- Date Of Birth: November 9, 1929
- Date Of Death: March 1, 2013
- State: Florida
Mr. Carson “C.M.” Giesler, age 83, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Autumn House. He is survived by his loving wife, Aline (Lin) Harrison Giesler; 4 daughters: Kimberly Sterling (Brian), Laura Johnston (Greg), Dana Giesler (Tommy) and Bari Clark (Jim); 5 grandchildren: Karalynne McCarthy, Lauren Johnston, Carson Greene, Eleanor and Liam Clark; 4 great grandchildren: Catherine and Phoebe McCarthy, Conner Reese and Annabelle Greene; 3 step grandchildren: Jennifer Mlynarski, Stefanie Johnston and Aaron Stehli; 5 step great grandchildren: Alexandra Kovats, Myles and Adyson Mlynarski, and Graham and Parker Stehli; a sister, Helen Easterwood.
C.M. was preceded in death by his parents, George and Hughie Giesler; brothers: Mose and Douglas Giesler; sisters: Aneita and Juaneita Giesler, Mildred Cunningham and Ethel Pederson.
C.M. was born November 9, 1929 (the year of the Great Depression) in Polk County, Arkansas. He grew up in a little town called Cove in western Arkansas near the Oklahoma border. C.M.’s family home, a 40-acre farm in the backwoods on Welcome Home Rd, lacked many amenities of modern living. His home consisted of 4 rooms constructed from rough sawn pine lumber and a sheet metal roof. There was no electricity, plumbing, or heat, except from a wood burning stove in the living room that doubled as a bedroom for his parents. C.M. shared a room with 3 sisters, his older brother had his own bedroom, but it lacked a ceiling. C.M. enjoyed many years in his youth playing town baseball. He had a natural athletic ability and played many positions. During a typical game, C.M. would play outfield 3 innings, first base 3 innings, and pitch 3 innings. He also had the gift of being ambidextrous and could swing a bat or throw a ball left or right handed.
C.M. graduated from Cove High School in 1948. He received an athletic scholarship to the University of Arkansas. But, having never been out of Polk County in his 18 years of living, C.M. decided to enlist in the U.S. Navy and see the world.
