Roll Call Tribute
Walter Carter '49 January 22, 2016 1:50 PM updated: January 22, 2016 1:54 PM
(Published in) The (Mount Pleasant) Daily Tribune (on) December 29, 2015
Carter
Walter Hart Carter, age 89, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2015. He was born in Dennison on Nov. 21, 1926 to Walter S. Carter and Marzelle Hart Carter. He was reared in Weatherford. Mr. Carter was a U.S. Marine, serving in the Pacific theater in World War II. After marrying Virginia Nell Shelby in 1945 and then graduating from Texas A&M University in 1949, he began a 44-year ranching career on the Lasater Ranch in Falfurrias. He moved with his family to Matheson, Colo., where he assisted in the Lasater's Beef Master herd development, then returned to Weatherford, where Mr. Carter managed the Cartwright Ranch. In 1962 he became manager of the John B. Stephens Ranch in Mount Pleasant, and later, he moved to the Broseco Ranch in Omaha, where he was Broventure's Vice President of Cattle Operations and an integral part of four other operations owned by Broventure in Texas. He retired from there in 1992.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Shelby Carter of Mount Pleasant; a daughter Marzelle Robertson and husband, Ralph, of Mount Vernon; a son, John Carter and wife Jean, of Weatherford; a daughter, Sally Conroy and husband Joel, of Mount Pleasant; a son, Walter Carter and wife Sheila, of Pittsburg; eight grandchildren, Russell Robertson and wife Paige; Randy Robertson and wife Kaycee; Marzie Henckell; Stephen Carter and wife Chelsey; Jarred Conroy; Kristi Houchin and husband Chris; Candie Jones and husband Scott; Walter Lee Carter and wife Brandi; 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Margaret McAlister of Weatherford; one grandson, Thomas Carter; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, followed by a graveside service at 11 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Mount Pleasant under the direction of Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant.
Memorials may be sent to Cal Farley's, the American Cancer Society, or Cypress Basin Hospice.
Online registry is available at www.batescoopersloanfuneralhome.com.
Carter
Walter Hart Carter, age 89, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2015. He was born in Dennison on Nov. 21, 1926 to Walter S. Carter and Marzelle Hart Carter. He was reared in Weatherford. Mr. Carter was a U.S. Marine, serving in the Pacific theater in World War II. After marrying Virginia Nell Shelby in 1945 and then graduating from Texas A&M University in 1949, he began a 44-year ranching career on the Lasater Ranch in Falfurrias. He moved with his family to Matheson, Colo., where he assisted in the Lasater's Beef Master herd development, then returned to Weatherford, where Mr. Carter managed the Cartwright Ranch. In 1962 he became manager of the John B. Stephens Ranch in Mount Pleasant, and later, he moved to the Broseco Ranch in Omaha, where he was Broventure's Vice President of Cattle Operations and an integral part of four other operations owned by Broventure in Texas. He retired from there in 1992.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Shelby Carter of Mount Pleasant; a daughter Marzelle Robertson and husband, Ralph, of Mount Vernon; a son, John Carter and wife Jean, of Weatherford; a daughter, Sally Conroy and husband Joel, of Mount Pleasant; a son, Walter Carter and wife Sheila, of Pittsburg; eight grandchildren, Russell Robertson and wife Paige; Randy Robertson and wife Kaycee; Marzie Henckell; Stephen Carter and wife Chelsey; Jarred Conroy; Kristi Houchin and husband Chris; Candie Jones and husband Scott; Walter Lee Carter and wife Brandi; 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Margaret McAlister of Weatherford; one grandson, Thomas Carter; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, followed by a graveside service at 11 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Mount Pleasant under the direction of Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant.
Memorials may be sent to Cal Farley's, the American Cancer Society, or Cypress Basin Hospice.
Online registry is available at www.batescoopersloanfuneralhome.com.
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