He served in the Navy as Pharmacist Mate 1st Class in World War II and was deployed in the South Pacific. He also worked 35 years as a Supervisor in the pipe department for Exxon. He was a Master Mason of the Goose Creek Lodge #1192 and a member of the Baptist church.
He is preceded in death by his father, Willie Smith Conway and mother, Madeleine Bon Conway, brother David Alexander Conway and sister-in-law, Gladys H. Conway, and nephew David Alexander Conway, Jr. Carl is survived by his great-nephew, Chris Conway and wife Amanda Conway and their daughter, Kristin Conway; as well as his adopted daughter, Carla K. Petrash and her family.
There will be a visitation on Friday, February 24, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home in Pflugerville. A graveside service will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Cemetery.
