Chester Garfield Rollins

CHESTER GARFIELD ROLLINS, 91, OF 240 TABORN ROAD, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED SATURDAY JANUARY 16, 2010 AT 5:00 PM AT HIS HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY JANUARY 22, 2010 AT 1 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AFTER 11 AM. BURIAL WILL BE IN LAKEVIEW CEMETERY WILL MILITARY RITES BY THE CARRIER MILLS AND HARRISBURG AMERICAN LEGIONS AND THE NATIONAL GUARD RITUAL SQUAD. REVERAND THOMAS JEFFRO WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON JULY 15, 1918 IN CARRIER MILLS, IL TO THE LATE HENRY AND NORA (COFIELD) ROLLINS. HE MARRIED AFTON TABORN ON APRIL 8, 1947 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON MAY 13, 1999. HE WAS A BABTIST DEACON FOR OVER 60 YEARS AT THE GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. HE WAS A MEMBER WITH MINISTRIES AND DEACONS UNION OF MT. OLIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. HE WAS AND ENTERED MASON APPRENTICE, PASSED TO THE DEGREE OF MASTER MASON AND ENTITLED TO BE RECEIVED BY FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS AROUND THE GLOBE. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING BOTH WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR. HIS BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS WERE IN CHINA, INDIA AND BURMA. HE EARNED 1 SERVICE STRIPE, 3 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND A WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. HE RETIRED FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGENCY FOREST SERVICE IN GOLCONDA. THERE HE AFFECTED THE LIVES OF YOUNG CORPSMEN IN HOPES TO GIVE THEM A TRADE AND TURN THEM INTO SELF RESPECTING CITIZENS. HE IS SURVIVED BY 4 SONS: CHESTER LAMONTE ROLLINS, HENRY LARUE ROLLINS AND WILLIAM HARRY ROLLINS ALL OF CARRIER MILLS, IL AND DAVID LAMAR ROLLINS OF HARRISBURG, IL; A DAUGHTER: JANET (MICHAEL) BUCKLEY OF RICHMOND, VA; A ADOPTED DAUGHTER ELIZABETH (WILFORD) MCWILLIAMS OF SOUTH HAVEN, MS; 2 SISTERS: EDITH CHAVIS OF HARRISBURG, IL AND IONA DAVIS OF MARION, IL; A SISTER IN LAW: MONICA STEWART OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE: AFTON ROLLINS; SON: JOSEPH ANTHONY ROLLINS; AND DAUGHTER: CAROLYN LADON ROLLINS.