Edward "Eddie" Ferris Carroll

Edward (Eddie) Ferris Carroll passed away in Las Vegas, NM on January 3, 2016. He was born in Haleyville, AL on June 4, 1919 to Eufala Ann Carroll (nee Powell) and Paul Hampton Carroll. As a young child he moved with his parents to East Texas and later to West Texas.

He graduated from Spur High School in Spur, TX where his parents were cotton farmers. From there he attended and received his degree from Draughn's Business College in Lubbock, TX. Later he attended Lamar University in Beaumont, TX.

While in Lubbock he met and married Ivan Claunch Phillips, the mother of his two children. He is preceded in death by both of his parents (Eufala Carroll Randall and P. H. Carroll), three brothers (Newell B., Cholly, and Clifford), four sisters (Mae, Gracie, Bonnie, and Pearl), his wife, Pauline Carroll, and his daughter-in-law, Rebecca Watson Carroll. He leaves behind his two children: Christopher S. Carroll, and Kaaren Carroll Rougeux (Richard). Also, he leaves three grandchildren: Kimby Caplan (Madeleine Jetter), James Carroll, and Katie Carroll Webb (Tony). Additionally, he leaves two great grandsons: Harry Winter Jetter-Caplan and Miles Lawrence Webb, and numerous nephews and nieces.

Mr. Carroll served his country in both the U. S. Army and the Merchant Marines in WWII. After the military, he worked for the U. S. Postal Service administering civil service exams, and was later promoted to the position of regional postal inspector. At one point he owned the Azalea Lodge near Orange, TX. In later years, he worked much of his life as an Inn Keeper for Holiday Inns of America and later owned his own hotel and adjoining restaurant. After retiring from the hotel industry he owned several successful businesses in Longview, TX and eventually settled in East Texas as a gentleman rancher. In the summer of 2012 he moved to Las Vegas, NM to be near his daughter.

He was an accomplished violinist, a Sunday school teacher and deacon in his Southern Baptist church for many years. Often he could be found donating his time playing his violin in churches, hospitals, and retirement homes to the enjoyment of many.

Mr. Carroll was a thirty second degree Mason. He and his wife served as worthy Matron and Patron of various Eastern Star chapters in East Texas. He took his civic duties seriously, and was a man of faith. Until the latter few years of his life he resided with his wife, Pauline Speakman Carroll, in Tyler, TX, next to whom he will be laid to rest.

The family will hold a private graveside service.