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Maggie CARTER

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

1879-1951

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. J.F. Carter were conducted from the First Baptist Church here last Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with the pastor, Rev. M.B. Smith, officiating. Mrs. Carter passed away at her home here in Wheeler last Thursday afternoon at 2:51 p.m. She had been ill only a short time.

Maggie Martha Whittaker was born in South Carolina on December 31, 1879 and passed away at Wheeler last Thursday at the age of 71 years, 1 month and 14 days. She was married to Julius Franklin Carter in July, 1898 and he preceded her in death on March 31 of 1947. Mrs. Carter had been a resident of this vicinity for 47 years.

Survivors include: Three sons, Charlie and Isaac of Wheeler and James of Bend, Oregon; three daughters, Mrs. Jennie Pendleton and Frankie Green of Wheeler, and Mrs. Perry Beavers of Denver, Colorado; three brothers, Curtis Whittaker of Graham, Wash Whittaker of Sweetwater and Nathaniel Whittaker of San Angelo; five sisters, Mrs. Letha Baker of Norman, Okla., Mrs. Nancy Burnett, Mrs. Nola Bush, Mrs. Delia Holden and Mrs. Betty Buchanan all of Wills Point; eleven grandchildren. Two brothers preceded her in death.

Pall bearers were: Harry Wofford, Fred Farmer, Levi Reid, O.W. Pendleton, Ira Passons and Harvey Patterson.

Flower attendants were: Mrs. Morris Green, Mrs. Olin Pendleton, Mrs. C.C. Robison, Mrs. Levi Reid, Mrs. Buster Black, Beverly Bradshaw and Mrs. Oliver Pendleton.

Interment was in the Wheeler Cemetery beside the husband who passed away March 31, 1947. Kirk-Mason Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XVIII-Number 11, Thursday, February 22, 1951, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mrs Maggie Carter
[Mrs Maggie Whittaker]
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1879
Birth Place: South Carlina
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: Robert Whittaker
Mother: Tressia Masier
Age at Death: 71
Death Date: 15 Feb 1951
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA

Contributed on 10/24/21

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Submitted: 10/24/21 • Approved: 10/24/21 • Last Updated: 10/27/21 • R464987-G464987-S3

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