Carroll

Born and reared in Oklahoma, Jim is originally from Drumright. A graduate of Drumright High School, he attended Southwestern Assemblies of God College in Waxahachie, Texas. Kris is from Oklahoma City. She was a graduate of Putnam City High School. She attended Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma Baptist University.

We were married June 22, 1973 in Oklahoma City, OK. We lived there for 10 and 1/2 years. In 1984, we moved to Medina, Ohio, located just south of Cleveland and west of Akron. We were later transferred to Nashville, Tennessee. Our home is in Goodlettsville, a near suburb to Nashville. 

Our daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, a mechanical engineering graduate of Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, TN  married David Franks January 15, 2006.  The couple moved into a new house in 2007, living near Portland, TN, just a few miles north of Goodlettsville.   On May 13, 2009, son, Noah David Franks was born.  And, most recently, on October 6, 2010, twins were born to the family: Nathan Jefferson Franks and Nash Hamilton Franks.

Our son, Joseph Hamilton, "Joe", lives in Austin, Texas.  He works in a custom metal shop, and at home enjoys his dog, Buddha.

Jim has two children by a previous marriage: a son, Mark Christopher Carroll, who currently is a living in Glenrose, Texas,  and a daughter, Jill Michelle, married to Steve Cherry, of Tolar, TX.  Steve and Jill have two daughters, Emily Anne and Raley Dawn Cherry.

Churches attended:

• Church of the New Life, Oklahoma City, OK, Pastor U.L. Harshfield
• Cornerstone Chapel Foursquare Church, Medina, Ohio, Pastor Jeff Kolodziej
• Victory Fellowship Church, Nashville, TN, Pastor Bill McRay

Hobbies and Interests:

• Kris enjoys music - she was a voice major at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla - has directed choirs, and has a beautiful soprano voice.  She is currently part of the worship team at VFC.  She is a wonderful mother and has a great relationship with our two children.
  
• Jim learned American Sign Language in college and has ministered to the deaf in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio. Jim helps out at VFC with the multi-media department.  He also enjoys genealogy and is volunteer host for a couple of genealogy sites besides his own.
  
  One of Jim's sites is Noble County, Oklahoma where Jim's Dad was born, and where his great-grandmother homesteaded in the early 1890's.
  
  The other site is Oklahoma Photo Gallery. 

Home in Goodlettsville -

Map to our house....

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