Obit of Carson, Milford E. "Bill" - Texas County, Oklahoma

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Amarillo Globe News 21 Aug 1997

Milford E. Carson

HOOKER, Okla. - Milford E. "Bill" Carson, 84, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 
1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Hooker Church of Christ with Don 
Nelson officiating. Burial will be in Hooker Cemetery by Roberts Brothers 
Funeral Home.

Mr. Carson was born in Liberal, Kan. He attended school in Liberal and 
Tyrone. He served in the South Pacific as a machine gunner for 23 months 
during World War II. He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans 
of Foreign Wars.

He married his wife, Naomi, in 1950 at Hutchinson, Kan. They lived in 
Hutchinson, Waverly, Kan., and East Liverpool, Ohio, before moving to 
Hooker.

Mr. Carson had been a truck driver for 30 years and also had worked with 
the Corps of Engineers in Waverly, where he helped build the John Redman 
Reservoir.

He farmed for area producers and was employed as the city of Hooker 
landfill operator until retiring.

Survivors include his wife; a son, John Blankenship of East Liverpool; 
five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three step-great-
grandchildren.
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