Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-12-15
Obituary

The following was read at the fu
neral of Mrs. George e. Carr:
Our entire community grieve:
with Professor George E. Carr, su
schools for the past eight years, il
the loss of his loyal wife and com
panion, Eva Marie Carr, who passed
away at $50 a. M, Nov 2, 1898, in
Grant hospital, Columbus, o.
For the past six months Mrs. Carr
had been in failing health and was
operated upon in Grant hospital
about three months ago, after which
her condition improved SO she was
gan, where she remained in grad
ually failing health until early Oc~
tober, when she was readmitted to
the hospital. Everything known to
the medical profession was done for
her that could be done, but medical
science could not bring about cure
of her malady, and in the early
hours of last Wednesday morning
she peacefully passed on to life of
greater usefulness.
Eva Marie Carr was born at the
turn of the century, in Pennsville,
Morgan county, Ohio, on April IA,
1900, the daughter of Joseph Frank
lin Dougan and Lena King Dougan.
She is survived by her distinguished
husband, George e. Carr, her three
children, Eldon, 16, Arlene 13, and
Lois Ann three and a half years of
age, her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Franklin Dougan: six brothers,
Earl Dougan Of McConnelsvilIe;
Leland OF Columbus; Russell and
Robley of Pennsville; and two sis
ters, Mrs. Myla Van Fossen, of
Pennsville, and Mrs. Mildred Sy-
piers Of PEBBLES. AS a daughter and
sister her life in this home was one
Of loyalty, service, and loving ur
Observation-Disclosures mindful of the
needs AMI comforts of those with
whom she was associated.
On March 20, 1914, she became
member of the Church of Christ at
Pennsville, Ohio, of which church
she was still a member at her death.
During her residence in Logan she
attended the Methodist Episcopal
church, giving unstintedly to it Of
herself, her talents, and her means.
Few people of the early age Of
thirty-eight years have developed
so completely the well~rounded life.
the sterling character, and the high
ed by Mrs. Carr.
Her childhood was spent in Penns
vile, where she attended the public
schools She graduated from the
Pennsville and the Malta-McConnels
vile high schools, and later attend
ed Ohio University at Athens, where
she was graduated in 1920.
On Oct. 8, 1920, she was married
to George E. Carr, who upon his re-
turn from service in the World war
had taken position as head of the
Hamilton township high school in
Franklin county. In 1925 she with
her family moved to McCOnnels-
Vile, where she became the able as
sistant of her husband, as superin-
tendent of the schools in that city,
and a valuable addition to the So
cial and civic life of that commun-
ity.
In 1880, Mr.. and Mrs. Carr and
family moved to Logan, where for
the past eight years Mrs. Carr had
occupied a prominent place in
home, church, social, educational,
and civic circles, and these varied
activities in our community have
reached a higher and better plane by
reason of her association and ef-
forts. Among the organizations
which have benefited by her splen-
did personality and ideals We're
the Tourist Book club of which she
was past president, the American
Legion Auxiliary, the Logan Parent
Teacher association. and the Girl
Scouts movement, with all of which