Obit: John Clinton Carr, Jr, Grant Parish Louisiana
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Billy Carr
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From The Colfax Chronicle, issue unknown

"Pfc. J. C. Carr, Jr. Reburied at Hargis

     Funeral services for Pfc. J. C. Carr, jr. were held at Hargis
Baptist Church Saturday, July 2, with the Rev. Roy O'Connor
officiating.  Military rites were also held. Interment was at Hargis
Cemetery; pallbearers were Louis Dubois, Arnold Lee Corbett, Huey
Bullock, Jack Brumley, Vernon Guin, and Wilmer Fletcher.  

     Pfc. Carr, who entered service August 26, 1942 was 24 at the time
he was killed, January 18, 1945, in Italy.  He was in action in North
Africa, Anzio, Salerno and Rome and was in six major battles before his
death.  He was awarded the Good Conduct medal.

     Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Carr of Montgomery;
his wife, Claude Carr of Sumrall, Miss.; five brothers, Billy, James,
Edd and Talmadge Carr, all of Montgomery, stationed at Midway City,
Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Elmo Cruse of Olla, Mrs. Leroy Price of
Childress, Tex., and Mrs. J. W. Norred of Montgomery."

Note: Pfc. Carr's reburial on July 2, 1949 was the second of two burials
in the Hargis Baptist Church Cemetery prior to its formal dedication on
Easter Sunday, 1950.  Both were reburials of World War II servicemen
with the first reburial being that of Byron McIlwain in February 1949.