♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Rob, good afternoon, everyone.

And and welcome.

We've got folks here from all around the country from the Pacific Northwest.

Florida, regret folks here from Julien's County McCracken County and all around the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

I'm glad to be here to be able to welcome you.

And to talk about.

This man whose life we come here to celebrate and who's passing that?

We mourn our cars to me, Julianne was what I characterize as a real servant leader.

He was.

He was like fee.

The Good Samaritan on the on the road to Jericho.

That's what his life for his life as I KET him.

I KET him.

I can say these things about him because I KET him for more than half a century.

More than half a century.

And we we were together.

On so many occasions.

Personal and official when he was speaker of the House hours in the state Senate.

Then he was Lieutenant Governor.

I serve and and also when he was governor.

And we.

I'll never forget our first.

Jackie, our first official communication when I stood up as that challenge, you see the youngest ever elected state Sen.

I got sort of halting return my feet and I he looked down at me because he was presiding over the Senate.

He said that the chair recognizes the senator from Jefferson.

35, for what purpose does the senator arrives?

I heard that rest in Turkey accident.

Jenny I said that sort of a halting reaction right?

Mister President, I rise to introduce myself to this body and he boom back the Senator, Mary, Pro C and most over the first official words that we change but but since then and over the years, we did a lot of things together.

When I was in the others are going to talk about some of his legislative public policy accomplishment.

In the Senate.

He he helped me bring the chase School of law from across the river over Cincinnati brought to northern Kentucky University.

That race.

We're now just a little community college and yeah, me bring University of Louisville into the state was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

And he helped bring that in and it's become I'm an economic powerhouse for the city.

He also did this.

Not many people know this, but Nic Baker, states senator from Louisville introduced a bill into my committee, had no support at that Julian, I worked on it and we brought girls basketball to Kentucky many, many years before title 9 did the same thing for the country.

And that resulted in hundreds of young women being able to go to college on basketball scholarships and not many people know about that.

And I was talking about cross about this just a few minutes ago when he came into the and to the governor's mansion, he was able to increase teacher salaries in some counties.

He doubled their salaries, which had a powerful impact on education because Julie and Billy.

That's right.

Julian, believe that education was the way forward for Kentuckyian those of you who KET him really well.

He was always forward thinking dollars for a seal.

And just a week ago, I told Patrice S I talked with him on the phone and he said, you know, Lacey said.

I want to go back to my 92nd birthday and that party and the time that you Mary Barbara, I had my farm because our families were all there together.

We had such fun.

He said, I want your and Patrice to start planning my 95th birthday party here.

>> That's 3 years off.

He said, well, we could get started could week.

And he said, I want to open that party up to everybody.

I said, you mean everybody in the state, he said yes.

I said if we do that, we'll have to happen at the Yum Center down a little.

But that's the way he was.

He was always forward thinking forward looking and full of the CEO and he served.

In the Kentucky Legislature and as Lieutenant Governor and governor and state Sen. And I'm proud to say I helped him get elected 4 times for the state Senate.

He served 38 years in elected office.

And if you look back here to this statute, he served.

More years in Kentucky elected office than Henry Clay.

And I think that fact not many people KET that.

I didn't know what I started.

Checking the records, but I think that that is a signal a conference or not to use the Appalachian that he was a servant, a servant leader.

Welcome to you.

Drive that you're here.

There are a number of people who are going to speak, but I thought what we might do.

Let's get started with a prayer from this pastor from the elevate Church, Bob Baker.

So Bob will say a prayer and then I'm going to introduce another person to you.

Good morning.

Had the privilege of being.

Julia's pass over 7 years.

But I've been a friend and best friend, his son Brad, for many, many, many years for decades.

But let's pray this morning.

>> Jesus is on the resurrection and the life.

The one who believes in me will live even though they die.

Heavenly father, we.

Come to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

We ask your blessing upon this time as we >> honor and remember the life of jus Julian Morton, Carol.

>> We stand together in our grief united by the love and respect.

We hold for Julian.

I asked by your grace, you would comforts.

With the comfort only you can provide by the Holy Spirit.

I ask for your strength.

I ask for your peace as we work through a loss.

I asked that your presence be felt among us be tangible during this time.

Father, we thank you for the gift of Jillian's life.

For the lessons he taught us.

For the way he inspired us.

For the smile.

The joy.

I pray God that you help us to cherish those memories.

We asked these things in your name.

Your son, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Now the next person that I'm going to introduce.

>> I hope that each one of you and this.

Gathering today has had an opportunity to shake his hand.

The cars.

It is not an exaggeration to say.

This is a man and I've never shake the hand of anyone who can make this claim.

But this man save the lives because of his courage and and advanced thinking of thousands of Kentuckians.

For that.

I think that we should all try to shake his hand.

Thank him touch the hem of his garment.

If you want to put it that way.

And I don't think I don't think it's an exaggeration and I don't think it's hyperbolic for me to say.

I'd like to introduce our governor, our great Governor, Andy Beshear.

>> Well, thank you to my friend, Lacey, for that introduction.

Thank you, Pastor Baker for leading us in prayer.

I believe Governor Carol.

Would have wanted it started just like that.

And that he would be really pleased with what the Rotunda looks like today for this ceremony.

Think about how strong of a Christian he was and our Christmas decorations are up.

You think how much he enjoyed being governor and the stories we all heard about him being governor and this coming at a time when we've just recently had and inauguration.

In fact, the flower still here from that of that.

I think that in many ways helps us to be in the space and the place to think about.

And to say.

Goodbye for now.

To Governor Julian Carroll today.

Service marks the last of a 3rd.

Former governor and the last 14 months for this Commonwealth.

You think about the fact that only 63 individuals I have ever done this job.

And we have lost the wisdom of.

Governor Brown.

Governor Jones and now governor Carol and such a short period of time.

What that means is it's been a difficult 14 months to families.

That probably never called on.

Governor.

But hopefully called him dad or grandad or great grand that we often times and the pop and the splendor of a service in the Rotunda.

Forget that our time.

Is precious and the most important time that we spend our with our family members.

So everybody that is here today, missing.

Your loved one.

Police know that we walk with you.

We care about you.

If we can carry your grief just for a little bit.

And help you with that burden, everyone in this rotonda is willing to do so.

Brittany and I've been praying for your family.

And all the families that have suffered a loss, especially so close to a holiday when those feelings can be and he even more magnified.

We're for remembrance.

But we're also praying that God bless each and every one of you up.

And helps you find that way to walk forward.

My faith teaches me that while the body is mortal, the soul is eternal.

And I firmly believe you will see your loved one again.

For me today is another reminder of how our time on Earth is limited and what we do with our precious time matters so much.

And for public servants.

That means that each day's effort should be used to make a positive difference and the lives of our fellow Kentuckians to leave the world better.

Then while we were here, Julian was a true public service.

I'm not sure we can say about anybody else that their service spanned over 6 decades from his election in the 60's to the House of Representatives to his retirement as a state senator in 2020, think about everything he accomplished the different titles that he had speaker of the House, Lieutenant Governor and governor of this incredible Commonwealth.

His time and his service Sabo tragedy and trial.

It was during his time as governor when tragedy struck at the Beverly Hills Supper club in northern Kentucky on Memorial Day weekend of May 1977, a fire swept through the popular nightclub in the end, 165 children of God lost their lives and hundreds more were injured.

I know a little bit about what it's like.

To be a governor in times of tragedy.

And what it takes to hold families that have just lost someone that they love more than life itself.

And to try to assure them that there is still a road, a hat.

It takes a mixture of empathy and true love for your fellow human being as well as competency about what the changes that need to be made are.

And how we move forward to make sure something like that doesn't happen again.

Story after story.

But I'm told and even picture after picture where you see the heart on his face show mate still had about 5 months before I came into this world.

He was up for the task that day and the many months and even years that follow it.

He was then faced with the great blizzard of 1978.

I don't remember that one.

But at that time it was the biggest storm ever to hit Louisville.

It was called the worst storm in over 100 years.

Think about a governor facing a one and every 100 year the currents.

But again.

He was ready.

Working with first responders, ensuring that he minimize the number of of of lives that were lost.

And if you think about the power of that storm.

Yet.

How so many of our people emerge from it safe and protected.

It's another example of what leadership and his leadership stepping up and matters when it mattered.

The most to protect all of the people of Kentucky, regardless of party or where you left a special example of leadership.

Through these trials.

He rose to the moment and was able to mobilize state resources to help families and communities.

And he was there for those that were suffering.

Kentucky got theirs.

That's disasters just like we've gotten to the challenges that we faced.

And I think even then we got through them and we got through them together.

We got through them with help and leadership from Governor Carol.

A lot among his many accomplishments.

Maybe 9 is more celebrated.

That has worked to improve Kentucky's public schools during his time as governor, many teachers in the Commonwealth saw their pay double.

That's worse and twice.

Lacey.

Think about what it means to those educators.

Think about what it means to his commitment to our system of public education and has respect for the professionals and educate and care for Kentucky's children.

As an education.

First governor myself, I appreciate that hard work.

And I know it's not easy to make major changes like that.

His devotion for the Commonwealth and its dedication to his constituents here in Frankfort continue to be celebrate.

After leaving the governor's office in 1970, 90 practice law here for decades.

And in 2004, he returned to serve the people of Frankfort.

This time as a state senator, it's long-term commitment to public service at nearly every level of government and willing.

To enter a different level just to make a difference.

Even with everything he had accomplished shows both commitment and a special humility.

The think he served in the executive and the legislative branches and accomplished and each and every job he had showed up to do its best.

He's a great example for all of us to his family.

Your dad, granddad and great granddad least a legacy of long and abiding service to the commonwealth's people.

And that is indeed something to be remembered for to be celebrated to be uplifted and in the difficult times in the days and the weeks ahead.

I know it was special to you all.

And that's what you hope close.

But remember that he changed a lot of lives for the better that he used as his time on Earth for these good purposes.

And he served this commonwealth admirably.

Thank you all.

God bless you.

God bless our commonwealth and our country.

God bless Julian Carroll, who are remembering to that.

Thank you, Governor.

Now these next couple of gentlemen.

>> I did not have the honor serving in the state Senate Rigth.

I wish that I had, but I'd like to introduce president of the and majority leader Robert Stivers.

And then after he speaks, then add Warley was speaker was a Democratic later in the state Senate when he served there.

So.

Senator Stivers.

>> Governor family, Patrice Ellie express my condolences of you at all.

The family.

>> This is a day that.

>> I've got an unknown.

Governor Carolyn always called in that except once.

Is a day that he want to celebrate.

Story tale.

And as a few discussions about all the things he did.

I want to be 62 years old and just a few days.

And I thought about this because several months ago, Patrice, you know, he called me, he said I would really like for you to speak.

My huge part of the UH.

I said I'd be honored.

Yeah, I'd be honored.

But I said I just have one favor.

Don't ask me to do it too quick.

He last.

And we sat there and we talked about our son time together.

A lot of people didn't realize when he came in.

We were next to each other on the Senate floor.

So I'm going to do a little story.

Talent.

He would sit there during the and it worry you will know the U.S. crew will know Anothers during some of the David Williams recesses, which have to be really long.

Sometimes.

We would slide together.

We would talk about different people and different things and all the history now.

The reason that, hey, I'm 62 years old.

The year I was born was the year he was starting in the House.

So he saw a lot.

And he had a lot of stories.

And so we would sit there and you sit there now, this governor didn't do that quite right.

And that the governor did a good job and it wasn't Republicans or Democrats, but he would kind of give you the assessment the fault was going on, but he would never do it in a mean-spirited way.

And then he would sit and say, you know, the governor's that came after me.

They just didn't do it.

The way idea.

Which is true because he often tell me I wrote my own budget.

I sent it upstairs and they didn't pass End it unless I told him to.

Which is true.

He was the last of what we call the all powerful governors.

The script for the day was set up by the governor, the budget for the year was set up by the governor.

They selected the leadership in both the House and the Senate.

And he would tell me all these stories.

And then if you asked.

You asked him well, did you know so?

And so he said, oh, yeah, he can tell a story about.

It was amazing.

His memory about the individuals.

He know it.

And he said on the year that he was in Louis, not administration.

Your app.

He was Hughes, ABC commissioner.

It was amazing.

All the things he kept and all that history he had.

And all the time that he spent.

You know, we went through and all the stories he would tell me about this person that person and then he would look about the policy.

And if it was something that Burke home started, he would say I made it better or somebody was talking about doing it in the in the future years.

It was in their administration say I started it.

So one day we're walking into 3.27 and you have to understand 3.27.

Ce.

The big room appeared as a pitcher.

This capital being built 100 and some years ago.

And the only time it ever calling the senator from Franklin or Governor Carol.

Was it that time?

And there's a picture.

And there's a little boy.

There's are breaking ground on this Capitol.

I got him and I brought him over acid.

Julia.

So what time I ever called him?

Julian, I said I think you've been around here so long.

That little boy in the pictures you.

And he looked at me and grabbed me by the army says I'm not been around quite that.

But he was just an extraordinary person.

And I say that from a person who is political.

Who has watched and saint grown up in a family that was kind of born and bred in politics.

He told me the toughest experience.

Governor, you mentioned it was that Beverly Hills Supper Club fire.

Those are the types of discussions we had.

But he was that last of the all powerful governors.

But he is also.

What I believe.

One of few, if any, that still exist.

He was.

And I think he would take pride in the U.S. he was an orator.

He was a stump speaker.

He liked to pick up the microphone and go and he did not need.

Car or teleprompter or a script.

He was one of the best pure speakers on the stop off the cuff.

There were few and far between like Julian Carroll.

And he had a fall.

When you travel around and you KET and you went to political events, there were people and they say in state government, that's a bird.

It was by.

No Hubert was I was burqa.

Homes or looting.

Everybody know the little guy was or Julian is coming to town.

Julian Carroll was.

They created an atmosphere around them lot very few.

If any others did that held political office.

This is not a time to be remorseful, even though it stains.

This is a time to celebrate and tell stories.

And so how do I describe a person?

That you would say was the gentleman from McCracken.

Mister Speaker.

He was actually the Lieutenant Governor and president of the Senate at the same time, do the Constitution.

He was the governor and then came back and was a senator from Franklin.

I will tell you how and what I would call him today.

Because this is how we well, the are years in the Senate.

I would call Julian Carroll.

My friend.

You travel far and now it's time for you to restore it.

Governor Carroll, I called my son Preston.

Asking for my phone number, said he had misplaced it.

He told Preston they want to call me and ask me if I speak at his funeral.

>> And Preston, civil governor, he'll be honor, but we hope we don't need the services for a long time which Julian?

Responded.

Preston, on mindful of how many days the good Lord has given me in this life.

And it's time that I make some plans.

Well, that was Governor Carol.

It look for the future.

He was a man about detail.

He was a man about addressing the needs of whatever had to be done at that time.

But it was also an expression that he was going to do something that he was capable of doing so that it didn't fall the burden fall on others to do it.

That's where he was.

I like many of you in this room.

Had an amazing relationship with Governor Carol.

He was my friend.

He was my mentor.

And he was my colleague from many, many years.

In the Kentucky Senate, we traveled all across Kentucky together campaigning.

To political events.

The ribbon cuttings, we spent.

A lot of time to go.

There's 2 things that I want to mention today and the sake of time about my memory of a governor, Carol.

First.

Is the kind of friend that he was.

There was no better friend than you could have.

When you sit down to talk to Governor car, all he wanted to know about your life.

And he wanted to share with you things in his life.

When he would look at you and listen to you.

He had this eye contact and this body language is that just said I am interested I love you.

I care for you.

And he also wanted to share his life with you.

If he had problems, he would come and seek your counsel and want to talk about it and matter of if it was politics or if it was health or something on the farm and God forbid I had to have one here.

One more story about that.

with the state broke down on the farm all about.

He wanted you to be a a part of of his life.

And then how could we held a service with Julian Carroll today?

And you're not talk about Julian Carroll, the politician.

I followed politics and government all my life but not truly believe that there are 2 characteristics that a great politician, not just someone that participates in the game, but the great have to have.

They have to like people.

After a truly like people.

And that has to be a natural characteristic that cannot be learned behavior.

You have got to like people naturally.

And then you've got to like yourself.

Julian Carroll.

Love it being Julian Carroll.

And he was good at it.

He was very, very good at it.

He was an unbelievable public speaker and older to world one of a kind you give Julian a microphone.

And he he was at home.

He loved it.

Us, Julian, to pray.

And he was good that he had such confidence in his faith.

Little dog that didn't matter of.

He was bless and food or if he was dismissed in a meeting where he was teaching a Sunday school class, he had command of it and he was he was good at it.

He loved the crowd.

Your travel of Governor Carroll on you walk into the room and there's 25 people there and he liked that 500 people there.

He was on stage.

He showed the ever handed the plays, my friend.

How are you?

Good to see you.

Yeah.

All of it.

It was one of the true right politicians in Kentucky.

And I think history will record on that line.

From a personal standpoint.

Also that Governor Carroll is remembered.

As of a good and decent man.

Amanda loved his family.

Amanda, Love God.

A man that believed in public service and the goodness of government.

And I think the will.

I think that history will record him well, as all of you.

I'm very, very happy.

He came my way.

>> Thank you very I as I said, I then as a privilege to serve with them in hours before we started, I was speaking Steve Beshear and Jane who are here, a former governor and I former attorney general, a I was trying, of course, to make connection and he came up.

And I said, you know, Andy, when I first went to the Senate.

I happen to be I have the privilege of being the chairman of the House Senate Joint Education Committee.

And at that time, your dad, Steve Beshear, got elected to the house from from a Fayette County we we became friends and I said I met you back then when you're a little boy.

>> He said, well, I see that's not true.

And I said it's time for one night and said, well, I mean, been barn back so I I was at my there might chronological calculator out and do something about that.

But an event.

I do the things that have been said about your in ours are so true.

He was a he was an evangelical.

Speaker.

And you know something he was, you know, like my wife, my wife hours claims that she is a politician and she really makes no bones about it, Bob, because she thinks it.

You've got to be a politician.

Good things that and Julian was a consummate.

Politician.

Great speaker, great friend.

All those things.

I'd like to introduce someone now who can talk a little bit about really some of his public policy accomplishments for cars.

She is known him, maybe not as long as I have a cause is not as old as I am.

But she was our Lieutenant Governor.

I like to introduce now Chris Lewellen.

Thank you, Leslie.

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>> I'll go ahead.

And then you can.

Do the musical interlude next.

And Carol, I okay.

Good afternoon, everyone.

>> You know, it was the voice that remarkable voice that was marked by its residents, its zeal, its passion, its energy.

It's persuasive power.

It was not for ice company by that broad smile that let everyone know.

Julian Morton Carroll was in the room.

His voice has been quieted today, but his legacy of leadership lives on in the complex months of his extraordinary careers in public service.

Like the others who have spoken here today, I got a phone call from Governor Carol, about 2 years ago asking made to speak at the service.

And when I first began to talk with him, I felt touched and saddened and he said to me in the voice.

>> Now you were with me at the beginning in my camp.

I'm for governor.

You're just a fine speaker.

I truly want you to do this.

I was really feeling very flattered and honored.

And then he went on to say that just about everyone else from those early days, he could have ask had passed on.

He went on to say in that call now you say whatever you want that day.

But then in his own inimitable style, he provided clear direction.

Now, most important he said, remember how I helped the teachers.

And all the road projects.

Don't forget Kentucky, 80 and the Frankfort bypass.

Be sure to mention that I was taking notes furiously on that call trying to KET up with this 9 year-old.

As he recounted in detail what he considered his proudest accomplishments.

No one could have imagined that that little baby boy born in 1931.

To best But Carol and West Paducah would go on to have one of the most successful political careers in Kentucky history.

You've already heard the litany of the post that he held throughout that Kerr ear.

The decision to enter the Senate at 73 Tom, far past when most people, our retired at the end of his other Kerr ear.

Was a decision rooted in his love for public service.

He jumped into that role with both feet serving as a champion for state employees giving fiery speeches and providing plenty of advice to leadership of both parties.

Senators.

And that was after he had served in all of the other POWs in the House and the Senate president, the Senate, Lieutenant Governor, speaker of the House governor of Kentucky.

Though he came from humble beginnings in a family of 11 children.

There was something special about that McCracken County boy from the very beginning.

His father Bicester Carroll said we came up poor is you could be.

We didn't know where the next meal was coming from some of the time.

But if you look at local newspapers from the day, it shows Julian Carroll to be flexing his leadership muscles throughout his school years.

He was elected governor boys, state in 1949.

And his father told the story the young Julian said in the governor's chair right here across this hall in 1949.

As governor of boys state.

And he vowed he'd come back some day and sit in that chair is governor.

He married Charlotte and Harding in 1951.

A marriage that lasted 63 years until her death in 2014.

Like many politicians, wives of that, they're a Charlotte and Carroll was largely behind the scenes focus on raising their 4 wonderful children.

But her gracious, quiet strength was very much a part of his success.

It's important to note that there were 2 individuals selected as outstanding leaders and the heat high school class of 1950, Julian Carroll and Charlotte and Harding.

Governor Carroll's family was the most treasured part of his legacy.

Sun daughters Patrice in L a his 7 grandchildren.

His late son Brad and his 3 great grandchildren.

Many in this gathering.

No well, and it's already been mentioned that for every public leader, the pressures and challenges of public service often fall hardest on the family.

He loved each of you in this family and it quickly.

He was so proud of you.

Everyone here can tell stories about.

And Senator Orleans just said it.

When you talk to Julian, he wanted to tell you what was going on in his life as he heard about yours.

And most of it was about this family.

And this is what you and his family should know and treasure about your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather.

He was a great leader.

He was born with a gift and that gift was leadership.

The ability to bring to bare his own energy zeal and passion in ways that persuaded others to follow him and through that leadership, he left the Commonwealth a better place.

On the policy front.

Governor Carroll had a profound and lasting impact.

As has been mentioned, his proudest accomplishments were in education and that's already been discussed.

But if I don't say it again, lightning will strike me.

He KET from his own beginnings that education was the lifeline to success for every child in Kentucky.

That's why he more than doubled teacher salaries provided free textbooks founded the school building authority to help poor districts build new schools and expanded vocational and special education.

He also implemented the modernization of the state's judicial system that still seen as a model for the nation.

He stopped the damming of the Red River Gorge, one of our most valued assets today.

He reformed the corrupt, the corrupt bail bond system.

And when tragedy stock has struck, as the governor said at Beverly Hills Supper Club.

He rewrote all of the laws regarding fire safety in Kentucky.

He made a tremendous impact and infrastructure projects including roads all across the state, which he listed one of the time and that call.

But I won't go through the entire list.

Julian Carroll was one of the last and best of a generation of old-style politicians who won elections and past legislation through personal persuasion and no one could match that power of persuasion.

That broad smile, the booming voice, the arm around the shoulder, the ability to remember names and anecdotes gathered in every corner of Kentucky.

His experience as a lay minister, a few old.

He's an evangelical style.

Or perhaps reverend, it was his political experience that fueled his evangelical success.

The legacy of Governor June, Carol, includes his wonderful family and his substantial policy achievements.

But there's a 3rd aspect of his legacy that is less well known.

Dozens of young people who are drawn to serve with him, went on to successful lives and careers in public service.

For decades after his administration's state government was populate about outstanding public servants who had considered him a role model early in their careers.

Sadly, many have passed on.

But several of them are here today.

And you know who you are?

I was one of those young people.

Not long after graduating from center joined his gubernatorial campaign.

Decades later when I became Lieutenant Governor appointed by Governor Steve Beshear, Governor Carroll proclaim to everyone in earshot that he gave me my first job.

He couldn't stand it.

That it was actually governor window for him.

I work for first.

Throughout my careered governor Carol was supportive and encouraging eager to offer advice.

Whether I asked for it or not.

My husband, Lou Allen was serving in Governor Carroll's office here when the governor ask him the head up, the Kentucky Housing Corporation, a post he went on to hold under 4 governors and became the national president of the day.

Association of State Finance agencies.

Talented young people were drawn to his campaign and administration, not just because of his charm and magnetism, but because he was so skilled in affected at effective at governing.

He KET the budget in certain out.

He KET every department in state government what it needed to run effectively.

He set a standard for competency in public service that many of those carried with us throughout our careers.

His role as a mentor had a continuing impact across state government and was a valuable part of his legacy.

Governor Julien Morton, Carol, was a true son of Kentucky, drawing strength and understanding from his humble roots devoted to the commonwealth he loved and the people he served and committed to improving their lives through a lifetime of a packed effective public service.

May he rest in peace?

It is a piece well deserved.

Thank you very much.

Credit.

Now, Patrice advise me that.

We're going to have a >> brief musical enters are done so if that was the entered that we heard, that's one of the brief us.

>> I've never but at this point what I'd like to do rather than regale you with those musical notes, I'd like to introduce 2 family members who are going to to speak about their beloved relative.

And one is in New York Carol.

His brother and he'll be followed.

I can be his son.

And so if if Neil would come forward, really appreciate.

>> Well, thank you guys.

Well, he was a mic as a politician.

Lay preacher a hunter.

Quiet, but that he would just over a foot.

And we love doing.

And we appreciated that achievements.

We told him sometimes, but we didn't get the real big head.

And you spot what we know about him on or about is 9.

A huge to me of the show for what is running for Lieutenant Governor.

Sometimes.

And we're a little about their 500 people in that room.

He shook every hand.

He KET every night.

When they lay up to code about Said how the world you do that is that it's important to me.

That was on the set.

>> Oh, man, you may not know his family and 9.

>> It was.

But that came from a comic strip.

that was a Malcolm.

I gave him that nickname.

But it got short debate.

I was probably 10 before on news 9 to June yet.

Ever charged member ever.

Fred, everybody around calling But it gets to me somebody help me.

Do you want Hayden, the man that we just respect?

Parents raised us to KET our word do the right thing.

Are you what?

Mother told us that we were not better than anybody else, nor were we worse than anybody else.

And they had told us unless I'm about to do a job, I do it to the full list of your ability.

I won't pay some of things.

He taught me.

I work with.

Many.

Many of you have probably be a surprise that they got expelled from high school senior year.

Well, that one only him the whole class got they were practicing.

Graduation ceremonies.

And while the state has decided to be a good prank, does that if you're fired sting, which it so you need it.

Well, you know, they've had to step in.

Negotiate a settlement.

They got the preacher.

That meant that he wouldn't punish a student and he would let him graduate.

If those come and confessed his crime.

And so that's >> I thought.

They were pretty Oh, and lets it happen.

End up being in a crack in Kay County jailer.

Haha.

A sleet when I first first time, I guess I've been studying the office.

He was 7.

With these fatal and they asked rate in the newspaper.

About Maffei.

No, because you get that kind of job.

I get this kind of the got that degree and to have When we first got elected, he came home for family Christmas.

Bill Barker members are over.

And so the prayer was said was time to be done.

Carroll family rushes of that for you.

You've got to get to like, get out or white.

And Jay was sort of the back of the line and Barton The hotel that the governor first and dad said.

Not.

This house was just one of my I thought that was really.

Our granddaughter.

With the many programs at school.

And so I try to teach her to the amount in her words and project or for worse.

Sodium was going to give a speech at that.

Marshall County beings upper right before French fr.

And so we hear you And she had all the way back to the car.

She set.

They really an estate, his word But you that like you thought, oh, no, honey, he taught that's what else I got here.

Of art.

Apologize for this little story here.

But they had to.

Dew was running for it.

I just got elected Lieutenant Governor.

We were here and whether run than the capital.

Those are they had was a mechanic, a union man, just just a worker and he does it pretty plain spoken.

That morning.

He would run around.

And this in itself to everybody.

And they are getting stuff to his wife.

But in the light.

It was his he was get interviewed.

reporter Fat.

I guess you're proud of your son is that I'm you know, it.

They're going to have a really good speaker.

And they had said.

Yeah, about half as preacher.

I think I'm good.

Appreciate it.

Well, I have no prepared remarks today.

Nothing in writing.

It's all going to come from the head and the heart.

>> And first of all, as I did just that and thank governor and misses this year and Carol, of Blackburn, Mitchell.

it was an ensemble that resolves all I can pronounce the name.

Something that I have a take it they sorry.

Nevertheless.

Thank you all so much for being here today.

For being a friend.

So Porter.

A dad and our family for many, many years.

He love you all.

Every one of you so much.

Throughout time.

We're going up in western Kentucky.

I remember riding down the road with the work down the street, a Paducah walking down the street in Paducah.

And waved to everybody.

Everybody out.

I always say dad, who is that?

I don't know.

>> I just want to sit out for and I'm everybody's free and I just want them to know, you know, and sure enough every way to him once or twice on the road, they way first.

So it's all good.

But again, just want to thank you all and end all those that are here this morning and more to come this afternoon for the decades.

>> The decades of love and support and friendship.

That you all have shown.

It meant so much.

Also want to talk a little bit about maybe something many of you don't know about June, Carol.

It's all wholesome.

what one thing I guess is stuck in my mind.

And Neil, by the way, that was my land that you talk the talk about dating Buster.

I was standing right here with the reporter in hand and a Buster said you know, it that steady Buster.

Yes, yes, that's that's that investor.

Day ahead of father's you say was he was a construction mate.

I think maybe superintendent on the couple dam projects Mister Lindh am.

I think when he retired.

And even his son followed in his footsteps.

But he was a builder.

He's a father-in-law, Horace Harding, Big German and the calls about that big, big Teddy bear.

Was a Cabinet builder and a road built.

And so with that.

Both of them, any buster and horse recalling another day, another day.

Tell him to be old.

And that was his vocation.

Whenever we were in the House.

Our cabin at the Lake.

Here in Frankfort.

Especially if any of your been the farm.

We built the roads.

We built.

The bridge is needed.

The sewer line is we we dug the water lines fixed.

A lot of water lines to still doing that.

And built the houses.

Everything.

We've built.

It was because of that.

Being passed on from generations from getting Buster.

Another day it to him to me and many others.

But he was a builder at heart.

And so many of you have talked already about the projects that he's bill.

He's a project man.

If you lived in Frankfort any length of time at all.

You might seem at Lowe's.

>> Our Lions.

>> Or any other place you can buy electrical parks and plumbing parts and he always had a project.

And so I might go into one of those stories behind these just saw your day.

He was just in here getting some parks for this that or the other.

But there was always a project to be had.

His favorite projects where his family.

Sisters.

The tree Cinelli.

My wife.

My sons, Chris and Jason, Nikki.

Ev their daughter.

Lin Lee and Liam.

A fine family.

We had a lot of the family here.

I can begin to name them all.

But JB Clay Emma.

And many, many more.

But with the projects that he built.

Again, when he was not working on behalf of the people of Kentucky, which really was his ultimate project in life was to help.

This kind of will.

We might be at the lake getting ready to go skiing where I had to work within the half a day, which is fine because I got to go ski fish to win in the afternoon.

A lot of fun.

That kept working.

That was his vocation.

The bill.

And so today.

In memory of him.

I want you all to think about.

Where we are.

This time of year.

In the holidays.

Find a way to do projects.

With your family.

Your friends.

In this Commonwealth.

On the way here.

Barbara.

I said, you know, this could be tough.

Because you and I.

We're so close in so many ways for so long.

So it's going to be tough and she said, I know you'll do.

You'll be fine.

And as we come out to the him.

I told her, I said, well, I don't know whether we've done a really good job or not all of us.

And she said, well.

>> How are you know that?

I said, well.

We've got 60 minutes.

If I get 5 Kentucky politicians on and off a stage I think we've done that.

And now at the end.

>> And our own right now, I want to be.

Coming back up again.

But I want to introduce again.

Pastor Baker, a real say our closing prayer and then together we can say.

Our goodbyes to to our our cherished friend.

think of him.

The contributions that he made not just to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to each and every one of us lives.

Think about those things.

As we say goodbye to Julian, I am Carol.

Thank you all very much.

>> Will.

Never.

Forget.

And in the back of the church, Julian likes to see it as I'm speaking.

>> I >> love Julian Carroll and I love his passion for prayer.

He was a great man.

And so let's pray.

Your word says God is our refuge and strength.

A very present help.

In trouble.

Father, we come to you this.

Afternoon as we close or memories, such incredible stories about Julian Carroll.

They were comforted by your word knowing that Julian is in the care of the father is with Jesus.

We're so grateful for Julian's life and the impact that had upon us.

The time we spent with him, his presence in our life was a precious gift.

And the memories we hold our treasures.

Asked that in the days to come.

That continue to provide the family friends and the Commonwealth strength.

And peace that only you can get.

Help us to support one another.

To remember, Julian, with love.

And we thank you for your son, Jesus Christ who died so that those put their faith in him will be raised to life.

And in this, we could find comfort for one day.

We will be reunited with Julian Morton Carroll and the resurrection.

As we leave this place.

KET us in your loving care.

I pray that you guide us Gila our hearts lead to some past of righteousness.

Trust in your promises and submit our lives to your will in the name of Jesus Christ.

We pray in a minute.

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