Finding Aid to the Carroll Randolph McCarthy Reminiscences

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
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CARROLL RANDOLPH McCARTHY (1906-1990) REMINISCENCES
The collection consists of typed reminiscences of Carroll Randolph McCARTHY,
court reporter in Lynchburg, Virginia, for more than fifty years.
BOX 1

1-1 Reminiscences (pp. 1-115)
1-2 Reminiscences (pp. 116-230)
CARROLL RANDOLPH McCARTHY (1906-1990)

Carroll Randolph McCARTHY, son of W. L. McCARTHY and Flossie GRUBBS,
was born 22 April 1906 in Lynchburg, Virginia. As a young man, he worked with his
father in the McCarthy Bakery, and in 1930, he attended Virginia Commercial College.
In 1932, McCARTHY began working as a court reporter in the courts of Lynchburg and
surrounding areas. He retired in 1973 after forty years of service.
Carroll R. McCARTHY married ca. 1930/1931 Dimple G. PURVIS, daughter of
Samuel C. PURVIS and Emma SIMPSON of Lynchburg.
Carroll Randolph McCARTHY died 22 June 1990 and was buried in the Fort Hill
Memorial Park in Lynchburg.
[Carroll Randolph McCarthy Reminiscences, Mss., MS2099, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA;
Lynchburg Va. City Directory, 1925 (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., 1925), p. 278;, Lynchburg, Va., City
Directory 1930 (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., 1930), p. 370; Lynchburg, Va., City Directory, 1931
(Richmond: Hill Directory Co., 1931), p. 357. Carroll R. and Dimple G. McCarthy, residing with William
E. and Flossie McCarthy at 3917 Fort Avenue. Marriage of William Edgar McCarthy and Flossie Virginia
Grubbs, Marriage Register, Lynchburg, VA, Book 4 p. 94, 28 May 1902; Obituary, Carroll Randolph
McCarthy, Lynchburg News & Daily Advance, 24 June 1990, Sect. C, p. 2 col. 1.; Obituary, Dimple Purvis
McCarthy, Lynchburg News, 30 September 1985, Sect. B, p. 2 col. 2.]

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