Karl Malcom PAUL

1917 - 1990  (72 years)

• Name	Karl Malcom PAUL  [1]
  	RINGLING-Services for Karl M. "Snooty" Paul, 72, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church. Rev. J.W. Ray and Ronnie Carroll will officiate with interment in Ringling Memorial Cemetery. Born April 22, 1917 in Lindsay, Garvin County, Okla. Paul died Thursday in an Oklahoma City hospital after a sudden illness. Son of the late Fred W. and Mary Parlee (Thomas) Paul and the grandson of Eli Washington and Anna Mae (Wheeler) Paul. They moved to the Ringling-Healdton area in 1920. He attended Dundee schools, west of Healdton, where he played three years of football and was a track star. He graduated in 1939 from Orr High School, Orr, Love County, Oklahoma, where he was the Captain of the basketball team, and was President of the senior class. In 1940, he joined the National Guard at Healdton, Okla. He served 1 year, 1 month and 26 days. Karl joined the U.S. Army on April 4, 1941, at Fort Sill, Okla. and was stationed at Camp Walters, TX. He was later transferred to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, where he was assigned to the 6th Division, 63rd Infantry Regiment, Company B. During World War II he served in the South Pacific Theater, and was stationed at Hawaii, New Guinea, and Luzon in the Philippine Islands. Karl was a Staff Sergeant and a Squad Leader, he supervised a rifle squad in advances against the enemy; directed deployment and tactics in combat; fought in jungles and took advantages of cover, concealment and camouflage; saw that squad members were supplied with ammunition and rations; and led patrols and scouting missions to determine enemy location, strength and disposition. By the end of the war, the 6th Division had 306 days of combat and they hold the worlds record for 219 days of continuous combat. Karl's decoration and citations included; Combat Infantrymans Badge; Victory Ribbon; American Defense Service Ribbon; American Theater Campaign Ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars and 1 Bronze Arrowhead; Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star; Good Conduct Medal; 4 overseas Service Bars; 1 Service Stripe and a Presidential Unit Citation. He married Evelyn M. Slawson Jan. 12, 1946 at Healdton, Oklahoma. Karl was a Oil Field Driller and an Iron Worker. He was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Commander of the Ringling, Oklahoma Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10628. He was preceded in death by a daughter Donna Kay Wade in March 1973. Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Ronald Paul Ringling, and Larry Paul, Mesquite, TX., six grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; two sisters, Flora Houghton, Liberty, TX. and Oleta Yeats, Dallas, TX. and four brothers, Luther Paul, Arizona, Fay Paul, Wynnewood, Okla. Alva Paul, Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb., Fred Paul Jr., Ardmore, Okla. Posted on Find A Grave Created by: Larry Paul [1]
  Nickname	Snooty
  Birth	22 Apr 1917	Lindsay, Garvin Co., Oklahoma   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Feb 1990	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma   [1]
  Burial	Ringling Memorial Cemetery, Ringling, Jefferson co., Oklahoma   [1]
  Person ID	I86392	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Mildred SLAWSON,   b. 27 Jun 1925, Grady, Oklahoma d. 4 Dec 2010, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1946	Healdton, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Donna Kay PAUL,   b. 31 Mar 1951, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma d. 3 Mar 1973, Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma (Age 21 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F35521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Ringling Memorial Cemetery, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Karl Malcom Paul and Evelyn Mildred Slawson Headstone Karl Malcom "Snooty" Paul and his wife Evelyn Mildred Slawson, the daughter of John L. Slawson and Bessie Miller, are buried in the Ringling Memorial Cemetery in Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma. Created by: Jack Roberts Photo Added by: Larry Paul

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S8570] FamilySearch.org: Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995.