Carl Silkirk Shrewsbury Jr.1,2,3

M, b. December 25, 1924, d. October 31, 2012
     Carl Silkirk Shrewsbury Jr. was buried at Rosedale Memorial Park, 3850 Richlieu Road, Bensalem, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania.3 His Social Security Number was 232-44-1972.4 He was born on December 25, 1924 at Micajah, Wyoming Co., West Virginia.1,4,2,3 He married Garnet Imogene Davis, daughter of Clarence Osborne Davis and Hazel Garnett Elmore, on March 4, 1947 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.1,3 Carl Silkirk Shrewsbury Jr. died on October 31, 2012 at Levittown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, at age 87.4,3 He Carl S. Shrewsbury Jr. of Levittown went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Oct., 31, 2012. He was surrounded by his family at his home. He was 87 at the time of his passing. Carl was born in Micajah, Wyoming County, W.Va., and grew up in Arista Mountain, W.Va. Drafted as a senior in high school, he received a deferment that allowed him to finish school before leaving to serve his country as an Army Corporal in World War II. Upon his return, after three years, he married Garnett Imogene Davis. Carl worked on the Virginia Railroad until furloughed, then moved to Pennsylvania to work for U.S. Steel, where he worked until his retirement in 1986. He was the son of the late Carl Silkirk Shrewsbury Sr. and Anna Graham Shrewsbury; brother of the late Trilba Gae Hartsoe; and brother-in-law of the late Mary Shrewsbury. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Garnett Imogene Davis Shrewsbury; his sons, Carl D. Shrewsbury and his wife, Lois, of Cleveland, Tenn., Gary Shrewsbury and his wife, Ann, of Levittown, and Bruce Shrewsbury and his wife, Andrea, of Levittown; his grandchildren, Karla Shrewsbury Stewart and her husband, Kevin, Dwayne Shrewsbury and his wife, Kerry, Rebecca Shrewsbury and Carl James Shrewsbury; great-grandchildren, Tyler Shrewsbury, Morgan Shrewsbury, and Ella Shrewsbury; his sisters, Drema Akers and her husband, Arnold, Danese Linko, and Carol Sue White and her husband, Robert; his brothers, Gerald Shrewsbury (husband of Mary), Weldon Shrewsbury and his wife, Vivian, L.H. Shrewsbury and his wife, Katie, and David Shrewsbury and his wife, Thelma; as well as several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, cousins and friends. Interment will be in Rosedale Memorial Park, Bensalem. on November 4, 2012.3

Family

Garnet Imogene Davis
Marriage*He married Garnet Imogene Davis, daughter of Clarence Osborne Davis and Hazel Garnett Elmore, on March 4, 1947 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.1,3 
Children
  • Gary Shrewsbury3
  • Bruce Shrewsbury3
  • Carl Douglas Shrewsbury1,3

Citations

  1. [S5130] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014.
  2. [S3706] 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Records of the Selective Service System, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
  3. [S3658] Bucks County Courier Times, From the Carl S. Shrewsbury, Jr. obituary in the Nov 4, 2012 edition.
  4. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.