W8LUP 1921 - 2014
W8LUP - Carl E. Baumgardner Carl E. Baumgardner
Gun Barrel City, TX

QCWA # 18740
Chapter 41
First Call: KN5KOX in 1957       Other Call(s): K5KOX

Name: Carl Edward Baumgardner

Birth Date: 11 Oct 1921

Birth Place: Dallas,  Texas, United States of America Death Date: 25 Feb 2014

Death Place: Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas, United States of America

Cemetery: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Burial 

Cremation Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA

Funeral services for Carl Edward Baumgardner, 92, of Gun Barrel City, were held March 1, 2014, at Beacon Church of Christ in Gun Barrel City with Ken Maddox officiating. Interment is set for Monday, March 3, 2014, at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery under the direction of Huckabee-Tomlinson Funeral Home.

Baumgardner was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Dallas, to Edith Cory Winchester and Ray Baumgardner and died Feb. 25, 2014, in Wills Point. He served in the U.S. Navy from Aug. 24, 1942 to Nov. 20, 1945. He was a former employee of Dallas Times Herald, TWA, KC, MO and Braniff Airways. He was a freight agent at Johnson Motor Freight, Hyde Appliance, Fort Worth and Lone Star Gas from 1947-68. He also worked in the florist industry as a traveling salesperson for American Floral Service 1970-76. He owned Capt'n B Florist in Gun Barrel Ctiy from 1980-99.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Willie Lee Baumgardner, former wife Norma Reinert Baumgardner, and brothers Richard and Robert Baumgardner. Survivors include his stepson, one grandson, and one sister.

Condolences may be posted at www.tomlinsonfuneral.com.

(Original obituary published March 2, 2014 in the Mabank Monitor)