Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for a copy of the obituary for Otis
"O.T." CARLOCK. Following is a copy of the text from the July 6, 2006, edition
of the "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:"
"CROSSETT - Otis "O.T." Carlock, 71, of Crossett died July 3, 2006. Funeral
services at 1 p.m., Friday, July 7, 2006, New Bethel Baptist Church. Interment at Carlock
Cemetery under direction of Jones Funeral Home of Crossett, Ark. Visitation from 5-9 p.m.,
Thursday at the funeral home."
I will also keep looking for a more lengthy version to possibly appear in the weekly
"Ashley County Ledger," Hamburg, AR, at the following site, where the obituaries
of other family members have appeared in the past:
http://www.ashleycountyledger.com/
In addition to the obituary for Otis's sister Mary C. MCNEAL which I had previously
located in this newspaper, one individual who responded to my query also found an obituary
for an apparent half-sister, Amanda Corine TAYLOR (1909 - 1999), d/o William CARLOCK and
Florence MILLER, widow of Otis TAYLOR, in this same newspaper.
I am also presently doing some census work to try to connect Otis to the rest of the
CARLOCK family. The family of Frederick Cornelius "Cornelius" CARLOCK/CARELOCK
(1809 - 1890) and Matilda PYRON (1815 - ca. 1863) was in this same area, so it is quite
possible that Otis was somehow descended from this couple. Frederick Cornelius
"Cornelius" CARLOCK/CARELOCK is believed to be s/o John CARLOCK, Sr.; Frederick
CARLOCK; Frederick (possibly Cornelius) CARLOCK/CARELOCK; David GERLACH/CARLOCK; Hans
GERLACH. Additional information about Frederick and his family can be found in the
GERLACH report which appears on my home page at the following site:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/?Welcom...
Susan Cearlock Tilleman
Live Oak, Texas