Kenneth Keith Karr II, of Johnson City, TN and Park Hill, OK, peacefully went home to be with the Lord the morning of June 17, 2025, one month from his 78th birthday. He succumbed to ischemic heart failure.

Kenneth was a Christian and a member of Boone Trail Baptist Church, Johnson City, TN. He was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving 20 yrs., 2 mos., and 21 days as Military Police and Sgt. First Class in vehicle maintenance and recovery. He served two tours in Vietnam, Korea, Germany, Washington, DC, and Ft Bragg, NC. Kenny was an avid traveler having been to all 48 continuous states on his Honda Trike. He visited Alaska and the Bahamas several times, zip lined in Costa Rica, sailed the Panama Canal, and rode Segways in Hawaii. He vacationed in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Canada, and Europe several times. Kenneth was a master dulcimer maker, heavy truck and equipment operator, a watch tinker and collector, and loved his remote-control vehicles and Hess Truck collection. He also was an actor in the "Signing of the Sycamore Shoals Treaty" reenactment at Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton, TN.

Preceding him in death was his second wife, Sharon Yates Anglero and her son, Peter Anglero of Rising Son, MD.; his mother, Roxie Ellen Taylor of Hulbert, OK, and his father, Kenneth Keith Karr I, of Louisiana.

Surviving Kenneth is his wife, Faye Swiney Karr of Gray, TN; his daughter, Roshell "Shelly" Karr Wurm, her husband, Stanton Wurm of Lebo, KS; his son, Benjamin "Ben" Karr and their mother, Rhynell Marie Stoabs of Winfield, KS; also surviving is Sharon Karr's daughter, Elizabeth "Franny" Anglero Kennedy, and husband, Joey Kennedy of Byrdstown; grandchildren: Trevor Brown and Kristen Rivers, Dalton and Alexandria Wurm Shaffer, Victoria Wurm, Braden and MacKenzie Karr Conklin, Mika Karr and Jacob Jamieson, MaKayla Karr, Katie Anglero and Kyle Yonkovitch, Cody Anglero and Shelby Lynn, Austin Anglero, Devon Thomas, Aiden and Peyton Anglero-Bundick; great-grandchildren, Zayn Ryan and Zyler Ray Rivers, Reese Karr and Crew Caiden Anglero.

Funeral Services will be held at 7:00 PM, Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Pastor Zack Smith and Jeff Alford officiating. A Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, prior to the service. Veterans Honor Guard of the Tri-Cities will provide honors during the funeral service.

Additional Services and a burial will be held at Ford Cemetery in Rising Sun, MD with the service of Ford Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent to the Karr family online at www.dillow-taylor.com

Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Jonesborough, TN 423-753-3821