Carl Leslie Beerbower

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Carl Leslie Beerbower, 78, lifelong Fort Scott barber and resident, died early Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. He was born Oct. 21, 1932, in Fort Scott, the son of John Henry Beerbower and Ivy Myrtle Key Beerbower. He was a veteran having served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1954. He married Waneta Johnson on June 14, 1956, at the Cherry Grove Baptist Church. Carl worked as a barber in Fort Scott for 55 years. He was a lifetime member of the Olson Frary Burkhart Post No. 1165 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Past Master of the Memphis Lodge No. 108 at Garland, lifetime member of the Fort Scott Scottish Rite, Mirza Shrine at Pittsburg, Kan., and a member of the Elk's Lodge. He served as aide to two Shrine Potentates. He greatly enjoyed bowling.

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