Mark A. Carter, 50, a lifelong resident of Chetopa, died at 5:50 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons.
He was born February 20, 1956 in Oswego, Kansas to Robert G. Carter, Sr. and Wilma H. (Merriweather) Carter. As a youth, he attended schools in Chetopa and Coffeyville.
He worked for the City of Chetopa for 17 years as superintendent of the Street Department.
On March 9, 1979, he and Brenda Strickland were married at the First Baptist Church in Chetopa. She survives of the home.
He was a member of the Chetopa Masonic Lodge, Chetopa Pacers 4-H Club, Chetopa VoAg Boosters, President of Chetopa Little League for a number of years, had worked with Labette County Little League and Chetopa girls and boys softball teams. He and his family had shown the Carter Club lambs for 17 years at various venues. He started and organized the ABC Classic and Ag Booster Club and had supported the 4-H and FFA youth in Chetopa for many years. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Chetopa.
SURVIVORS:
Wife - Brenda Carter of the home in Chetopa, KS
Two Sons - Mark Allen Carter, Jr. Parsons, KS
Adam Carter Chetopa, KS
One Daughter – Amanda Moore and her husband, Ernest, Jr. Chetopa, KS
Eight Grandchildren
Father – Robert G. Carter, Sr. Chetopa, KS
Mother – Wilma H. Carter Chetopa, KS
Four Brothers – Bob Carter and his wife, Ruth Chetopa, KS
Andy Carter and his wife, Naomi Chetopa, KS
Mike Carter and his wife, Shirley Oswego, KS
Bill Carter and his wife, Roberta Chetopa, KS
One Sister - Janet Blackledge and her husband, Steve Chetopa, KS
Numerous Nieces and Nephews
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 29, 2007 at the First Baptist Church in Chetopa. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, January 28, 2007 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Mark Carter FFA Memorial Scholarship Fund. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mark A Carter, please visit our flower store.
He was born February 20, 1956 in Oswego, Kansas to Robert G. Carter, Sr. and Wilma H. (Merriweather) Carter. As a youth, he attended schools in Chetopa and Coffeyville.
He worked for the City of Chetopa for 17 years as superintendent of the Street Department.
On March 9, 1979, he and Brenda Strickland were married at the First Baptist Church in Chetopa. She survives of the home.
He was a member of the Chetopa Masonic Lodge, Chetopa Pacers 4-H Club, Chetopa VoAg Boosters, President of Chetopa Little League for a number of years, had worked with Labette County Little League and Chetopa girls and boys softball teams. He and his family had shown the Carter Club lambs for 17 years at various venues. He started and organized the ABC Classic and Ag Booster Club and had supported the 4-H and FFA youth in Chetopa for many years. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Chetopa.
SURVIVORS:
Wife - Brenda Carter of the home in Chetopa, KS
Two Sons - Mark Allen Carter, Jr. Parsons, KS
Adam Carter Chetopa, KS
One Daughter – Amanda Moore and her husband, Ernest, Jr. Chetopa, KS
Eight Grandchildren
Father – Robert G. Carter, Sr. Chetopa, KS
Mother – Wilma H. Carter Chetopa, KS
Four Brothers – Bob Carter and his wife, Ruth Chetopa, KS
Andy Carter and his wife, Naomi Chetopa, KS
Mike Carter and his wife, Shirley Oswego, KS
Bill Carter and his wife, Roberta Chetopa, KS
One Sister - Janet Blackledge and her husband, Steve Chetopa, KS
Numerous Nieces and Nephews
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 29, 2007 at the First Baptist Church in Chetopa. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, January 28, 2007 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Mark Carter FFA Memorial Scholarship Fund. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mark A Carter, please visit our flower store.
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