Funeral Services for Carroll L. Harvey, 75, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Methodist Church in Palacios, Texas. The family will receive visitors at the Palacios Funeral Home on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Harvey was born on August 16, 1936 to Cleddie G. Harvey and Fern Powers Harvey in Palacios, Texas. He passed away November 15, 2011 at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Carroll served in the Army Reserves from 1957-1963. He was a farmer and rancher for over 35 years until his retirement. During his life, he was a Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo lifetime committee member, a Palacios Lion's Club past president and Melvin Jones Award recipient, Texas Lion's Camp century club key holder, Palacios Trail Riders past president, American Paint Horse Association lifetime member, past Matagorda County Farm Bureau board member, a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, and member of the First United Methodist Church in Palacios, TX. He developed a love for horses at a very young age and he had a particular fondness for black and white paint horses which he raised and showed for many years.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Joyce Allen Harvey, and by a daughter, Lisa Harvey Moore and husband Dwayne of Victoria, Texas and a son, Alain Harvey and wife Penny of Houston, TX; three grandchildren, Conor Harvey, Gareth Harvey, and Clayton Moore; sister, Bobbie Middleton and husband Bob of College Station, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant daughter, Linda Jo Harvey.