James D. (Kit) Carson, 97, passed away in his home on November 28, 2014, surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Esther Carson, and his daughters, Carmela Croteau and Candyce Ricco. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Anthony Glad of Ponte Verde, Florida, Angelica Bowidowicz of Bonita, Calif, Amanda Grillo of Temecula, Calif, Emily Ricco-Houck of Harvard, NY, and Priscilla Azevedo of Orting, Washington. Also surviving are nine great-grandchildren and two sisters, Dorothy Poole of Mesa, Arizona and Maryellen Coker of Campbellsville, Kentucky.Kit was born a sharecroppers son, one of seven children, in Farmington, Georgia. He entered the US Navy when he decided he didn't want to look at the back end of a mule the rest of his life, in 1936. He served for 22 years, retiring in 1958, with the rank of LtCmdr. Kit was in Pearl Harbor, with his new wife, when the attack that forced the US into the Pacific Theatre of WWII occurred. Their long marriage was an adventure that took them all over the world, finally settling in Harvard, NY, in 1987. Kit was always physically active, splitting, by hand, all of the firewood, helping his son-in-law, Roger Ricco, with his maple syrup business, and also taking bushels of sweet corn 'out to the corner' to sell, forcing most folks to eat raw corn before they would be allowed to purchase any. Life won't be the same without our 'Georgia cracker'.Services will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family.