Carl Leslie Pool, age 98, of Muscle Shoals, died Thursday, September 17, 2015. Visitation will be Sunday, September 20, 2015, 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will follow in the funeral home chapel with Rodney Shewbart officiating. Burial will be in Colbert Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Pool was a native of Lawrence County and a member of York Terrace Baptist Church. He was retired from the U. S. Navy serving in WWII at Pearl Harbor and later retired as the Waterway Coordinator for NASA.
He was preceded in death by his wife of seventy-four years, Gurtha Wood Pool; sisters, Newana Barnes and Martha Pool; and brothers, Kermit and Cecil Pool.
He is survived by his daughter; Beverly Garver (Harold); sons, Gerald Pool and Michael Pool (Debbie); grandchildren, Christy Garver Regg (Jamie), Todd Garver (Lisa), Lauren Pool Williams (Kevin), Catherine Pool Wright (Joseph); and great-grandchildren, Caleb and Colin Regg, Myles Garver and Ellie Grace Wright.
Pallbearers are Don Barnes, Todd Garver, Michael Moore, Barry Pool, Steve Posey and Leland Woods.
The family expresses special thanks to Anita, Tammi, Vikki, Leighann, Mitzi and Southern Care Hospice.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
