Jesse J. Carroll

Jesse J. Carroll was born in 1895, the son of an Alabama farmer, Jesse Wesley Carroll Jr. (Babe). Leaving the farm at an early age, he mostly made his living by operating small grocery stores and cafes. In his younger years he also worked in local foundries around Anniston, Al.

In the early 1940's, he went into the termite exterminating business. He treated untold thousands of homes in Alabama and Georgia until his death in 1959.

He was married to the former Mana Laney, and together had 8 children, which included 5 boys and three girls

Jesse Carroll was of the Christian faith and was a Baptist.

Once when my dad and I were coming home after working all day, there was a hitch hiker on the highway just passed where we turned off onto our street. When we got home, supper was ready, so we sat down to eat. In a little while there was a knock on the door, it was the hitch hiker. He said he knew we were good people because dad waved at him when we turned off. So he walked up the street until he saw the truck. He was hungry and wanted some food, so my dad ask him to come in and have a seat. He gave him his place at the end of the table and waited on him until he had all he wanted. The man said he was from Pell City, and was just down on his luck.

HEB: 13:2- Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

If that man was Jesus, I know without doubt that my dad passed the test that day, for he treated that guy as if he was a king.

In 1950 when I was helping dad, he told me, 'don't ever bet on other people's tricks'. Now that was good advice, because when someone tries to deceive me, I just keep my mouth shut and let them play the game all by themselves. I am not sure he knew about  'deja vu', but he would have told me not to get suckered into that one. 

Good Advise: If you ever see a flying saucer, tell no human being, no matter if a thousand people see it also.

His motto was: Believe nothing you hear, and half you see.

Jesse is buried at Creswell Cemetery in Calhoun County, Alabama. He has three children buried at Creswell Cemetery. Aubie Lee Carroll,  Geraldine Carroll Kidd and Ralph Levon Carroll. See picture of Jesse and Mana. See picture of Jesse And his brother Robert.