Vernon G. "Spud" Carr, 87, of Monticello, died at 12:15 a.m. Sunday, July 27, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Center, Lafayette. He was born in Earl Park, in Benton County, on October 3, 1920, to the late William and Bessie Corwin Carr. After the early death of his father, he was raised by his mother and stepfather, Millard Dowell. He lived in Otterbein until moving to Monticello 40 years ago. He served in the Army Medical Corps in World Warr II and the European Theater. On April 6, 1943, he married Lela N. Watkins in Sparta, Wis. She was a clerk at Hively Pharmacy in Monticello for several years. She survives. Mr. Carr was a truck driver for the National Homes Corporation, Lafayette, for 28 years. Later he was a bartender for several restaurants in Monticello before he retired. He was a member of Amvets, Moose Lodge 906 of Monticello, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Lafayette, and a life member of American Legion Post 125 in Otterbein. Surviving with his wife are three daughters, Jane Price, Nancy Richardson (husband: Dan) and Carol Steill (husband: Stan), all of Lafayette; and a sister, Shirley Dowell Phillips of Otterbein. A Pilgrim Degree Moose Lodge Funeral Service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hartzler-Clapper Funeral Home in Brookston. Interment will follow on Wednesday for the family at Mt. Gilboa Cemetery. Also surviving are 7 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by 3 infant daughters; 2 grandsons, Skip Price and Willie Steill; and a son-in-law, Butch Price.