Carl Edgar Kennedy's Obituary
Carl E. Kennedy, age 81 years old, passed from this life, November 9, 2015. Carl was born on January 1, 1934 in Cambridge, Ohio to Wallace and Alice (Mourer) Kennedy. He graduated from Cambridge High School. After high school he enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Lewis Washington. He completed his 6 years of service to the U.S. Army with a transfer to the U.S. Army Corps Reserve in Zanesville, OH. While in the Army he received a Good Conduct Medal and a letter of Accommodation from Brigadier General Steinbach. He began his career as a Traffic Manager and Production Scheduler for Phillips Products in Cambridge, Ohio. He then changed careers and studied for the ministry at Oral Roberts University receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in Biblical Literature and Minor in Theology in 1977 and a Master of Divinity Degree in 1989. He was a Minister in the United Methodist Church and served as a missionary in Albania and China. Carl is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of many years, Judy, three daughters: Diana Johnson and her husband, Joe, Lynn Lasson and her husband, Chris, Sharon Casillas and her husband, Mark; his grandchildren Christopher and Andrew Johnson, Scott Lasson and Heather Lasson Sanders, Kristen and Katelyn Casillas; his great-grandchildren Gavin and Reece Johnson. Funeral Service will be held at Flat Ridge Community Church Rt. 658 on Saturday, November 14th at 11:00 a.m. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge, OH and Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, OK.
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