Carrol S. Huffman

Carrol S. Huffman, 83, of Limestone, TN died Friday, January 22, 2010 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mr. Huffman was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, TN and a son of the late Charles Roscoe and Mary Elsie Babb Huffman. He was a 1944 graduate of Washington College Academy. Mr. Huffman was a U.S. Army veteran serving in WW II and was the recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a second generation rural mail carrier. His father had carried mail on horseback. Mr. Huffman was the rural mail carrier for Limestone from 1947 to 1982. Mr. Huffman was a lifelong member of the Limestone United Methodist Church, 189 Opie Arnold Road, Limestone, TN 37681 and the Limestone Ruritan Club. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either of those organizations. Mr. Huffman was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Richard S. Huffman; a brother Daryl Huffman; and two sisters Dorothy Cross and Margaret Sims. Survivors include: his loving wife of sixty-two years, Margaret Anne Byrd Huffman; his daughter Suzanne Huffman and son-in-law August Schilling of Southlake, TX; one sister Barbara Wright of Telford, TN; one brother Joseph Huffman of Jonesborough, TN; several nieces and nephews and extended family and friends also survive. A graveside service for Carrol S. Huffman will be conducted at 11:30 AM on Monday, January 25, 2010 in the Urbana Cemetery in Limestone. Everyone will meet at the cemetery. Rev. Brandon R. Berg will officiate. A luncheon at Limestone United Methodist Church will follow the graveside service. There will be no visitation or chapel funeral service.