Eugene Redmon Carr

Eugene Redmon Carr, 81 of Keswick, Virginia, departed this life January 9, 2020, at the North Ridge Medical Center, Ivy Virginia. He was born on January 14, 1938 to the late Eugene and Virginia Carr. He was preceded in death by a son, Kent Carr and a daughter, Denise Morton, sisters, Eloise Bates and Virginia Gatewood, brothers, Wilbur, Charles and John. Eugene was a former employee of Cloverfield Farm, Allied Concrete Dart Drug, Southern Materials and Manager of Lauder mat. His highest accomplishment was his self-employment and creation of Carr’s Hauling. He provided services to Sissy Spacek, Anheuser-Bush, Luck Stone and many other farms in Keswick and Charlottesville, supplying dust, gravel, shavings, sand, mulch, boulders and wood. He was educated in the Charlottesville and Keswick school system. Eugene served faithfully as a lifetime member of the church and Men’s Fellowship at Zion Hill Baptist Church. Known for his favorite one-liner, “let me tell you something”. This was sure to be the beginning of words of wisdom, a short story, that sometimes was true or sometimes not. His greatest joy was having his family together for a meal. He leaves to cherish his memories his wife of 60 years, Cleo. One daughter, Dorothy Grimes, Stafford, VA (Dana), Three sons, David, Eugene J., Theodore (Dolores) all of Charlottesville, VA. One brother, Dale (Jane), Charlottesville, VA. Three sisters, Blanche Gatewood, Gloria Byrd and Ida Poindexter (William), Keswick, VA. Four sisters-in-laws, Ester Mae Wells, Pittsburg, PA, Deloris Coleman, Keswick, Mary Coleman, Ruckersville, VA, Joyce Carter, Charlottesville. Three Brother-in-law, William Coleman, Keswick, VA. William Poindexter, George Coleman, Charlottesville, VA. Host of devoted nieces, nephews, grand-children, great-grand-children and other relatives and friends.