In Memory of J.D. McCarver
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Graveside service for J.D. McCarver, 77, of Decatur, Alabama will be Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Reverend Bob McGehee officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing. Family and friends are asked to meet up at the funeral home to proceed to the cemetery. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, November 18, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Roselawn Funeral Home.
Mr. McCarver, who died Tuesday, November 15, 2011, was born July 24, 1934, in Fackler to Ed and Lillian McCarver. He retired as a construction foreman who spent most of his working career overseas as a superintendent over oil pipelines in Saudi Arabia and Gulf of Mexico. He was preceded in death by his stepson, Matt Spain; and one brother, James "Buck" McCarver.
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He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Linda McCarver; one son, Dale McCarver (Joanie); two daughters, Sheila Agnew (Don) and Sharon Caperton (Jim); two stepdaughters, Angie Wall (David) and Jenny Spain; two sisters, Velma Gifford (Leon) and Jean Wooten (Andrew); nine grandchildren, LaShonna (Billy) Duncan, McGhee (Beth) Caperton, Celeste Wallace, Cameron Wallace, Shasta (Josh) Stinnett, Shayna McCarver, Andie Wall, Austin Wall and Landon Dye; and eight great-grandchildren, Hannah, Cape, Tyler, Dakota, Briley, Halle, Saxtyn, and Saygan. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley.
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A message from Aramcon Ray Stevens: Most of my years in Saudi Arabia were associtated with constructing pipelines (flowlines, trunklines, etc.). JD McCarver was our Site Superintendent with John Brown and stayed at the site 24/7, 500 miles into the desert--Central Arabia.
He was a very good boss and a good man---most problems were solved prior to we Aramcons landing every Saturday morning. My photo albums have JD showing up many times in the 90's, some of you may have seen him at our Christmas parties in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I will attach a couple photos from 1994, the year we started up the new oil field in Central Arabia.