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Rev. Herbert A. Carr,
O bituary
~RBERT :\.CARR, son o f Aaron V.
Carr, wa s i>orn in Eric
H and
county, New York, l\o,·cmi>cr 23, 1867, and
~[ary
died Scptcmi>cr 1-1. 1937. H e came to
l\[ ichigan wh en a ch ild and rccci,·cd hi s
early education in Cla ybanks, ami his later
ed ucation at Franklin College and Albion
College. H e was united in marriage to
i\liss Grace Loder o f Albion, Jun e 8, 1895.
To them were i>orn two children, one
<laughte r and one son.
In 1910, he ent ered the mini stry a nd
:-cn·cd eight charges: Girard, Berrien
.S prings, S heridan, North S tar, Wheele r,
l ~iv c r da l c, Coral, and ~[o rl ey, whe re he
was pastor at th e time o f his death. H e
loved his people whe rever he preached
and was a lways happy in his work for
th e ]\faster. H e was a lways eagerly
,,·orking to win others to Ch rist or try·i ng to comfort and cheer those in times
of sickness or troui>lc. H e had i>cen failing in healt h since last February: although he had been bravely fighting to
r egain hi s healt h, he g radually failed
until he went home to his reward.
He lea\·cs his wife ; one daught er, ~Ir s.
Gertrude Egmer, of Niles; one son,
.1\ rthur Ca rr, of Fli n t; also a sister, i\[rs.
l rving Ca rpenter, o f Grand Rapid s, a nd
four grandchildren.
Fune ral scn·iccs were held 111 the
:Horlcy 1\fct h odi~t church Sept ember 17,
D r. Victor \V. Thrall preachin g the ser-
mon. SeYc ral oth er pastor and members
of th e Trufaut and Morley Odd fellow
L odges assisted in t he scn ·ices. Burial
was in t he Ri,·crside Cemete ry, at Albion, ).[ich igan.
Carr, Herbert A.