Dr. Pace who received his doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas retired from the Engineer Research and Development Center located in Vicksburg, MS. He specialized in stability analyses of locks and dams located across the United States. As a youth, he loved basketball and track and excelled academically. As an adult, he loved long scenic drives and hiking. He had a passion for reading and for learning.
He is preceded in death by his parents Woodrow Wilson Pace and Blanche Molly Piper Pace, and brother Donald Leo Pace. Survivors include his wife Loretta B. Pace, his daughter Phyllis Jean Thompson (Phillip) and son Michael Eugene Pace (Ramona), his four grandchildren: Diana Jean Daniel, Rachael Lynn Williamson (Wyatt), Laura Elizabeth Pace, Lindsay Caroline Pace, and three great-grandchildren: Logan Elijah Thompson, Titus E. Thompson, and Cadence L. Williamson and sister Sylvia Jane Farrar (Delbert).
A graveside service will be at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at Oakland Cemetery in Monticello, Arkansas. Flowers can be sent to Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home 943 US-425, Monticello, AR 71655.
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Carole Doss Rushing
Woodlawn (Rison), AR Monday, December 21, 2020 Loretta and family, I was so saddened to read of your loss ofCarl. It made me remember back over the years when you and I were in school together and Carl's family was neighbors. He was always such a nice person and as I've heard news of you over the years, it seems he still was. My prayer is that the Lord will grant you the peace, comfort and strength that only He can to make it through this sad time. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers and will continue to be in the difficult days ahead.
Carole (Doss) Rushing
Mary Doss Lasiter
Wilmar, AR Monday, December 21, 2020 Deepest sympathy to the Pace family. I remember Carl from my childhood as a neighbor. He was always one of the good guys.Mary Doss Lasiter
Wilmar, AR Monday, December 21, 2020 Deepest sympathy to the Pace family. I remember Carl from my childhood as a neighbor. He was always one of the good guys.Kay Worbington
Monticello, AR Monday, December 21, 2020 My prayers and sympathy goes to all of Carl's family. When I was a child my family lived less than a mile from Mr. Woodrow and Mrs. Blanche. The Pace's were like family. Carl was my bus driver when I was in elementary school and he was in college at Arkansas A&M (UAM). We shared kin as his mom's brother married my mom's sister. I am sorry for your great loss.