Carroll, Robert M.

Waverly, Virginia
Robert Carroll, 80, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly, VA. Born September 1, 1927 in Isle of Wight County, VA he was the son of the late Harry Clay and Fannie Harrell Carroll. He served his country during WW II as a hospital orderly in the U.S. Army; was a member of Waverly Congregational Christian Church and Beaverdam Sportsman Club; and was a former member of Waverly Volunteer Fire Department. Robert was an employee of Gray Lumber Company, Waverly with 30 years of service. He retired as a mechanic from Cowling Bros., Waverly, in 1993. Robert especially enjoyed looking at wildlife while riding through the countryside in his truck. He was predeceased by a bother, Junior Carroll, and a sister, Norma Bell.
Mr. Carroll is survived by a daughter, Gloria C. Jones and her husband, Billy; three sons, Robert M. Carroll, Jr., David Clay Carroll and his wife Patricia, and Kenneth M. Carroll, all of Waverly; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Dot Pittman of Surry, Mary Oliver of Chuckatuck, Eva Spivey of Suffolk, and Lillian Whitley of Waynesboro; three brothers, Percy Carroll of Elberon, Thomas Carroll of Chesapeake, and Raymond Carroll of Smithfield.
Funeral services with military honors will be held on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Purviance Chapel, J. T. Morriss Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, with the Rev. Joy Heaton officiating. Burial will follow in the Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, Ivor. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 pm. Memorial donations may be made to Waverly Volunteer Fire Dept. P. O. Box 318, Waverly, VA 23890 or Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 583, Waverly, VA. Condolences may be posted at www.jtmorriss.com.