Tombstone Tuesday–Carrie Parr Easler

Carrie A. Parr was born on 23 Dec 1885 in Bishopville, Sumter Co., SC.^{1 2} She died on 24 Feb 1970 at the age of 84 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina.³ She was buried on 26 Feb 1970 at Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina.^{4 5 6}

Carrie A. Parr and Reuben Harvey Easler were married on 13 May 1906. Reuben Harvey Easler, son of Alger Easler and Sarah Reynolds, was born on 14 Nov 1886. He died on 21 Oct 1947 at the age of 60 at Columbia Hospital in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. Reuben was buried on 22 Oct 1947 at Elmwood Memorial Gardens in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. He served in the military.

Reuben Harvey Easler and Carrie A. Parr had the following children:

i. Alva Leroy Easler was born on 8 Apr 1907 in Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina. He died on 20 Feb 1909 at the age of 1 in Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina.
ii. Carroll H. Easler was born on 25 May 1909 in Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina. He died on 2 May 1991 at the age of 81 in Clinton, Anderson, Tennessee.
iii. Talley Avery "Buddy" Easler, born 6 Feb 1911; married Anne B.; married Margaret Elizabeth Adams; died 12 Mar 1999, Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina.
iv. Dorothy Easler, married Thomas Outlaw.
 
Carrie Parr was the daughter of  Tempy A. Brock and Samuel Merkerson Parr. She was the granddaughter of Benjamin Brock and Jane Freeman.The demise of her grandparents is a mystery.  





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1. Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index database, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : <viewed|accessed> 3 March 2011), Carrie Easler, 248-56-0476, 1953 derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Sumter County, South Carolina, population schedule, Bishopville Township, Sumter County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #103, Page 11A, Line 2, Dwelling 199, Family 202, Household of Samuel PARR; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 2002); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1542.
3. "Social Security Death Index,"Ancestry.com, entry for Carrie Easler, 248-56-0476.
4. MRS. CARRIE EASLER obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 25 February 1970, page 4B.
5. Ibid.
6. "Social Security Death Index,"Ancestry.com, entry for Carrie Easler, 248-56-0476.