Carroll L. McNutt, 92 , of Columbia City, died at 12:25 p.m. Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Ashton Creek Health & Rehabilitation in Fort Wayne, where he was admitted on January 14, 2022.

Born on June 28, 1929, in Wyandot County, Ohio, he was a son of the late William Allen and Blanche Mae (Clinger) McNutt.  He graduated from Wharton High School in Wharton, Ohio and continued his education at Bluffton University in Ohio and then attended Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay, Ohio.  His formative years were spent in central Ohio until 1962 when he moved to Columbia City.

On May 30, 1950 he married Marilyn Ann Latta.  Marilyn died February 2, 1972. On May 6, 1973 he married Geneva Maxine Miller.

He served as Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church in Findlay, Ohio from 1950 until 1955, then Dirar Evangelical Congregational Church in Canton, Ohio from 1955 – 1959 followed by First Evangelical Congregational Church in Lima, Ohio from 1959 – 1963.  Oak Grove Church of God in Columbia City was his next Church from 1963 – 1968, then Indian Village Church of God in Auburn, Indiana from 1968 – 1979.

The McNutts served as missionaries in New Mexico and Arizona, to the Navajo from 1979 – 1997, then Ari Church of God in Churubusco from 2001 - 2010.

Carroll authored Bible Trivia Fun and History of the Churches of God, Southwest.  He served as president of the Indiana Churches of God conference. He also served as a member of the Churches Cross Cultural Commission from 1997 – 2003.  He also served in jail ministries in Window Rock, and Chinle, Arizona and in Indiana, and Whitley County jail for 21 years.

His greatest joy was sharing the good news of Jesus, his savior. He was a loving, generous, kind man, husband, father and pastor.

Surviving is his loving wife, Geneva; children, Pamela Kay (Randy) King of Auburn, Marlene Grace (Wayne) Anderson of Northlake, TX, Carolyn Leann (Mark) Nasi of Albuquerque, NM, Donald Ray (Vicki) Miller of Claypool, David Lynn (Barbara) Miller of Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America, and Kathleen Marie (Jerry) Landrum of Indianapolis;16 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a sister Marilyn (Frank) Zebadis of Anderson; and a brother-in-law Carlton Rule of Findlay, OH.

He was preceded in death by a brother Lowell McNutt; a sister Ruth Ann Rule; and a sister-in-law Dorothy McNutt.

The funeral service is 2 p.m. Sunday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial is at Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, Ohio at 11 a.m. Monday.  Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 Saturday and one hour before the service on Sunday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials are to Bear Lake Camp.