Extracted from The El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, TX)
Monday, September 11, 1972

McCARTY

Willis McCarty, 50, 9032 Mt. Delano Dr., passed away Thursday in Albuquerque.

Survivors: wife, Mrs. Gertrude E. McCarty, El Paso; son, Lawrence Willis McCarty of the USS San Bernardino; mother, Mrs. Emma McCarty of Tallulah, La.; 5 brothers, Walter & Marvin McCarty, both of Midland, Texas; Billy Ray McCarty of North Carolina; Bifford [sic Buford] Lee McCarty, of Vicksburg, La., and Tuck McCarty, of Tallulah, of Tallulah, La.; sister, Mrs. Ruby Beard of Tallulah, La.

Funeral services 1:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Kaster Maxon & Futrell Restlawn chapel, Chaplain Lt. Col. Gordon B. Hanson officiating. Burial in Ft. Bliss National cemetery with military honors.