Lewis Clifford Carter

b. 5 June 1905, d. 15 August 1944
  • Lewis Clifford Carter was born on 5 June 1905 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
  • He married Dixie Ruth Kempe, daughter of William M. Kempe and Emily Honor McCracken, circa 1929.
  • Lewis Clifford Carter and Dixie Ruth Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 1606 Harrington Avenue.
  • He was employed as a clerk in the mail department of a meat packing operation, according to the 1930 census.
  • Lewis Clifford Carter and Dixie Ruth Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 2412 Prospect.
  • He was employed as a meat grader by a meat packing company, according to the 1940 census.
  • At the time of his death Lewis Clifford Carter was living in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 329 Hassett.
  • His wife Dixie Ruth Kempe became a widow at his death.
  • Lewis Clifford Carter died on 15 August 1944 at age 39 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, . Informant was Edgar F. Carter, 3305 North Crump, Fort Worth.
  • He was interred at Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 16 August 1944 in the Denton Record-Chronicle: (Fort Worth, Aug. 16) While two young lives clung to a partially submerged stump which had wrecked their outboard motorboat, their husbands drowned about midnight yesterday when they attempted to swim 100 years to a nearby island for aid.
         The drowning victims, whose bodies were recovered early today, were Lewis Carter, 39, packing plant employe, and Max Dyson, 24, garage operator. Their widows are sisters.
         Carter is a native of Weatherford.
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 2015

Family: Dixie Ruth Kempe b. 11 January 1913, d. 2 January 1991