Dr. Ronald Keith Carr

Funeral services for Dr. Ronald Keith Carr, age 76, of Cookeville, Tennessee, formerly of Livingston will be conducted 12 noon, Friday, February 23, 2018 from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home. Bro. Randy Pickens will officiate. Burial will be in the Eckel Cemetery in Rickman. The family will welcome friends on Friday morning from 10 a.m. until time of services. Dr. Ronald Keith Carr passed from this life on Monday evening, February 19, 2018 at his home. He was born in Overton County to the late Willie V. & Ora Edith Benson Carr. Dr. Carr was a member of the Church of Christ. He was a gentleman farmer. He enjoyed raising donkeys, riding his tractor, and bush hogging the neighbors' fields. From a family of teachers, Dr. Keith Carr graduated from Lenore City High, and then he attended Tennessee Tech University, where he received his Masters degree in Biology in 1970. He received his PHD in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee in 1985. Dr.Carr worked in Analytical Research at Vanderbilt University for many years and taught school at U.T. Nashville and Tennessee State University until his retirement. After his retirement, he went on to build a house on his farm in S...[more]

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h County, Tennessee, where he enjoyed working until his death. Dr. Ronald Keith Carr is survived by his brother, Billy Joe Carr & wife Gail of Alpine, TN; grandson, Michael Carr McMillan of Franklin, TN; former wife & long time friend, Gay Carr Weaver & husband Richard Weaver; son-in-law, Scott A. McMillian of Nashville, TN; nieces, Lisa Gay Carr of Texas & Lorelei Rutledge & Heaven Harvey of Colorado; nephews, Donny L. Carr of Texas & Dane Luckfelt of Colarado. In addition to his parents, Dr. Carr was preceded in death by his daughter, Eva Lynnette Carr & brother, Donald Lee Carr.