Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Tuesday, January 7, 1958

JAMES WALTER CARTER

Funeral services for James Walter Carter, 82, 900 South 14th Avenue, resident of Laurel for the past 30 years, was held Sunday at 2:30 from a local funeral home. Conducting the service was Dr. J. D. Slay and the Rev. E. W. Scott.

Interment was in Okahay Cemetery in Covington county. Pallbearers were Bill Carter, Carroll McDaniel, Carter Dees, Otis McDaniel, Billy Carter and Johnny Dees.

Mr. Carter, a member of the First Methodist church in Laurel, is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nolin Blackledge and Mrs. L. P. McNair; two sisters [sic sons], Mrs. [sic] J. D. Carter and Mrs. [sic] R. G. Carter, all of Laurel; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.