Colonel Reginald W. Carrington was born on the 4th of July in 1931 in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Dallas, Texas and in 1952 received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Prairie View A&M College in Prairie View, Texas.
His military education includes the Infantry Officers Course in 1952, Staff Officers Intelligence Course in 1953, the Career Officers Course in 1963, the U.S. Command and General Staff Officers Course in 1967, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1973.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1952 through the ROTC; he entered active duty at Ft. Benning, GA. His service includes a tour of duty in Korea. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, the National Defense Medal, U.S. Reserve Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Medal, and the Korean Unit Citation. Colonel Carrington completed twenty-six (26) years of Active and USAR service.
Colonel Carrington was called from the 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Washington to establish the NDCC (JROTC) Program at Lincoln High School in 1955. He was later sent to James Madison High School to establish the JROTC Program. In 1971 he was transferred to the South Oak Cliff High School as Senior Army Instructor. He also taught from 1980-1989 for the United States Command & General Staff College for the Army Reserve Center, He retired from DISD in 1991.
Colonel Carrington confessed and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age. He has been a faithful member of the “The Exciting” Singing Hills Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Howard E. Anderson, Sr., where he has served as Chairman of the Deacon Board and Sunday School Teacher to name a few. He also taught a bible study at the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville, Texas for 30 + years and retired from his teaching in 2016.
Colonel Carrington was preceded in death by his loving and devoted wife, Bettye Ruth Jordan Carrington; his parents, Leroy and Allene (Kimbrough) Carrington; brothers, Gerald Carrington and Doyle Carrington; his sister Eunicile Carrington Jackson.
Colonel Carrington answered the clarion call from his Lord and Savior on Tuesday October 29, 2019. He leaves to cherish his memories and legacy: his son, Wendell Dwight Carrington and wife Deborah; a devoted granddaughter, Kimeshia Carrington Dixon and husband Kerone; and two beautiful great granddaughters, Kendall Doyle Carrington and Karmyn LeAnne Erving; a sister in law, Lois Gray and brother in law, Harold Jordan; a very dear cousin, Marcie Booker; and host of nieces and nephews and cousins and other relatives and friends.
Colonel Carrington was a father figure to everyone he knew and the family would like to acknowledge and extend our deepest appreciation to his God daughter, Shirley Moore and husband Billy Moore and his Godson, Tommy Jackson and wife Joyce Jackson.
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