Bruce Chandler Carruth (1925 - 2003)

Born 4 Sep 1925 in Commerce, Hunt County, Texas

Ancestors

Died 7 Jul 2003 at age 77 in Emory, Washington County, Virginia

Biography

Bruce C. Carruth

EMORY, Va. -- Dr. Bruce Chandler Carruth, age 77, died Monday, July 7, 2003, at his residence.

He was born Sept. 7, 1925, in Commerce, Texas, to the late Joseph Enoch Carruth II and Bertha Felder Carruth. He was raised in Statesboro, Ga., and had lived in Emory for more than 40 years.

Dr. Carruth served Emory & Henry College as professor of psychology for 28 years, beginning his era of teaching in 1962. He was a graduate of Millsaps College, received his master's degree from Emory University and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Before coming to Emory & Henry College, he was a part time faculty member at Millsaps College, had served the Veterans Administration at Johnson City, Tenn., and was in private practice as a clinical psychologist at Tennessee's first mental health clinic. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943- 1945.

After his retirement in 1990, he remained very active in the community serving a wide range of boards, committees and projects. He was a construction volunteer for Emory Service Project, aiding with area home repairs. He was a member of the Local Human Rights Committee at Southwest Virginia Mental Health Institute, addressing the needs and challenges of mentally ill persons and he was serving as chair at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Regional Human Rights Committee. He was an active member of Emory United Methodist Church and was vitally involved with the children's ministry called Superkids.

His passions were art, drama music, poetry and literature. His love of music led him to personally purchase a set of fine stringed instruments for the sole purpose of loaning them to children in the community who wished to take lessons. He was also an extremely talented craftsman whose carvings defied the confines of wood.

He is survived by his wife, Deb Carruth, his daughter, Lauren and his son, Chandler, all of Emory; two brothers: Joseph E. Carruth III of McComb, Miss.; and Rev. W. Carlton Carruth and wife Augusta of Brunswick, Ga.; and a sister, Margaret Carruth of Dublin, Ga.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 11, 2003, at the Memorial Chapel of Emory United Methodist Church with Rev. Beverly Robinette and Rev. Timothy Kobler officiating. In place of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts in memory of Dr. Carruth be made to the Emory United Methodist Church Children's Ministry, P.O. Box 985, Emory, VA 24237. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Those wishing to send memories and messages of sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com.

Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, is serving the family of Dr. Bruce Chandler Carruth.

Hope Alexus Clark MARION -- Hope Alexus Clark, infant child of Sweet William and Rachel Clark, died Monday, July 7, 2003, in the Smyth County Community Hospital.

Survivors, in addition to her parents, include one sister, Charity Clark of the home; grandparents, Juanita and William "Hippie" Clark, Marion, and Debbie and Otis McMillan, Kingsport; great-grandparents, Roy and Sherry Schrader, Marion, and Eligh Clark, Bristol; and aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday from the Bradley's Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Blevins officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Bradley's Funeral Home, Marion, is serving the Clark family.

(From http://files.usgwarchives.net)

Sources

http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/bristol/obits/heraldcourier/2003/bnc070903.txt

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17437601/edward-hampton-carruth

"Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDSW-KGT : 5 December 2014), Bruce Chandler Carruth, 04 Sep 1925; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K72G-WXW : accessed 16 March 2018), Bruce C Caruth in household of Joseph E Caruth, Statesboro, Militia District 1209, Bulloch, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-10, sheet 3B, line 48, family 57, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 644.

"Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-ZP7F : accessed 16 March 2018), Bruce Chandler Carruth, 1940-1942; citing Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005427414.