JOHN HENRY CARROLL

1923 - 2017

JOHN HENRY CARROLL woke up in Heaven on Sunday morning, June 25, 2017. Born on July 18, 1923, in Wayne County, West Virginia, he was the oldest child and only son of Dewey Clayton and Alice Frances Jonas Carroll. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Beulah Fay Hazlett Carroll of Monroe, N.C.; their only child, Dr. Sue Pauley and her husband Larry Pauley of Monroe, N.C.; two granddaughters, Stefanie Shealey (Burney) of Landrum, S.C., and Laura Lockey (Bill) of Tega Cay, S.C.; three great-grandchildren, Cooper Shealey, Will Lockey and Juliet Rose Lockey. He is also survived by three sisters, Bess Chapman of Dayton, Ohio, Rhoda Mills of Grove City, Ohio, and Jean Marcum of Newark, Ohio; along with numerous nieces and nephews who adored their Uncle John. After graduation from Buffalo High School, Wayne Co., he joined the Navy where he served proudly in submarine service in the Pacific during WWII. Following the family tradition, he then began a long career on the railroad, retiring as a conductor with the Norfolk and Western Railroad. After spending over 30 years living in Scioto County, Ohio, he enjoyed retirement in Sarasota, Fla., and Huntington, before moving to Monroe, N.C., in 2011 to live near his daughter and her family. His Christian journey began at the First Church of God in New Boston, Ohio, and he served God faithfully through his Bible teaching and fellowship at First Church of God in Sarasota, Fla., Trinity Church of God in Huntington and Shiloh Baptist Church in Monroe, N.C. He enjoyed traveling with his family and he always left a Bible in the motel room with the verse in Hebrews 3:15 marked for the next visitor. "Victory in Jesus" summarized his Christian life. He and his family shared many adventures and made many happy memories in their travels through 49 of 50 states. He was an avid reader/student of history, and during his retirement years he enjoyed playing golf in Florida and even took up oil painting. Many family members were recipients of his landscape paintings and palm trees. In later years, he loved to regale any listener with stories of his adventures on the submarine or the railroad caboose. A celebration of life funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017, at Chapman's Mortuary with Burney Shealey officiating. Burial with Masonic graveside rites conducted by Jewel Lodge #140 AF & AM and military rites conducted by Veterans Honor Guard Post 16 will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. Friends may visit after noon on Thursday at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, and send condolences to www.chapmans-mortuary.com.