Jimmy Wayne Carr

Jimmy W. Carr
Winnsboro, LA
Funeral Services for Jimmy W. Carr, 75, of Winnsboro, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2024, in the chapel of Dennard First National Funeral Home - Winnsboro, with the Rev. George Ferrington officiating, interment will follow at Crowville Masonic Cemetery; visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Jimmy was born March 2, 1948, in Winnsboro to the union of the late J. W. Carr and the late Myrtle Cupit Carr, and passed to his heavenly home January 24, 2024, at his daughter's home in Shreveport.
Jimmy attended Christian Fellowship Church; he proudly served his country in the Navy from 1966 until 1970 during the era of the Vietnam conflict achieving the rank of Petty Officer First Class. He also spent several years in Nashville as a country and gospel music song writer.
Jimmy's Cupit family blood line can be traced back to a time rich in the cultural history of the United States of America and its heritage. One past family member signed the Declaration of Independence while another the Constitution of the United States of America. One was the second Chief Justice seated on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jimmy is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his daughter Kristi Carr Chapman and her husband Derrick, and his grandson Michael Grant Fontana.
Pallbearers are Danny Carr, Derrick Chapman, A. J. Cloud, Michael Fontana, Eric Snipes, and Steve Snipes.
Honorary pallbearers are Bill Snipes, Larry Carr, Terry Carr, Bess Graham, and Annie Fouts.
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