AUSTIN CARNEAL

CARNEAL, Austin B. "Pat," 82, of Tappahannock, died Friday, December 31, 2010. Pat was a member of the Randolph Macon College 1946 Virginia state baseball championship team and was an honoree of R-MC's "Friends of Baseball." A member of Beale Memorial Baptist Church, he was a World War II Army veteran, during which time he played baseball for the Scholfield Redlanders while stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. He played semipro baseball for the Richmond Colts. Pat was a member of the American Legion, the Teamsters Union and the Essex Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Beale and Nancy Elliott Carneal; and five brothers, William Beale Carneal Jr., Douglas G. Carneal, John M. Carneal, Temple M. "Pete" Carneal and Thomas Walter Carneal Sr.; and his former wife, Shirley Campbell Carneal. Pat is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Jake Jacobsen of Streamwood, Ill.; by his devoted and beloved soul mate, Shirley Smith of Tappahannock; his "adopted son and daughter-in-law," Randy and Gail Smith of Haynesville; two sisters, Nancy C. Bridges of Woodbridge, and Edna Mae Fisher of Conover, N.C.; two brothers, Francis B. Carneal and Raymond E. Carneal, both of Tappahannock; and a number of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in the Marks-Bristow Funeral Home,Tappahannock, followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tappahannock Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 807, Tappahannock, Va. 22560 or a charity of your choice.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.