LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
June 10, 1965.
KENNETH CARTER
---Kenneth LeRoy Carter, 46 [Should have been 45], a resident of Elmer all his life [see note below] with the exception of the last year when he move to Aurora, and was a welder for Industrial Aluminum Company, died Tuesday at a hospital in Aurora.
---He was the son of James Milton and Nora (Carmack) Carter, born August 28, 1919 in Macon County. He was a veteran of World War II.
---He is survived by his wife, Ida May; two brothers, Woodrow of Marceline and Andrew of Fort Madison; two half-brothers; two sons, Randy and Kenny; two daughters, Kay Lynn and Faith Ann; six sisters including Mrs. Ival Allen, Mrs. Pearl Warren, Mrs. Icy Mendenhall of Elmer and Mrs. Sarah McCollum of South Gifford.
---The body will be taken to the church at 12:30 Friday.
---Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 11, at the Elmer Baptist Church. Rev. Douglas Lewis will officiate. Burial in the Elmer Cemetery with military services under the direction of the Goodding Funeral Home of Atlanta.

Kenneth & Ida's children:
Randall R. "Randy" Carter
Kay L. Carter Peca
Kenneth Lee "Kenny" Carter (1955-2016)
Faith A. Carter Taylor
Alson L. "Sham" Carter
Patrick "Bruce" Carter
Eugina S. Carter Gibson
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NOTE: Information in obituary is how it appeared in the paper. This family also lived in Fort Madison, Iowa and in Kansas City, MO. so they were not life long residents of Elmer, Mo. Kenneth was living in Illinois when he got sick and died. He was buried in Elmer, MO.

Half Siblings:
William Dennis Carter (1892-1967)
Mary Elizabeth Carter ??? (1894-___)
Steven G. Carter (1895-1973)

Full Siblings:
Ica Francis Carter Mendenhall (1902-1970)
Martha Ellen Carter Brown (1904-1972)
Andrew Carter (1906-1970)
Susie Mary Carter Schreckhise (1908-1957)
Ival Lucille Carter Allen (1910-1984)
Woodrow W. Carter (1913-1988)
Ora Pearl Carter Warren (1916-1974)
Freda M. Carter Bradley (1918-1980)
Sarah Carter McCollum (1923-2002)