Kenneth Ben "Big Dog" Carnes
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 11C - December 11, 2022
Kenneth Ben “Big Dog”
Carnes, 73, of Jacksonville,
passed away peacefully in
his sleep on December 2,
2022. The funeral service
will be held at 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, December
8, 2022, at K.L. Brown Funeral Home in Jacksonville.
Burial will follow at Jacksonville City Cemetery. The
family will receive friends from 12:00-2:00 p.m. on
Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Carnes was born September 13, 1949 in Cheyenne,
Wyoming. After graduating high school, Ken joined the
United States Army in August, 1968. following basic
training, he received orders for his first tour to Vietnam,
October 1968-69, living on and hauling barges up and
down the Mekong river; then served another tour from
November 1970-November 1971. After returning, Ken
transferred from the boat company to Military Police
where he spent the remainder of his 20 years service as
MPI Supervisor in Bayreuth West Germany from 1974-
1977, Mannheim West Germany from 1980-1983, and
as Drill Instructor retiring at Fort McClellan, Alabama
in August, 1987. Upon retiring from the military, he
worked for Mack Huckaby at Superior Automotive in
Anniston as salesman, finance manager, retiring as
general manager in December, 2008. Ken’s passion
was motorcycles. He was accepted into the In Country
Vietnam Motorcycle Club in August of 2004, holding
the position of Alabama State President.
Survivors include his father, Ben Eli Carnes (soon to
be 97) and wife, Maxine Carnes; brother, Clifford Chris
Carnes and wife, Crystal Lynn Carnes; nephew, Ben
Earl Carnes; and niece, Dr. Sarah Carnes, all of Grand
Junction, CO. He is also survived by his daughters,
Cynthia Leigh Carnes Lang and Priscilla Lynn Carnes;
grandchildren, Baylee Drew Jennings and husband,
Anthony, Ryan Thomas Lang, Ryleah Elizabeth Meers
and Grayson Scott Meers; great-grandchildren, Xander
Evan Lowe, Channing Ryder Lovelidge, and Alaric Scott
Jennings; and his dog, Cash, all of Calhoun County,
Alabama. He is preceded in death by his mother, Velva
Vica “Skeeter” Carnes; maternal grandmother, Vica
Harris; paternal grandfather, Bemlie E. Carnes; and
paternal grandmother, Willie Inez Carnes.
