Gordon Lyndal Carr

1923 - 2009  (86 years)

• Name	Gordon Lyndal Carr
  Born	23 May 1923	Jayess, Lawrence, Mississippi, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Nov 2009  [1, 2]
  Buried	Aft 11 Nov 2009	Masonic Cemetery, Monticello, Lawrence Co, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I2932	Guido Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	George Robert Carr, Sr.,   b. 18 Feb 1899, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 1946, Mississippi, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Leonea Tynes,   b. 1902,   d. 1972  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	E.A. Williams
  Children	1. Williams Ford Carr,   b. 20 May 1957, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 1 Dec 1973, Mississippi, USA  (Age 16 years)  [natural]   2. G.L. Carr, Jr.   3. R.E. Carr
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F1074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gordon Lyndal "Motor" Carr died Wednesday, November 11, 2009. He was 86. He was born on May 23, 1923, to George Robert and Leonea Tynes Carr in Jayess, MS. Gordon, known as Motor, grew up in Monticello and was educated in the local schools where he participated in basketball and football. He attended Hinds Junior College 1941-1943 where he lettered two years in basketball, one year in football and ran track. He was named to the 1991 Hinds Sports Hall of Fame. In 1943, he entered the Army and was assigned to the 41st Infantry Division, the Jungleers, G Company and later Cannon Company. He was part of five successful beachhead invasions at Mindanao, Jolo, Tawi Tawi, Zamboaga, and New Guinea. The 41st Division suffered a 50% casualty rate. He was one of the first forces to occupy Japan. He served 33 months in the pacific and was discharged as a sergeant. He played basketball on a team that won the "Japanese Occupation Championship." He received his BS degree from Millsaps College in 1949, where he was a member of the "M" Club, president of the Student Executive Board, member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity, and "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities." He was inducted into the Millsaps Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. He continued his education at Ole Miss and received a Masters Degree in School Administration in 1953. Motor taught math and coached basketball in Brookhaven for three years. He went on to Holmes Junior College for four years where he won the State Junior College basketball championship in 1956. He has been a resident of Vicksburg for 52 years where he spent 15 years as a Bantam League Baseball Commissioner, nine years in the Indian Guides, a YMCA father's organization, and officiated everything from high school and junior college basketball to church and Y league basketball and baseball. As a Civil Engineering Technician at Waterways Experiment Station, he specialized in research and development of airplane landing mats. Over the 35 years at WES he was officially commended by the Department of Army and received numerous commendations and awards for performance. Since his retirement, he served 11 years as Election Commissioner for the Fifth District. He was a member of the VFW and the Metropolitan Dinner and Dance Club of Jackson. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church serving as an elder and deacon. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Williams Ford Carr; and two brothers, George Robert Carr, Jr., and Warren Ford Carr of Monticello. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Elizabeth Ann Williams Carr; two sons, Gordon Lyndal Carr, Jr., and wife, Rainy, Tupelo; Robert Eric Carr and wife, Terri, Fort Mill, SC; grandchildren, Matthew Tracy Carr (Mary), Santa Rosa Beach, FL; Bonnie Lyndal Carr Mize (Paul), Tupelo; Lacy Elizabeth Carr, Denver, CO; Eric Alexander Carr and Corry Renee Carr, Fort Mill, SC; one great grandson, Jack Morton Carr, Santa Rosa Beach, FL; one sister, Tynes Carr Boone, Jackson; one niece, Peggy Boone Peterson, Jackson; two nephews, Gordon Robert Carr, III, Jackson, and Joseph Tynes Carr, Yazoo City. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Vicksburg, 1501 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180 and to Jacob's Ladder Learning Center, 1017 Harrison Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180 or to a favorite charity. Services will be held 11 AM Saturday at First Presbyterian Church with Reverend Tim Brown, Pastor, officiating. Visitation will be at First Presbyterian Church - Ward Hall Saturday, November 14, 2009, from 9 AM until the service. Burial will be at 2:30 PM at the Masonic Cemetery in Monticello, MS. Riles Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Matthew Tracy Carr, Eric Alexander Carr, George Robert Carr, III, Joseph Tynes Carr, Sr., Bruce Peterson, and D. Eric Williams, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be George Cronia, Hugh Green, Bobby Bailess, Don Day, Fred Bayley, Bill Fenwick, David Speyerer, Gene Allen, Ken Halford, Moody Culpepper, and Easy Biedenharn. Published in the Clarion Ledger on 11/13/2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Headstone/Gravestone (full date). [S39] Obituary.