George Wesley "Kit" Carson

George Wesley “Kit” Carson Born July 14, 1931 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma and went to Heaven on August 24, 2015. George was born and raised in the small Oklahoma town, Rush Springs, nicknamed the Watermelon Capital of the World. His maternal grandparents also lived there and owned a feed store where he hung out as a kid and then began helping with as a teen. As a young boy he told of delivering items to customers’ homes in a red wagon. He graduated Salutatorian from Rush Springs High School. He moved to Galveston to live with family and got a job in a ladies shoe store where he eventually met his bride to be Jo Ann. They married at 19 years old and soon George joined the Navy. He served in the Korean War for 4 years and 3 days, as he liked to point out. During this time, their first daughter was born, Georgia Ann. They lived in Houston then moved to Chickasha, OK, where the second daughter Carol was born. By the time Joel was born, they were living in Conroe, TX. Brenda was the last daughter, born in Pasadena, TX where they lived for many years before moving to Dallas in 1969 . George went to night school for eight years at the University of Houston and graduated with a BBA in Management in 1963. The kids remember loading up in their station wagon to go and pick up their Dad in their PJ’s. He was a hardworking man, employed 33 years in the wholesale lumber and saw mill business as lumber salesman. What George’s children appreciate most about their Dad is that he and their Mom took them to church every time the church doors were open to introduce and grow them in the knowledge of the most important thing in their lives, Jesus Christ. George was a deacon in the church and loved to sing in the choir and lead the music wherever needed. He loved his decades of study with Bible Study Fellowship. The children all remember waking every Saturday and Sunday mornings to Dad playing his gospel albums…kind of loud too! This is now a treasured memory. He was a proud member of the DFW Chapter of the Korean War Veterans. George loved to build things with wood. Over the years he built furniture, carports, patio decks, fences and patio covers. He not only built for himself and Jo Ann, but for all the kids and anyone else that needed his help. He loved to serve others with his talents in woodworking. Vacations in the Carson home were simple and mainly involved taking the children to see the grandparents either in Oklahoma or at “Grandma’s lake house” near Bryan. Or they went camping. One time they all went to Six Flags and the kids voted that the best vacation! We were poor by the world’s standards, but we never knew it! Jo Ann sewed all the children’s clothes and rarely ate out at restaurants, but had the best, HOME Cooking! George loved to cook too, making his famous, hand-scraped chili pod chili with pinto beans. George LOVED his children and later his ten grandchildren. Today he has seven great-grandchildren, plus one on the way! Whenever he saw his family, his face would totally light up with joy and excitement. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be given to either: Homebound Ministry of the First Baptist Church of Dallas 1707 San Jacinto Street Dallas, TX 75201 or Heart to Heart Hospice (for their loving care during the past three years) 5608 Malvey Ave., Ste. 200 Fort Worth, TX 76107