CelebratingThe Life of

Carey “C.T.” Thomas Southall

Born September 21,1921 Palatka, Florida

Died September 28, 2009, Columbia, Missouri

Born Palatka, Florida in 1921

Lemon Street. The main street of Palatka. His parents briefly tried to operate a little shop near there when he was young. This shot is from about 1933, when he was around 12. (It was later renamed St. Johns Avenue.)

Childhood in Palatka Post cards from the past

St. John’s River. Carey and his brothers often fished off this bridge, their usual catch being a fish called bream, only in the South, he told Tom not too long ago, is it pronounced “brim.”

I made some minor text changes and elaboration suggestions here on this slide

University of Florida, Gainesville

Service in the South Pacific

Saw battle in the Islands. Many tough days, but also light moments and sometimes even boredom.

Later served in Beijing

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REALITIES OF WAR Back home during the war, civilians could only imagine the tough battles (he never

talked about) like he was in from May to June 1945 in the Pacific. LIFE

magazine ads helped in seeing

it. But there were relaxed moments, too, as another ad for towels suggested! After the war, he served in occupied Beijing.

[Tom (Carey), the historian, wanted to have these illustrations from the past here.]

Mail Call

Because his parents were illiterate, he never got any mail, perhaps prompting his lifelong

prolific letter-writing.

Wheeling & Dealing

Traded cigarettes for candy bars and nursed a sweet tooth for the rest of his life. He loved his

“Nickel Coke”

Life in the Service

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Life in the Service

Mail CallBecause his parents couldn’t read or write, he hardly got any mail, perhaps prompting his lifelong prolific letter-writing.

Wheeling & DealingTraded his cigarettes ration for candy bars and nursed a sweet tooth for the rest of his life. He loved his “Nickel Coke.” A couple months ago he told Tom he wanted to taste one of those little cold bottles again. To his surprise he found one for his birthday.

I suggested a softer language for “illiterate,”a & found a real 1940 Snickers wrapper. i don’t know how to tilt images. Added bottle.

What Lola Wants, Lola Gets

Every moment recorded in a scrapbook…..

1948Lola Jean Rose & Carey Southall were married.

So were Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra.

Also in 1948

President Truman was elected

Israel was formed

LP records were invented

Gandhi was assassinated

Treasure of Sierra Madre was voted Best Movie

The Wedding

July 21, 1948

The 1950’s Going to school, serving the military,

teaching and starting a family

Another child is born, and lives

A child dies

Rags, the dog

First House. Gainesville, Florida

I TOTALLY L_O_V_E THIS RAGS PICTURE! Tom

The 1950’sA Young Family in Lubbock, Texas

Remember the 60’sMan on the go….to one of his beloved conferencesCars

were important.

The 1957 baby blue Chevy.

The red and white VW Microbus used for all family vacations

Suddenly…

kids and

more kids

Happy Kids…Happy Daddy

Family Transportation in the 60’s

AMAZING YOU FOUND THIS!!!

The 1970’s

1980’s

Home, sweet home.

Palatka, FL 1921-1948Gainesville, FL 1948-1951Warner-Robins, FL 1951-1953Gainesville, FL 1953-1955Commerce, TX 1955-1957Lubbock, TX 1957-1964

Columbia, MO since 1964

Lubbock, Texas

The Legendary Red Raider

The Bell Tower at Christmas Tom the NEW Christmas one is still TOO BLURRY and will not work for slide show. For future ref, always view at 400% to see how audience will see. Very unfortunate, but this is fine and the slide captures

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n At Tech, they call this lighting of the central campus buildings the “Carol of Lights” and they have done it every Christmas since 1959. A very memorable sight for young kids.

I’d like this picture somewhere --- the location and exact text is less important to me. Font is Times New Roman?

Columbia, Missouri

Arrived 1964, living at 709 Bluff Dale Drive until 1983, when the For Sale sign went up.

TINY CHANGES HERE___Tom

Beloved Local Jaunts

plus…..country church suppers, Rock Bridge State Park, eagle watching in Lynn, Clark and other Mennonite

communities, and many other places

Beloved Activities

Westerners

60 Minute Gourmet

Methodist Church Dining Clubs

Epicurean Group

Elder Hostel

Watching 60 Minutes for 30 years and (later) followed by “Murder, She Wrote” with

mother/Lola on Sunday nights.

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FamilyVacations

World’s Fairs …

New York 1962

Seattle 1964

Montreal 1967

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Montreal 1967

Seattle 1963

New York 1965

As long as Expo geodesic dome card and NY flags card are there the exact arrangement of this slide does not really concern me--but the dates ARE correct as to when we went. TOM

World’s Fairs …

Family Favorites

Estes Park, Colorado

Pelican Shores, Florida

National ParksA deep appreciation for natural beauty

Jasper Lake, Banff National Park

Favorite College Towns….

Missoula Montana

Flagstaff, Arizona – for 20+ years

Ellensburg, Washington

Teacher’s Prayer author unknown

Lord, Please help me, To strengthen their voices, 

bodies and minds, To express their feelings and 

control them sometimes, To explore what's near 

and venture afar, But most important to love 

who they are.

The Kids GraduateTime for Some Serious Travel

50 states41 countries

Countless adventuresPick-pocketed three times

Avoid Parental Paparazzi!

Random

Life Moments & Highlights

The Southall Siblings mid-70’s reunited for the first time in decades

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The Southall Siblings reunited around 1965 for the first time in a very long time, for his mother’s funeral. (The elder Carey T. Senior is at far left.)

1986

Best Teacher

Outstanding Achievement & Meritorious Service to Education

1990 Meeting Barbara Bushliteracy program “Mrs Bush’s Story Time”

Weddings

Carole 1983 Kathy 1991

Tom would be here,too, but when he got married (briefly), he eloped to France!

The First Grandchild

Grandkids

Taylor, now 21 and Harrison, now 18, on a carriage ride in Central Park

Christian, now 16

“Friends are the gift

we give ourselves”

Friends

Man Clubs

+

= Solutions to all the world’s problems

2.The Paneras PalsAnother bunch of guys

+

= Solutions to all the world’s problems

1.The Rusty ZippersA bunch of guys

Quirks, Eccentricities & Notable Features

Driving

We could always count on finding a pack of

Juicy Fruit in the top drawer of his desk, and in the

glove compartment of his car, the VW beetle

Beautiful & Expressive Hands

People Watching while others shopped, he watched…..fascinated by the human condition

Food Preferences

You can take the boy out of the South, but not the South out of the boy

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Beloved Food, Unpretentious

tastes

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The TImex was Kathy’s idea; exact arrangement could vary or be another slide

Jokes, Pranks & Big Laughs

Unexplained….An obsession with bogus bills….given to countless waitresses, bank tellers, McDonald’s cashiers and other unsuspecting citizens…

Penmanship

Sample of handwriting scanned in here

Teaching

Carey Southall’s Favorite Poem

Teachers

Teachers Paint their minds and guide their thoughtsShare their achievements and advise their faults

Inspire a Loveof knowledge and truthAs you light the pathWhich leads our youth

For our future brightenswith each lesson you teachEach smile you lengthenEach goal you help reach 

For the dawn of each poeteach philosopher and kingBegins with a TeacherAnd the wisdom they bring

by Kevin William Huff

very slight graphical change--Tom

"A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit".  

Hebrew Proverb

Carey Southall believed….

Parents & Teachers Together = Success

Unity by Cleo V. Swarat 

I dreamed I stood in a studio and watched two sculptors there,The clay they used was a young child’s mind and they fashioned it with care. 

One was a teacher: the tools she used were books and music and art;One was a parent, with a guiding hand and gentle loving heart.

And when at last their work was done, they were proud of what they had wrought.For the things they had worked into the child, could never be sold or bought!

And each agreed she would have failed if she had worked alone.

For behind the parent stood the school, and behind the teacher stood the home!

Something looks wrong here!!!

;)

Lola & C.T.…61 years of marriage

20081947

Happy Trails

To live in the hearts

of ones left behind is not to die.

Thank YouOur heartfelt gratitude

for all the

friendship and love.

We appreciate everything

everyone has done

in recent weeks.

You meant the world to him.c.1999-2000

A Love Production

Created byCarole Southall TelyanThomas Carey SouthallKathy Southall Hansen