William Eugene Carr Jr., 89

McMinnville resident and Warren County native William Eugene Carr Jr., 89, died Aug. 6 at Raintree Manor after an extended illness.

A retired farmer and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of William Eugene and Beulah Lusk Carr Sr.; and was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Fisk Carr; children, Leonard, Georgia Lee, and Ambergerline Carr; sisters, Audie Marie Johnson, Elmer Louise Pleasant, Jennie Woods, Roberta Drake, Goldie Grayson, and Lula Carr; brothers, Luther Martin, Jess Carr and Clarence Worthington.

He is survived by daughters, Norma Coonrod and Wanda Thomas of McMinnville; son, William Howard Carr of Tullahoma; stepchildren, Cathy Spencer of McMinnville and Mary Jane Pincheon of Sparta; 10 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and several step-great-grandchildren; and sisters, Irene Beard of McMinnville and Minnie Watson of Detroit, Mich.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at High’s Chapel with Shirley Rayford officiating. Burial will follow at Martin Charge Cemetery. A wake will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 7, 2005