Carson Alvin Conger

Carson Alvin Conger was the only child born to Keith and Josie Conger. He went by the name Alvin throughout his childhood. Once he was enlisted in the Coast Guard, he started going by Carson Conger. Therefore, when certain people addressed him, using either Carson or Alvin, we would know how they knew him...from his childhood or since he was in the military. His father (Keith Carson Conger) was the baby of 21 children, and his mother (Josie) had about 13 siblings in her family. So,so to be an only child was amazing. When Carson was born, he was a "blue-baby"; which meant he was not breathing. He also had a "smooshed head". The doctor handed him over to his father and went back to help out his mother. Keith messed around with him, and eventually got the baby to cry; which was a welcomed relief. After a few days, the doctor was called back to look in on them as the baby (Carson) would not stop crying. When the doctor came, he said he was glad to see the baby crying; as he had given up hope that he would survive at all. Josie did not fair well after the birth and was bedridden for a few months. I surmised that the birth was a difficult one, and seeing that it was not done in a hospital, but at home, some complications must have occurred and it affected her "insides". Thus, no other children were born.