Oklahoman Archives
Funeral services set for Joseph Carter Sr., father of baseball's Joe
Carter
Funeral services for former Major League Baseball star Joe Carter
Jr.'s father, Union City native Joseph David Carter Sr., who died
Sept. 20, will be Tuesday at Millwood High School field house, 6724
Martin Luther King Ave., Oklahoma City.
Joseph David Carter Sr., father of former Major League Baseball star
Joe Carter Jr., died Sept. 20. He was 82. Services for Carter Sr.
are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Millwood High School field house,
6724 Martin Luther King Ave. Viewing will be from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.
Carter
Sr. was born June 19, 1930, in Union City. He was a three-sport star
at Booker T. Washington High School in El Reno. He spent many years
working for Conoco Oil and was one of the first blacks to own his
own Conoco fuel station franchise, which was located at NW 6th and
Robinson in Oklahoma City.
He and his wife, Athelene,
were well known in the metro area for what became known as “the
Carters' legacy”: their 12 children.
Carter Sr. was a regular
at numerous sports activities for each of his children who attended
Millwood. He and Athelene celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary
Sept. 17 in Oklahoma City.
Survivors include his
wife, Athelene; sister, Betty Ruth Palmer; 11 children: Clarence
Carter, Charles Carter, Charlette Wyckoff, Patricia Myles, Lenise
Carson, Carolyn Emmett, Joe Carter Jr., Larry Carter, Frederick
Carter, Darlene Carter and Teresa Ford; 46 grandchildren; 35 great
grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services are under
the direction of Howard-Harris Funeral Home.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
September 23, 2012