OCTOBER 12, 1906
DEAD: AT MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE SOUL OF J. C.CARMICAL DEPARTED THIS LIFE FOR ITS GREATER REWARD BEYOND THE JORDAN. CONSCIOUS UP TO THE LAST AND WITH A PRAYER ON HIS LIPS THIS GOOD AND NOBLE MAN PASSED INTO ETERNITY. HIS LIFE HAD BEEN A MODEL ONE, THE LIFE OF A PERFECT CHRISTIAN, A CHILD OF GOD. HE WAS BORN MAY 7, 1838 IN PULASKI COUNTY CLOSE TO WHERE SOMERSET NOW STANDS. AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR HE ENLISTED IN THE UNION ARMY, MAKING A LOYAL AND FAITHFUL SOLDIER UNTIL HE WAS OVERTAKEN BY THE RAVAGES OF SMALLPOX OWNING TO WHICH DISEASE HE WAS HONORABLY RETIRED IN 1865, AT WHICH TIME HE SETTLED IN MT VERNON. A YEAR LATER HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS HARRIET FERGUSON, WHICH UNION WAS BLESSED WITH EIGHT CHILDERN, FIVE OF WHOM ARE STILL LIVING, TWO BOYS AND THREE GIRLS: C. K. CARMICAL, W. CARMICAL, MRS. KITTIE SMITH, MRS. SALLIE SOWARD, AND MRS. NANNIE HARP. FOR NEARLY A HALF CENTURY HE HAS BEEN A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND HAS PROVED HIMSELF A WORTH SOLDIER OF CHRIST. FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE WAS PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT THIS PLACE AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HAD CHARGE OF THE CONGREGATION AT PREACHERSVILLE. BRO. CARMICAL WAS ONE OF OUR BEST CITIZENS, AND IT IS WITH THE DEEPEST REGRET THAT WE BID HIM GOOD-BYE AS HE GOES TO MEET HIS FATHER. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1:30 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, AFTER WHICH THE BODY WILL BE LAID TO REST IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY.
MAY 7, 1838 - OCTOBER 10, 1906