Funeral services for Elof “Sonny” Carlson, 88, of Beaumont, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec.21, 2016 in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Rev. David Goolsby, officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of friends and family will be on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 from 4-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Carlson was born Sept. 24, 1928 in Palestine, Texas, TX to the late Elof G. Carlson, Sr. and Myrtle Elliott Carlson and went to be with his Lord on Dec. 15, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont.

A resident of Beaumont since 1942, he was a retired operator with Texaco and a member of North End Baptist Church where he, and his wife, Alice, were leaders of the "Keenagers" group. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force.

He has been a resident of Calder Woods since 2013. He made many close friends during that time and will be missed by many.

He is survived by his daughters, Nelda Jones and husband, Tom, of Beaumont, Theresa Ledsome and husband, Jeff, of Brownwood, TX, Vickie Carlson of Palestine, TX; sons, Ronnie Hartman and wife, Alice, of Bryan, Scott Hartman and wife, Mary Helen, of Trinidad, TX, Richard Hartman of Austin, Russell Carlson of Buffalo, NY; 13 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Elof G. Carlson and Myrtle Carlson McKay as well as his wife of 40 years, Alice Carlson and his son, Don Hartman.