Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 7, 1992 TAG: 9203070208
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: Southwest bureau
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Medium
Mams, 71, had taught and coached in high school in his native Virginia, at Big Creek High School from 1941 until he came to Wytheville in 1964. His career spanned 37 years.
The yearbook at George Wythe was dedicated to him in 1966, just as the one at Big Creek had been in 1963. In 1965, he was named New River District Coach of the Year.
He was on the all-state West Virginia football team in 1937-38; second team, all-state basketball captain in 1939; and received the West Virginia Coaches Association Award in 1983. He had been president of the Wytheville Lions Club and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Wytheville.
Funeral Mass will be Monday at 10:00 a.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel, with Father James Grealish officiating. Entombment will be in the Sunset Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Rural Retreat.
Mams graduated from Elkins, W.Va., High School and received his bachelor's degree in education from Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, W.Va. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
The family will receive friends at the Barnett Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service to be held at 8:30 p.m. The family suggests that those who prefer may make memorials to the American Cancer Society or to the Carl F. Mams Sr. Scholarship Fund at George Wythe High School.
***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on March 8, 1992.
Carl Mams, the retired George Wythe High School teacher and coach who died Thursday, was a native of West Virginia. Due to a typographical error, an article Saturday said he was from Virginia.
Memo: CORRECTION