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Author: AnttiHynonen
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I hope the following information adds to your knowledge of Carr's from Georgia. Below
is the obituary regarding Richard Randolph Carr, b 1921 in GA. Perhaps information on his
parents&siblings&children will help tie him to the other Carr lines in GA, then
again it may, of course, be an entirely different Carr family.
At any rate, this Richard R. Carr claims he served as a Ranger in the 5th battalion in WW2
and he also was a witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, TX, on 11/22/63.
Carr believes that due the statements he made, he was a victim of attacks at several
occasions. He also testified at the Clay Shaw trial in New Orleans in 1967.
Obituary of Richard R. Carr, Inter Mountain News, Monday, August 5, 1996:
Richard R. Carr, 75, of Norton, passed away Sunday morning, Aug. 4, 1996, in the Louis A.
Johnson Veterans Administration Hospital in Clarksburg following an extended illness.
Funeral Arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Toblyn Funeral
Home of Elkins.
An extended obituary followed in the Inter Mountain News, on Tuesday, August 6, 1996:
Richard R. Carr, 75, of Norton, passed away Sunday morning, Aug. 4, 1996, in the Louis A.
Johnson Veterans Administration Hospital in Clarksburg following an extended illness.
Mr. Carr was born April 29, 1921, in Atlanta, Ga., a son of the late Walter H. and Olie
Mathis Carr.
He was married to Myrtle Bodkins Carr, who survives at Norton.
Also surviving are two sons, Walter T. Hogue, Texas, and Richard F. Hogue, Ohio; three
stepsons, Elwood Sites, Elkins, and Richard and David Barns; one daughter, Nancy M. Hogue,
Texas; two stepdaughters, Winifred Lambert, Wymer, and Joyce Barnes; one sister, Betty
Anderson, East Point, Ga.; three grandchildren and three step grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Randy; three brothers; and two sisters.
Mr. Carr was a retired iron worker and construction superintendent. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Army, having served during World War II, and was a member of the Roaring Creek
Post No. 5583 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
At the request of the deceased, his remains were cremated. Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1115, Dunbar, W.Va. 25064, or to the
Roaring Creek Post No. 5583 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Coalton, W.Va. The Tomblyn Funeral
Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements.
Below also a link to the Richard R. Carr web pages on Spartacus, a history focused
website. I will have my friend, the host of this site, correct some of the information on
this R.R. Carr. Right now it says he was born in Dallas, Tx, which is incorrect.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKcarrR.htm
Regards,
Antti Hynonen
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