Harry Carnall (Mansfield)'s Obituary
Harry Lawrence Carnall, son of John Hoover and Hattie Cornelius Carnall, was born July 10, 1940, in Webster County, Missouri, and departed this life on May 11, 2016, in Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of seventy-five years, ten months, and one day.
On November 24, 1972, he was united in marriage to Lena Darlene Brown.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother.
Harry is survived by his wife, Darlene of the home; seven children, Steve Carnall of Theodosia, Missouri, Teresa Johnson of Nixa, Missouri, Timothy Carnall and wife, Deirdra, of Mansfield, Missouri, Cindy Carnall and companion, Gabe Gehrke, of Seymour, Missouri, Charlene Ramsey and husband, Rick, Edward Lee Colston and wife, Arla, John Mark Carnall and wife, Gayla, all of Mansfield, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; sister, Ruth Lindsey of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, as well as other relatives and many friends.
He was born in the Smackout area south of Seymour and moved to Mansfield with his parents in 1944. He attended Mansfield Schools and lived most of his life in Mansfield where he ran the farm that has been in the family for over 100 years. He raised cattle, milked cows by hand and sold the milk by the gallon, raised five acres of strawberries for several years and was a beekeeper and had sixty hives on his property to maintain. He also ran the MFA mill in Mansfield for ten years.
Harry made a profession of faith in Christ and was baptized on March 31, 1963.
In his spare time he loved gardening and sharing his produce with others, fishing, riding his 4-wheeler with his grandchildren and spending as much time with them as he could.
Harry was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate his life and will always cherish the special times we had together.
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