Palestine High School Alumni Association

09 / 24 / 1941  –  05 / 08 / 1984

Graveside services for Gary Lynn Carroll, of Beaufort, S.C., formerly of Palestine, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Tennessee Colony Cemetery, the Rev. Bill Youngblood officiating. Memorial services were held at Beaufort Tuesday evening. Arrangements are by Bailey Funeral Home in Palestine and Anderson Funeral Home in Beaufort.

Mr. Carroll died Tuesday, May 8, 1984, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in South Carolina.

He was born September 24, 1941, in Palestine, a son of Charles L. and Louise Collins Carroll. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of Hilton Head Island. He served five years in the Marine Air Corps as a jet fighter pilot. He graduated from Palestine High School and Texas A&M University. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi and Tau Sigma Delta. At the time of his death, he was employed by Wiggins and Associates.

Survivors include his wife, Gayle Woods Carroll of Beaufort; his mother, Louise Carroll Massey of Tennessee Colony; sister, Janet Massey of College Station; brother, Charles Collins Carroll of Bryan; step-sisters, Marjorie Brashear of Midland, Patsy Johnson of Palestine, and Mary Jane Jean of Huffman; step-brothers, Hubert Massey of College Station, and George Massey of Groesbeck; and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Gary Lynn Carroll Memorial Fund at A&M University Development Foundation.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 05-09-1984