Jesse J. Carroll
Jes In the early 1940's, he went into the termite exterminating business. He treated untold thousands of homes in Alabama and Georgia until his death in 1959. He was married to the former Mana Laney, and together had 8 children, which included 5 boys and three girls Jesse Carroll was of the Christian faith and was a Baptist. Once when my dad and I were coming home after working all day, there was a hitch hiker on the highway just passed where we turned onto our street. When we got home, supper was ready, so we sat down to eat. In a little while there was a knock on the door, it was the hitch hiker. He said he knew we were good people because dad waved at him when we turned off. So he walked up the street until he saw the truck. He was hungry and wanted some food, so my dad ask him to come in and have a seat. He gave him his place at the end of the table and waited on him until he had all he wanted. The man said he was from Pell City, and was just down on his luck. HEB: 13:2- Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. If that man was Jesus, I know without doubt that my dad passed the test that day, for he treated that guy as if he was a king. In 1950 when I was helping dad, he told me, 'don't ever bet on other people's tricks'. Now that was good advice, because when someone tries to deceive me, I just keep my mouth shut and let them play the game all by themselves. I am not sure he knew about 'deja vu', but he would have told me not to get suckered into that one. Good Advise: If you ever see a flying saucer, tell no human being, no matter if a thousand people see it also. His motto was: Believe nothing you hear, and half you see. Jesse is buried at Creswell Cemetery in Calhoun County, Alabama. He has three children buried at Creswell Cemetery. Aubie Lee Carroll, Geraldine Carroll Kidd and Ralph Levon Carroll. See picture of Jesse and Mana. See picture of Jesse And his brother Robert .Ralph Carroll Carroll OHATCHEE – Services for Ralph Levon Carroll, 70, of Ohatchee will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in Anniston with Rev. Mike Foreman officiating. Burial will be in Creswell Cemetery in Eastaboga. The family will receive friends 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Carroll died Wednesday at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Lorene Carroll; two daughters, Lynn Thomas and
Pallbearers will be Kenneth O’Dell, Barry O’Dell, Steve Carroll Jr., William Carroll, Richard Maye and Richard Maye Jr. Mr. Carroll, a Calhoun County native, was Baptist. A Korean Conflict veteran, he retired from M&H Valve. Aubie Lee Carroll was the first born child of Jesse and Mana Carroll. He died at age two of diptheria. He is buried at Creswell Cemetery.
Geraldine Carroll Kidd
My early memories of Geraldine was that she helped mother take
care of all of us when Dad was working out of town; which was most of the time.
She was like an old mother hen to us. One time when Ralph was in the first
grade, his teacher was trying to make him mind, and he pitched a fit. When he
got home Geraldine told him She had four girls and one boy. The boy, Randy Is buried beside her. She loved her children dearly, and took care of them until she died while they were still in school. Geraldine was the oldest daughter of Jesse Carroll and Mana Carroll By James Mana Laney Carroll Mother was born and raised in the Eulaton area of Calhoun County,
After breakfast she would go out to the barn and milk the cow and feed the chickens. Then she would put the milk away and take the leftovers out to the hogs. If there were not enough leftovers to make a meal for the hogs, she would mix up some hog ration to feed them. Then she would clean up the house, make beds and mop the floors and clean up the dishes. Next, she would check the churn of milk sitting behind the stove. If it was clabbered, she would churn the milk for about an hour to make butter and buttermilk. When she had extra milk, butter and eggs, she would sell it to the neighbors. Before she got her first washing machine, she would go out back and start a fire under the cast iron pot. She would boil the clothes in the pot with detergent, that she had made herself in the same pot. Then she would scrub the clothes on a rub board, then rinse and wring them out by hand. Next she would hang them out to dry, and bring in the ones that were hanging on the line from the day before. Then she would sprinkle them with water and ball them individually and put them in a pillowcase. She could have used any bag to put them in, but a pillowcase was handy. At some point during all this, she found time to put on lunch. Lunch, or Dinner, would consist of a pot of beans, turnip greens, chicken, and cornbread, tomatoes and onion, and maybe radishes, and iced tea or milk. Now, while the lunch was cooking, she would iron the clothes that she had ready to iron. While she was going about her chores, she would be singing religious songs. The only time that she didn't sing was when she was churning. Is it any wonder why we go to graveyard working once a year? Mother always said; "If you can't say something good, say nothing at all". Another one was, " The more you stir carrion, the worse it smells". By James George and Rosa Laney Anniston, Al.
George and Rosa Laney are the parents of Mana Laney Carroll. You can see the family resemblance between Mana and Rosa. |
