![]() Installed as the Bishop on February 25, 2006. McGruder was Senior Pastor for 25 years, of the First United Pentecostal Church of Kennett, elected December 9, 1980. They started the McGruder's Southern Gospel singers and it spanned the length of their marriage until Priscilla was called Home in 2010. Carroll married second, Priscilla McDonald, in 1976 and one daughter Holly was born in 1997. ![]() Linda was killed tragically in a auto accident in 1975. He married first, Linda Coffey in 1965 to this union two children were born, Eric and Shawnee. Three sisters: Glenda Joyce, Carolyn Claudette, Viola Mae and oneĬarroll McGruder was the son of Rev. Other than his parents and wives, Carroll was preceded in death by David Brinkley and wife Alora, children: Jasmine,Tyler,Avery and Jasper of Piedmont, OK Holly McGruder, children Onyx and Zion of Kennett, Missouri.Ĭarroll’s spirit, wisdom and passion will survive in a hosts of relatives and Rebekah Romo and husband Alex, children Lena and Xander of Ft.Worth, TX. Shawnee Trowbridge and husband Tim, children Prisda, Taryn and Harrison of Kennett, MO Tracy Davis and husband Gilbert, children Colton and Gavin of Yukon, Oklahoma Tommy Brinkley ,and wife Ktara, children Zayne and Kyerien of Oklahoma City, OK. His Children: Eric McGruder and wife Michelle,Ĭhildren: Spencer and Jacob of East Prairie, MO. On January 26, 2013, he married Sharon Sue Brinkley, who survives in the home. On June 1, 1976, he married Priscilla Elaine McDonald who passed in 2010. On Decemhe married Linda Evanna Coffey, who passed in 1975. to Lester Hendrix and Fannie Beatrice (McCool) McGruder. His powerful influence will be sorely missed.īorn in Holcomb, MO. Many people who have fellowshipped there can attest to his anointed leadership. He has served this local church from his confirmation as Lead Pastor since 1980. Carroll is the presidingīishop of First United Pentecostal Church of Kennett, MO. It was precious in the sight of the Lord. He was accompanied to his crossing by family and friends who gathered at his bedside to witness his It wasn’t immediately clear Friday if investigators were still probing his death as a homicide.Carroll Lester McGruder born Octoand passed to his eternal reward Septemat the age of 68 years. And members of an honor guard presented his family with an American flag.Ĭarroll’s remains were cremated and placed in a small wooden box, which his family plans to store in a Columbarium. More than 50 mourners - tearful family members among them - said their final goodbyes at the ceremony, which included a bag pipe rendition of “Amazing Grace.”Ī pal and fellow Korean War vet passed around a never-before-seen photo of Carroll riding in a military vehicle with actress Marilyn Monroe. It’s another chapter in our lives.” George Carroll Brigitte Stelzer I prayed to the Lord everyday to answer my prayer on where he could be.” She added, “We’ve had the gift of finding our father before we leave the earth. “Nobody will every know what really happened,” his daughter Jean Kennedy, 65, said after the ceremony. His death was later probed as a homicide.īut on Friday, relatives said the mystery of Carroll’s death may never be solved. The psychic predicted that his father had died from blunt force trauma - a fact that investigators later confirmed, saying his skull had been cracked open. Spurred by the clairvoyant, who purportedly got a hit on the basement, his son Mike Carroll bought the home from his now-deceased mother in 1998 and spent years digging around. “My father so deserved this he had an untimely death.”Ĭarroll’s skeletal remains were discovered under his former Lake Grove home by his sons, who had been tipped off by a psychic. He added that dear dad would have wanted a proper goodbye. “It was like he died last year, we all had to go through the grieving process again.” ![]() “It all came rushing back - all the things we missed out on and everything he missed,” Carroll’s son, Steve, 62, told The Post. Bones found in suburban basement identified as missing dad
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