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"His colleagues and friends in the business knew Carroll as, well, the nicest guy in the newsroom. His manner was southern gentlemanly. He was quiet, attentive and deeply and personally respectful to the person he was with, even in the presence of a political disagreement. .. Washington journalism can be a cutthroat affair. Carroll met the professional competition, and then some, but he never surrendered his personal dignity or decorum in the process. He was a good and gentle man,” the editorial concludes.
Mr. Kilpatrick was born September 2, 1913, in Montgomery, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1936 and began his journalism career with The Birmingham News and Age-Herald. Hie Birmingham papers sent him to Europe in 1937.
He came to Washington in 1940 and was Washington correspondent during the next 10 years for the News and Age-Herald, The Chicago Sun and The San Francisco Chronicle, in that order.
In 1961 he left journalism briefly to become assistant press chief in the State Department.
Mr. Kilpatrick came to The Post on March 28, 1962, as an editorial writer, a position he held for several years. He then received a succession of top reporting assignments.
Mr. Kilpatrick retired from The Washington Post and the White House beat in September 1975. President Gerald R. Ford attended the retirement party. “That was the high moment of Daddy's life, when the president came,” Mr. Kilpatrick’s son, Andrew said.
Mr. Kilpatrick then happily pursued a second career as a farmer five days a week while working one day a week as a public affairs consultant for the American Retail Federation in Washington. He had bought a farm in Pennsylvania, then sold it and purchased more than 60 acres on Route 729 near Amiss ville to raise cattle.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Williams Kilpatrick of Araissville; two sons, Andrew, of Birmingham, and Dr. Frank, of Madison, Wisconsin, and five grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Monday, March 26, in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee. Arrangements were by Clore Funeral Home of Culpeper.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy in lieu of flowers to made as contributions to local rescue squads in Rappahannock County.
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