998, page A4)
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