Collin Carroll

Funeral services for Collin Carroll, 21, of Rusk have been set for Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at the First Baptist Church in Rusk with Rev. Lee Welch and Rev. Jim Goforth officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hill cemetery under the direction of Autry Funeral Home.

Mr. Carroll was born in Tyler on Aug. 1, 1985. He died in Liberia on July 29, 2007. He was a dental coordinator with Mercy Ships International, a member of the First Baptist Church in Rusk, a 2003 graduate of Rusk High School, a 2006 graduate of Texas A & M University and a member of the 12th Man Alumni of A & M. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Paul Meador and Arlon Carroll.

Survivors include his parents, Jeff and Sandy Carroll of Rusk; sister, Carmen Carroll of Rusk, sister and brother-in-law, Courtney and Stephen Brooks of Bullard; nephew Jeffrey Carter Brooks; grandmothers Ruth Meador and Loma Carroll both of Rusk.

Visitation will begin on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Rusk.
 

August 2, 2007

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress