Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Feb 16, 2006 edition
Ina Knotts Carroll

Mrs. Ina Akie Knotts Carroll died at the age of 90 on February 9 at Parkview
Regional Hospital, Mexia. She was a resident of Streetman. Services were held
Sunday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sandra E. Hippman of
Lakeside Methodist Church officiating; interment followed at Cade Cemetery.

Mrs. Carroll was born February 16, 1915 in Richland to Kenny Knotts and Bertha
Lee Davis Knotts. She attended school in Richland and married Hillary Dean
Carroll. Mrs. Carroll was a U. S. Postal worker and retired from the post
office in Streetman. She was also a rancher who operated a cattle ranch
herself. Her hobbies included art and gardening and she was an active member of
the Garden Club of Corsicana. Mrs. Carroll took art lessons and some of her
paintings were of plants and herbs. She also traveled to various countries
around the world.

Mrs. Carroll was preceded in death by her parents Kenny Knotts and Bertha David
Knotts; her husband Hillary Dean Carroll; brother Homer V. Knotts and son Bobby
Dean Carroll. 

Mrs. Carroll is survived by her nephew John Knotts and his wife Patsy of
Streetman; great nephews Bryan and wife Katherine and Alvin Knotts of Streetman
and Copperas Cove and sister-in-law Louise Knotts of Gatesville. Also she is
survived by her nephews and nieces C. A. Carroll of Streetman, Mary Hood of
Waco, Amanda Carroll of Fairfield, Sherrie Minze and Donald Carroll of
Streetman, DeAnn Vandiver, T. E. and June Smith of Streetman and Wiencie
Holasek of West.

Arrangements were by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana.

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Mexia Daily News - Feb. 13, 2006 edition

Ina (Akie) Knotts Carroll

Mrs. Ina (Akie) Knotts Carroll, 90, of Streetman, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006,
in Parkview Regional Hospital. She was born at Richland on Feb. 16, 1915.

Funral services for Mrs. Carroll will be Sunday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2006, at 3
o’clock in Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel, Corsicana. Officiating will be
the Rev. Sandra E. Hippman of Lakeside Methodist Church. Burial will be in Cade
Cemetery. Refreshments will follow at the residence of Ina K. Carroll.

Visitation is scheduled for Saturday evening from 6:30 until 8 o’clock at the
funeral home.

She was preceded in death by her father, Kenny Knotts; her mother, Betha Davis
Knotts Jackson; her husband, Hillary Dean Carroll; a brother, Homer V. Knotts,
and by a son, Bobby Dean Carroll.

Mrs. Carroll, born to Kenny Knotts and Bertha Lee Davis Knotts, attended school
in Richland, and was married to Hillary Dean Carroll. She was a U.S. Postal
worker and worked and retired from the Post Office in Streetman. She was also a
rancher who operated a cattle ranch, herself.

Her hobbies included art and gardening. Mrs. Carroll was an active member of
the Garden Club of Corsicana. She took art lessons and painted. Some of Mrs.
Carroll’s paintings were of plants and herbs. She also traveled and saw various
countries of the world.

Surviving are a nephew, John Knotts and wife Patsy of Streetman; great-nephews
- Bryan and wife Katherine, and Alvin Knotts of Streetman and Copperas Cove; a
sister-in-law, Louise Knotts of Gatesville; nephews and nieces - C.A. Carroll
of Streetman, Mary Hood of Waco, Amanda Carroll of Fairfield, Sherrie Minze and
Donald Carroll of Streetman, DeAnn Vandiver, T.E. and June Smith of Streetman,
and Wiencie Holasek of West.