Melvin Luther Carter (1897 - 1978)

Born 26 Sep 1897 in Hunt County, Texas

Ancestors

Died 23 Nov 1978 at age 81 in Hunt County, Texas

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Aaron Lamm [send private message]

Biography

Melvin was the son of Joseph Carter and Annie Myrtie Bridges.

He married Ida Mae Cook on June 24, 1935, in Alvarado, Texas.

They were the parents of:

• C Lyndon Carter^[1]
• Lavita Carter^[2]

Obituary

Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Fri, 24 Nov 1978, page A2, Deaths, Carter

Funeral services for Melvin Luther Carter, 81, of 1804 St. John Street, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Coker-Mathews-Peters Chapel with Rev. Thomas Beall officiating. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.

He died Thursday in a local nursing home.

Pallbearers will be Albert Carter, Donald Carter, Bill Carter, Ramond Carter, and Mutt Carter.

He was born Sept. 26, 1897, in Hunt County. His parents were Joe Carter and Myrtle Bridges. He married Ida Mae Cook on June 24, 1935, in Alvarado. Carter was a retired employee of Santa Fe Railroad and a member of the North Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ida Mae Carter; one son, Melvin Carter of Porterville, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Howard of Greenville and Mrs. Lovita Walsh of Garland; one sister, Mrs. Ruby Ross of Denison; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and four sisters.

Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9215919/c-lyndon-carter
2. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V84G-TP4

• United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M294-GGD : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Melvin L Carter in household of Joe R Carter, Celeste, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 121, sheet 18B, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375579.
• United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3G1-XG7 : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Melvin Carter in household of Joe R Carter, Justice Precinct 2 (all east of M.K.&T. r.r.), Hunt, Texas, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241647.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZXN-JVJ : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Melvin Luther Carter, 1917-1918.
• United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW24-BTM : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Melvin L Carter in household of Tom C Cook, Justice Precinct 5, Johnson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126-22, sheet 3A, family 47, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4082.
• Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V84G-TP4 : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Melvin Luther Carter in entry for Lavita Ann Carter, 03 Aug 1944; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," index and images, Ancestry.com; citing Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services).
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21733601/melvin-luther-carter