Obituary of WALTER M. CARTER, CAPTAIN, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39503 From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for allowing the following to be added to the Archives. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: December 8, 1927 Headline: Captain Carter, a Veteran Steamboat Operator, Is Dead Captain Walter M. Carter, veteran steamboat operator on the Mississippi River and lower tributaries who retired from active navigation eight years ago, died at 1:30 p.m. Monday at his home, 2819 Chippewa Street, in New Orleans. Funeral services were held from the Lutz Funeral Parlors on Jackson Avenue, Alexandria, 4 p.m. Tuesday. Captain Carter and two brothers, Captain E. G. carter and H. M. Carter, operated the Carter Packet Company on the Mississippi, Red, Black, Ouachita and other tributary rivers for a quarter of a century. He was 72 years old. Captain Cater is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Huener Buck-Carter and one brother, Captain E. G. Carter. He was a member of Masters, Mates and Pilots, Harbor No. 18. He was a nephew of S. B. Hanes, Jena postmaster and has many friends who will regret to learn of his death.