Editing Carrabelle, Florida (section)

==Notable people==

[[File:Carrabelle FL Ervin mnmt02.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Richard W. Ervin monument in Carrabelle]]
* [[Richard W. Ervin]], Jr. (1905–2004), born in Carrabelle, was the [[Florida Attorney General]] from 1949 to 1964, and he served as chief justice of the [[Florida Supreme Court]] from 1969 to 1971<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard William Ervin Jr. |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tallahassee/obituary.aspx?n=richard-william-ervin&pid=2556677& |website=www.legacy.com |access-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064144/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tallahassee/obituary.aspx?n=richard-william-ervin&pid=2556677& |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Caroline A. Hall|Caroline Hall]], after whom the town was named and who served as the town's first postmistress, was one of the eight founders of [[Grange movement|The Grange]].
* [[Buck O'Neil|John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil]] (1911–2006), born in Carrabelle, was a distinguished [[Negro league baseball]] player and coach for the champion [[Kansas City Monarchs]] who, later, worked as a [[Scout (sport)|scout]] for the [[Chicago Cubs]]. With his gentle demeanor, he highlighted the work of African-Americans before their integration into the previously "whites only" world of Major League Baseball. He gained a national spotlight during his interviews with Ken Burns' PBS documentary named ''[[Baseball (TV series)|Baseball]]''<ref name="NLBM-Buck-ONeil-Ed-Center" />
* [[John Robinson (aviator)|John Robinson]], aviator<ref name=Tucker>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Phillip Thomas |title=Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson |date=2012 |publisher=Potomac Books, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-1-59797-487-5 |page=2 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyaIfPI81FwC}}</ref>
* [[Jack Rudloe]], a writer and naturalist and cofounder of the [[Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory]] at nearby [[Panacea, Florida]] – moved to Carabelle at age 14 and lived there for two years. As a young man from the city, he was profoundly and positively affected by his experiences after moving and living there and has maintained his ties to the community<ref>Rudloe, J, The Sea Brings Forth. Kindle Edition 2015, Location 515</ref>

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