Karr, Roy Weldon
Birth: 9/5/1910 in Medcine Mound, TX. Vet WWII
Death: 3/3/1969
Father: Riley Edmond Karr
Mother: Alice Caroline Mabe
Religion: Bapt.
Came to Crosbyton 1915-1957.
Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom
Former Crosby Commissioner Dies; Rites Set
CROSBYTON (Special) - Roy W. Karr, 58, former Crosby County Commissioner and tax assessor-collector, died Monday night in Fort Worth after suffering a heart attack, it was learned here Tuesday.
The holder of the Silver Star medal for gallantry in action, Karr lost a leg in combat in Germany during World War II.
Karr, a Crosbyton resident from 1915 to 1957, was tax assessor-collector for two terms starting in 1947. He was county commissioner for four years. He also was a chief deputy in the tax office for a time.
He was born at Medicine Mound and was a graduate of Crosbyton High School.
Survivors include his wife, Polly, of Fort Worth; a son, Roy Karr Jr. of Fort Worth; a daughter, Mrs. Yvonne Wake of North Hollywood, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Alice Higginbotham of Crosbyton; a sister, Mrs. Rowena Blagg of 1077 14th St. in Lubbock, and two brothers, Jim and Ted Karr, both of Crosbyton.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church, with burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of King Funeral Home.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Wednesday, March 5, 1969
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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