Carroll Jacobs Obituary (1943

Mr. Carroll Jacobs, age 81 of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on February 12, 1943 in Sulphur, Kentucky. He was the loving son of the late Harvey Jacobs and Edith Williams Hieatt Jacobs Hunter. Raised in Bedford, Kentucky, Carroll attended Trimble County High School and received his GED in the military. On February 22, 1964, he was inducted into the United States Army and rose to the rate of Sergeant during the Vietnam Era. He served two years in Panama and was honorably discharged on February 21, 1967, at Fort Benning, Georgia, receiving the National Defense Service Medal, Sharpshooter and Good Conduct Medals. On September 21, 1969, he was united in marriage to Carolyn Barlow, who passed away on June 28, l984. In September 1993, he married Paula Abrams who died on July 2, 2004. On June 2, 2005, he married Mary Alice Stephan Meek in Marion County, Indiana. Carroll retired from Henry Vogt Company in Louisville, Kentucky as a machine operator for 16 1/2 years. He last worked at NAS in Ghent, Kentucky for 6 years as a fork lift driver. He was baptized at the Bedford Baptist Church in Bedford, Kentucky, and he later attended Green Road Baptist Church in Madison. When he lived in Indianapolis, he attended Cross Roads Baptist Church. Carroll enjoyed fishing, gardening, working in his yard and camping, especially at the Red River Gorge. Carroll died on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 6:45 p.m. at his home in Madison, Indiana with his devoted wife at his side. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Carroll will be missed by his loving wife of 19 years, Mary Alice Stephan Meek Jacobs of Madison, Indiana; his daughter, Rebekah Meek of Shelbyville, Indiana; his sons, Jason Meek and his wife Danette of Paragon, Indiana, Gary Caudill of Newport, Kentucky; his grandchildren, Gary Jr., Lauren (Kyle), Edward and James; his great grandchildren, Gensin, Breyden, Cannon, Laityn and Aria; his sister, Betty Johnson Temple of Bedford, Kentucky; his brother, Kenneth Hunter and his wife Agnes "Aggie" Stephan of Bedford, Kentucky; his brothers in law and sisters in law, Loy Stephan, Daniel Stephan, James Stephan, Theressa Herring, Bernadette Napier, John Stephan, Glenna Yount, Gertrude Hendrick, Bertha Bromley, George Stephan, Billy Morris, Patricia Whitham, and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Carolyn Barlow, died June 28, 1984, his second wife, Paula Abrams, died July 2, 2004, his father, Harvey Jacobs, his mother, Edith Williams Hieatt Jacobs Hunter, his sons, Jackie Caudill, Dennis Allen Caudill and Kevin Caudill, his half sister, Pauline Jacobs, his brothers in law, Donald Morris and Dave Stephan, and his sister in law, Nancy Stephan Jackson. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 16, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., by Pastor Chris Chavez at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday, June 15, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 16, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.MILITARY HONORSA final salute with military honors will be provided by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion.MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans . Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online donations, memorials, and remembrances can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Carroll Jacobs, please click here to visit our sympathy store.