Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 2 Oct 2000

Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp  cbodessa@classicnet.net

Thanks to the Odessa American Online
http://www.oaoa.com/

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative
of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of
this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/
***********************************************************************

   OA Online Obituaries.
   
October 02, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

     _________________________________________________________________
   
   
   Marvin Herschel Carter
   MIDLAND  Marvin Herschel Carter, 77, formerly of Midland, died Friday,
   Sept. 29, 2000, at his home in Harlingen.
   Military  graveside  services  will  be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Resthaven
   Memorial  Cemetery  with  the Rev. Lane Boyd of First United Methodist
   Church officiating.
   Visitation  with  the  family  will  begin  at 10 a.m. Monday at Ellis
   Funeral Home, 801 Andrews Highway.
   Mr.  Carter  was  born  April  11, 1923, in Cleburne to Clara Long and
   Marvin  Carter.  He  joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 at the age of 18 and
   served in World War II.
   He married Elsie Baker on Jan. 4, 1947, in Midland.
   He  worked  at  South-western Bell Telephone Company for 36-and-a-half
   years.  Upon  retiring  in  1981, he moved to Lake Brownwood, where he
   lived for five years. He then moved to Lake LBJ and lived at Blue Lake
   Estates for 14 years.
   He and his wife moved to Harlingen in March.
   He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Marble Falls and a
   charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Midland.
   He  worked with the Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts in Midland
   and  was  a  member  of the Order of the Arrow. He also was a lifetime
   member of the American Legion.
   He was well liked by everyone and loved by his family.
   If  life is measured by how many friends you have, he had a good life.
   He  was a hardworking man and loved his family. He will be missed, but
   always remembered and loved.
   He  is  survived  by  his  wife, Elsie Baker Carter of Harlingen; four
   children,  Cynthia  Carter  Cuny, and her husband, Matthew E. Cuny, of
   Greenville, Carolyn Carter Wilson and her husband, Danny L. Wilson, of
   Midland,  Rick  E.  Carter  and  his  wife, Sherree Shields Carter, of
   Odessa,  and  Michael  G.  Carter  and his wife, Kari Carter, of Grand
   Junction,  Colo.;  nine grandchildren, Mitzi Crabtree, and her husband
   Scott,  of  Grand Junction, Colo.; Jeanna Cuny of Odessa; Laura Wilson
   of Midland; Allison Carter of Odessa; Daniel Wilson of Midland; Janice
   Cuny  of  Greenville;  Cory  Carter  of Odessa; and Austin and Michael
   Carter of Grand Junction, Colo.; and several nieces and nephews.
   Memorials may be made to American Legion Post 437 in Kingsland.
   Arrangements are by Ellis Funeral Home.
     _________________________________________________________________
                                      
           Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.