Carlow, William Charles "W.C."

W.C. Carlow was born January 2, 1933, at home on a small farm in the community of Lanesport 
in Williamson County.

He passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2007, at the age of 74, after a five-year battle with 
cancer.

He was the eldest of William Albert and Mabel Mary Tidwell Carlow's four children. W.C. 
attended schools in Friendship, Granger and Thrall, and he was a 1950 graduate of Taylor 
High School, where he was known for his exceptional and gifted woodworking and leathercraft 
abilities.

Mr. Carlow joined the U.S. Navy in March of 1951, taking basic training in San Diego, Calif. 
He was assigned to the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. He applied for drafting school and 
was trained as a draftsman in San Diego, Calif. Later, he was ordered to serve aboard the 
U.S.S. Markab until he was honorably discharged in March of 1955 with rank of draftsman 
second class.

After his service in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Carlow worked in Dallas for Temco Aircraft and Lone 
Star Boat Co. He then attended Paris Junior College in Paris and Lamar Tech in Beaumont. He 
also worked as a deckhand aboard a tugboat, then as a draftsman for Magnolia Petroleum, a 
division of Mobil Oil Co., before transferring to the S.S. Socona.

Mr. Carlow started his first business, Carlow Iron and Metal in 1958. Other companies he 
owned and operated included, C&C Wrecking Co., Hi Lite Products Inc., Resinex Equipment Inc. 
and Resinex Designs.

Business memberships included: American Rental Association; Texas Rental Association; 
Portable Sanitation Association, where he served two terms on the board of directors; and 
founder and first president of Fiberglass Fabrication Association, now known as American 
Composites Manufacturers Association, of which he was also awarded a lifetime membership in 
1985.

After selling his business in 1985, he continued to work in management and designing various 
products for manufacture, until his retirement on December 31, 2002.

While he enjoyed many different hobbies during his lifetime, he probably spent more time on 
genealogy than all the rest. For the last 15 years, W.C. had been writing his life's story 
in book form, "It Is Hard to Miss Something You Never Had."

Mr. Carlow was preceded in death by a daughter, Cecilie Gayle Carlow; parents; and brother, 
Douglas Delano Carlow.

He is survived by his wife, Fonda Jane Ryan Carlow, whom he married on January 21, 1959, 
in Athens; son, Kevin Keith Carlow of Gladewater; his loving sidekick, "Curly"; sister, Val 
Jean Carlow Blair and husband, Roy of Seagoville; brother, Kenneth Terry Carlow and wife, 
Linda of Alvarado; as well as many other loving family and friends.

Special thanks go out to Beverly Jernigan; Anna Gonzales; Michelle Phelan, Nurse Practitioner, 
Overton Brooks Veterans Hospital, Shreveport, La.; Dr. Jon Caster, Lehman Eye Center, 
Nacogdoches; Dr. Sidney Roberts and staff; Temple Cancer Center, Lufkin; Dr. Ronald Scott, 
Longview Cardiology; and Care Team Home Health staff.

The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Arthur Temple Cancer Center, 1201 W. 
Frank Ave., Lufkin, TX 75904.

Funeral services for W.C. Carlow, 74, of Gladewater, will be held at noon Wednesday, August 
15, 2007, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home, 1617 Judson Rd., Longview, with Mr. Earl 
Roberts, a cousin-in-law of Mr. Carlow, from Madisonville, officiating. Interment will 
follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. this evening, August 14, 2007, at the funeral 
home

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/14/2007.