With hundreds of young men housed under the dormitory named in his honor, Hugh B. Carr passed away on November 2, 2007. Carr led the construction work for building the dormitory, but that construction is only one of the numerous acts Carr accomplished while alive. Hugh graduated from Falconer High School in Falconer, New York, 1930, with an interest in math and science. After graduating and getting married shortly thereafter, Carr grouped several young men together in the community of Gerry, New York to form the first fire department ever to exist in the community. He also was instrumental in starting the Gerry Rodeo, a wild-west show that came to Gerry every summer. The Rodeo is still being shown, with last summer being the 64th annual event. In the early 1960s, Hugh accepted the opportunity to lead men in the congregation to rebuild Sinclairville Baptist Church in Sinclairville, New York, after it had caught fire and burned to the ground, sacrificing many weekend and evening hours. In 1968 he and his wife came to Cedarville, Ohio to work at then known as Cedarville College. This lasted eight years, during which he supervised the construction for both Carr and Marshall dorms. After several years of serving in the Philippine Islands supervising the construction of a mission hospital, Carr and his wife moved to Costa Mesa, California to construct the Christian high school's gymnasium, eventually becoming a member of the maintenance staff. Carr was very generous with his money regarding the kingdom of God, and his grandson David Carr commented during his eulogy that, " It was not uncommon for him to approach a missionary or other servant for the cause of Christ and shake hands with them, slipping a ten or twenty dollar bill into their hands as a love gift." Carr even volunteered his services to install all of the electrical work, plumbing, and heating in the first three-story addition to Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville. Carr dedicated his life to the service of Christ, and he is greatly missed by Cedarville University. Hugh B. Carr poses with some of his loving family. 01 _02 Posing here with an antique wagon, Hugh enjoys 03 some of his favorite hobbies.
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