A graveside service for Carroll Heard Goyne, Jr. will be held on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Forest Park Cemetery, St. Vincent in Shreveport, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Chaplain Fred Gallop, USAF.
Carroll was born on September 15, 1924 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Carroll and Eunice Goyne and departed on his final flight on Monday, January 18, 2021.
Bright, energetic and industrious, he had multiple jobs growing up and earned his pilots license while still in high school. After graduating from C.E. Byrd High School, he attended Centenary College of Louisiana, studying pre-medicine. WWII changed everything and he enlisted in the Army Air Corps.
He was one of the earliest Americans to be chosen by the British to be trained as a military pilot. He earned his Royal Air Force wings simultaneously with his AAC wings.
He served throughout WWII stationed in England, ferrying supplies behind enemy lines, transporting wounded soldiers back to England and evacuating prisoners from concentration camps to freedom. He played an active part in the search for Glenn Miller. At the end of WWII, he remained another 18 months, stationed in North Africa. Upon returning home, he decided to make the Air Force a career. A career that spanned 33 years, thru 3 wars. Retiring in 1975 as a full colonel, having served as Director of Operations and Training for the Strategic Air Command and responsible for the bombing operations in Southeast Asia. He was awarded the prestigious Legion of Merit.
He is preceded in death by his parents; a loving wife of 63 years, Betty Goyne and a son, Dickie Goyne. He is survived by a sister, Betty Ellison of Winston-Salem, N.C.; sons, Tom Goyne and wife, Vickie of Davie, FL and Dr. Brant Goyne and wife, Laurie of Benton, LA; grandchildren, Shannon Eurek, Ashley Chandler, Amanda Goyne, Chris Goyne, Chase Goyne and Sara Rogers and six great-grandchildren.
The family would like to thank Ruthie Bennett and Kitrina Mitchell for their years of wonderful care.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation, www.garysinisefoundation.org.