Carrie Viola Ricketts  was born on 29 May 1885 in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, USA to Newton Franklin Ricketts and Martha Caroline Ricketts (born Hastings).

Carrie married James Henry Israel from the Illinois Territory on January 11, 1902.  James was born on 23 February, 1870 and died on Christmas Day 1945 in Los Angles, California, USA

Their children included: Floyd, Harvey Marold (spelling for Marold ?), Florence Leona, Else May (Israel) Weeks, Minnie (israel) Hartman and Junie (un known birth name) and
Alice Evelyn (Israel) Imschweiler.

Carrie died in Inglewood, California, USA on 15 July 1966  where she was burried with her daughter Elsie
* (who she surrived by four years), in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angles, California, USA

*Carrie and Else share the same grave site, one on-top the other
Carrie Viola (Ricketts) Israel
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