Elvin Woolston

Elvin Burl “Wooly” Woolston, age 89, of Harrison, AR was called home to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, May 22, 2015, at Branson, Missouri. Funeral services will be 11:00 am on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at the Becker Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Jim Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until time of service at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to Disabled American Veterans, VFW or the American Legion and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences and memories to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com. Elvin was born on August 15, 1925 in Rushville, Missouri the son of Earl and Mildred Eva (Hamilton) Woolston. He married Carol June Crow on June 20, 1954. They had 5 children. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carol (Crow) Woolston; a daughter, Jennifer Lee Woolston, a daughter in law, Nei ci Sharp Woolston and 3 brothers, Marvin, Joe and baby Morris. He got his nickname “Wooly” when he was playing high school football. He graduated high school at 16 and began attending college to become a agriculture teacher, but the Army called him to protect his country in World War II. He spent 3 years in the Philippine Islands and was very proud of his military service. He was a member of the VFW and American Legion in Carrolton, AR. He drove the DAV van from Harrison to Fayetteville for 12 years. He loved “pushing poppies” for donations for the veterans. He got his first taste of postal service while in the Army, but when he returned to the states he opened a service station with his brother, Joe, for several years. After he married Carol, the families started to out grow the service station and he was approached by a friend who worked in the Railway Mail and was asked to apply for a job there. He loved his days sorting the mail on the trains from Kansas City, Missouri to Memphis, Tenn. In 1968 the postal service eliminated the Railway Mail service Elvin was transferred to Harrison, Ark to become the foreman of mail. After several years at Harrison, he decided to bid for the Post Master position in Alpena, Ark which he grew to love. He retired from the post office in 1986. Wooly was a member of the First Christian Church, Harrison and had held many different positions in the church. He loved singing and was a member of the choir. He had been singing since he was small. He and his brother, Marvin, sang in a men’s quartet and sang on the radio. Wooly is survived by his sons and daughter in law, Kent and Rachel Woolston, Indian Point, MO; Paul Woolston, Harrison, Ark, and Robert Woolston, Reeds Sp;ring, MO. His daughter, Annette Woolston, Harrison, Ark, his grandsons, Shawn and wife Trista Woolston, Harrison, Ark, Rio & Dre’ Woolston, Indian Point, MO., Sharp (Moriah) Woolston, Fayetteville, Ark, and Jake Woolston, Harrison, Ark, Granddaughters, Jennifer Woolston, Marshfield, MO and Jade Woolston, St. Jouis, MO, his great granddaughter Ribbon who he was very proud of. A brother, Dean Woolston, New Bern, NC and his sister, Doris Ann Turnbull, Rushville, MO. Wooly lived a long and healthy , happy life and we were privileged to be a part of it.