CARL FREDRICK EAKIN, JR., 86, of Yoakum, TX,
died Oct. 7, 2007, with burial in Restland Memorial
Park at Yoakum.
He was born on Jan. 12, 1921 in Ranger, TX to Carl
F. & Anaila E. Eakin. Carl attended Ranger High
School in the Class of 1938 and served in the U.S.
Marine Corps as a LtCol during WWII. In 1949, he
married Lorine Temple who died in 2010. His siblings
were James Eakin (RHS-1941), Ray Eakin (RHS-1945),
Billy Joe Eakin (RHS-1948), Johnny Eakin (RHS-1951),
& Desma Eakin Wadsworth (RHS-1957).