MOUNDS, Ill. -- Carl E. Glenn, 86, of Mounds, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997, in Mounds, Ill.
He was born Jan. 1, 1911, in Piggott, Ark., son of the late Alec and Lela Lence Glenn. He was a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Villa Ridge, Ill., a retired construction laborer and a U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his wife Estella Glenn, of Mounds; step-son Earl Myhre of Mounds; two sisters, Nellie Doom of Oregon, and Flossie Helm of Cairo, Ill.; two brothers, Virgil Glenn of Villa Ridge, and the Rev. Clarence Glenn of East Cape Girardeau, Ill.; two step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Larry Miller officiating. Burial will follow at the U.S. National Cemetery in Mound City, Ill.
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