Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
January 3, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Carter, 90 of Nowata, who died Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center at Bartlesville, were held Friday, December 29 in the Stumpff-Nowata Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Harold Cheek of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. Interment followed in the Ball Cemetery at Childers under the direction of Stumpff-Nowata Funeral Home.

Dorothy was born on September 27, 1910 at Hazen, Arkansas to Lige and Katie Smith Carter. She grew up in the Des Arc, Arkansas area until coming to Oklahoma. She was married to Dale Carter on December 10, 1927 at Claremore. They made their home in the Coody's Bluff area of Nowata County and in Rogers County. Mrs. Carter was active in nursing at the Nowata Clinic and in later years as a private duty nurse. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Her husband, Dale Carter preceded her in death in 1961. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister, two daughters: Betty Smith and Donna Hash and one son, Buzz Carter.

Mrs. Carter is survived by one son, Chub Carter and his wife, Cindy of Nowata; three daughters: Barbara Joyce and her husband Jay of Ochelata; Wanda Shearer and Krisda Ewers, both of Nowata; a sister, Rachel Chambers of Claremore; 27 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren.

A memorial has been established to the 10-33 Emergency Team, 321 E. Cherokee in Nowata.