Tansy Curtis Carr^[1]

1914 - 2003  (89 years)

• Name	Tansy Curtis Carr
  Born	8 Aug 1914
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Nov 2003  [2, 3]
  Buried	17 Nov 2003	Fincastle United Methodist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I337978	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Charlie Columbus Carr,   d. Bef 14 Nov 2003
  Mother	Bessie McCarty,   d. Bef 14 Nov 2003
  Married	24 Sep 1911	Claiborne County, Tennessee   [5]
  Family ID	F132756	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jeanette
  Children	1. Carolyn Fay Carr   2. Rebecca Carr
  Family ID	F132757	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 21 Aug 1999. Mr. Earl C. Carr obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 16 Nov 2003. CARR , TANSY CURTIS - age 89, of LaFollette, departed this earth on Friday, November 14, 2003 to be in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a member of Fincastle United Methodist Church where he served as Trustee in the early days of the church. He was a Campbell County native and attended 5 schools to achieve his education: Speedwell Academy, Flat Hollow, Bolinger, Well Springs and LaFollette. He held in high regard his horse "Bill" which he rode to school. He founded Carr Equipment Company, a dealership for GMC Trucks, Massey Ferguson Tractors and New Holland Farm Machinery. He was a former member of Campbell County School Board of Education and owned and operated Campbell County school buses. He enjoyed investing in land and real estate and loved spending his winters in the warm sunshine of Naples, Florida, which he said, "is better than a doctor bill." He was preceded in death by his mother, Bessie McCarty Carr father, Charlie Columbus Carr brothers, Earl C. Carr and Delmar M. Carr . Survivors: wife, Jeanette Carr daughters, Carolyn Fay Moneyhun and Rebeccca Carr Kirklin sons-in-law, Frank Moneyhun and Luke Kirklin. The family will receive friends from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sunday, November 16, 2003 with funeral services to follow at Fincastle United Methodist Church, Rev. Kevin Cole and Rev. Danny Hensley officiating. Pallbearers will be David Carr , Phillip Carr , Gene Carr , Matthew Carr , Andy Carr , David Linkous, Aaron Carr , Jack McMahan, James Allen Hatmaker and David Johnson. Burial and graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 17, 2003 at Fincastle Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Memorial Fund at Fincastle United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Cross Funeral Home. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 410-09-0354. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Campbell County, Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 12843827). [S58] Marriage Certificate. name: Bessie Mccarty also known as: suffix: event: Marriage event date: 24 Sep 1911 event place: Claiborne, Tennessee, United States gender: Female spouse: Charlie Carr spouse's also known as: spouse's prefix: spouse's suffix: page: 100