A.C. Carlton Whittle |
| Posted 2009-08-08 by Sharla |
| The White Mountain Independent Show Low, Arizona 04/04/2008 A.C. Carlton Whittle was born Nov. 18, 1921, in Pensacola, Fla., to Bazzie Clarence Peterson Whittle and Gertrude Victoria Carlton Whittle and was named after his paternal grandfather, Ambrose Whittle, and his maternal grandfathers. He had one older sister, Hallie Juanita (Waller) born in Pensacola Aug. 12, 1919. She died March 28, 1963. His younger brother, Luther Mark, was born in Lovington, N.M., June 5, 1925. After his father's discharge from the Navy, the family moved to Lovington, Lea County, N.M., in the spring of 1923. Bazzie built a house at 121 N. Second Street in Lovington, which remained the family home until 1979. Carl spent all of his school years in Lovington and graduated from high school in June 1939. As a teenager, he helped his father with his carpentry business. On July 9, 1940, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and did his basic at Kelly Field, Texas. He was stationed at Gardner Field in Taft, Calif., in San Bernadino, Calif.; at Walla Walla, Wash., with the 44th Material Squadron; at Sioux City, Iowa; did a detached service winter in Water Town, S.D.; back to Sioux City; another detached service at Rome Depot in Rome, N.Y.; and to Fort Dix in Elizabeth, N.J. For a year and a half, Carl was stationed in England at Eccles Road with the 96th B-17 Bomb Group. He returned to the U.S. in November 1944 and was reassigned to Santa Ana, Calif., then to Douglas. He attended B-29 school at Amarillo, Texas, then finished his tour of duty in Roswell, N.M., where he was discharged in October 1945. While in Roswell, his sweetheart, Etheline Brown, arrived from Harlington, Texas. They were married June 9, 1945. They moved to Harlington in November where he worked for Baker-Pott's Citrus Nursery as an assistant foreman who contracted for other growers. In March 1946 they moved back to Lovington, N.M., where he worked for his dad. Their only son, Robert Carlton, was born in Hobbs, N.M. Carl and Etheline moved to Missouri in the winter of 1947 where Carl worked for Spear Mills Feed near Kansas City, but shortly thereafter they returned to Lovington. They had two daughters. Jody was born in Hobbs, N.M., and Hallie was born in Lovington. The family moved their trailer to Goldsmith, Texas, with another carpenter, Shade McGentry, then to Snider, Texas, on a different construction job. When the job was completed they moved near Floydada, Texas, to cousin Paul Sparkman's farm to remodel his house. Again the family moved back to Lovington where Carl built a home in the southwest part of town. (The house was later sold to the Clarks who raised Carl's niece Joanie, who was Luther's daughter.) In August 1955, Carl surrendered to preach and moved the family to Plainview, Texas, where he worked and attended school at Wayland Baptist College. For a short time, during his schooling, he pastored at Dry Lake Baptist Church near Spur, Texas He did his student teaching at Coronado Junior High in Plainview and graduated with a bachelor's in education May 1960. Carl taught reading and spelling in Olton, Texas, until June 1962 and English in Truth or Consequences, N.M., for two years. On June 9, 1964, the family moved to Overgaard where he was the head teacher for three years. In June 1967, Carl, Etheline and Hallie moved to Tuba City where he taught in the grade school for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. While there, he joined the Lions Club and served in a variety of offices from 1967 to 2008. During his summer breaks Carl attended school at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He was selected as a member of Kappa Delta Pi Society and graduated with honors with a master's in education May 28, 1971. In June 1976 Carl retired from teaching and moved to Snowflake. Carl and Etheline, who was a Title 1 Reading teacher with the Snowflake School District, built their house, designed by son Bob, west of Snowflake. It was the original and first solar energy, envelope house to be built in the White Mountains. Carl has been a member and onetime president of the Snowflake Lions Club, served on the Lions Camp Tatiyee board, assisted with the Salvation Army and served the Snowflake-Taylor Senior Citizens Center delivering Meals on Wheels. He was preceded in death by his wife Etheline and brother Luther. He is survived by his children, Bob Whittle of Snowflake, Jody Raikowski of Taylor, Hallie Lucas of Snowflake, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 5, at 10 a.m. at the Valley View Baptist Church in Snowflake with a previewing at 9 a.m. A viewing will be held Friday, April 4, from 4-8 p.m. at Silver Creek Mortuary in Taylor. Interment will be at the Snowflake Cemetery. Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor handled the arrangements. See Also: Find A Grave |
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