"James Carter Jr. dies; doctor was dedicated to his patients
The medical profession was a popular career choice among the family of Dr. James Carter Jr.
Four family members, spanning three generations, took the Hippocratic oath.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Carter received his medical degree in 1956. He married a doctor a year later, and now the couple's youngest daughter is a practicing physician.
A cardiologist and specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Carter ran a successful private practice in Detroit for more than three decades. He died Monday of a pulmonary obstruction at Harper Hospital in Detroit.
The Detroit resident was 79.
"All of his life he wanted to be a physician," said his wife, Dr. Carol Pearson Carter, a physician and associate clinical professor at Wayne State University Medical School. "There was no other choice, as far as he was concerned. The satisfaction of treating his patients was his greatest reward. That's what made him happiest."
Born in Sapulpa, Okla., Dr. Carter graduated from Kansas City University with a degree in chemistry in 1952 and received his medical degree from Meharry College in Nashville, Tenn., four years later.
During his internship at Queens General Hospital in New York City, he met his future wife, who interned in the same hospital. Four months later they were married in Detroit in 1957.
The couple moved to Oscoda, where Dr. Carter served as medical director at Wurtsmith Air Force Base before returning to Detroit, where he established his private practice beginning in 1963.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Dr. Lynne Carter and 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. today at St. John CME Church, 8715 Woodward Ave., Detroit. A family hour will precede the services at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit."
-BY JOE ROSSITER • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • NOVEMBER 15, 2008
Spouse: Dr. Carol Pearson Carter
Children: Dr. Lynne Carter & 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
The medical profession was a popular career choice among the family of Dr. James Carter Jr.
Four family members, spanning three generations, took the Hippocratic oath.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Carter received his medical degree in 1956. He married a doctor a year later, and now the couple's youngest daughter is a practicing physician.
A cardiologist and specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Carter ran a successful private practice in Detroit for more than three decades. He died Monday of a pulmonary obstruction at Harper Hospital in Detroit.
The Detroit resident was 79.
"All of his life he wanted to be a physician," said his wife, Dr. Carol Pearson Carter, a physician and associate clinical professor at Wayne State University Medical School. "There was no other choice, as far as he was concerned. The satisfaction of treating his patients was his greatest reward. That's what made him happiest."
Born in Sapulpa, Okla., Dr. Carter graduated from Kansas City University with a degree in chemistry in 1952 and received his medical degree from Meharry College in Nashville, Tenn., four years later.
During his internship at Queens General Hospital in New York City, he met his future wife, who interned in the same hospital. Four months later they were married in Detroit in 1957.
The couple moved to Oscoda, where Dr. Carter served as medical director at Wurtsmith Air Force Base before returning to Detroit, where he established his private practice beginning in 1963.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Dr. Lynne Carter and 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. today at St. John CME Church, 8715 Woodward Ave., Detroit. A family hour will precede the services at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit."
-BY JOE ROSSITER • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • NOVEMBER 15, 2008
Spouse: Dr. Carol Pearson Carter
Children: Dr. Lynne Carter & 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
"James Carter Jr. dies; doctor was dedicated to his patients
The medical profession was a popular career choice among the family of Dr. James Carter Jr.
Four family members, spanning three generations, took the Hippocratic oath.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Carter received his medical degree in 1956. He married a doctor a year later, and now the couple's youngest daughter is a practicing physician.
A cardiologist and specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Carter ran a successful private practice in Detroit for more than three decades. He died Monday of a pulmonary obstruction at Harper Hospital in Detroit.
The Detroit resident was 79.
"All of his life he wanted to be a physician," said his wife, Dr. Carol Pearson Carter, a physician and associate clinical professor at Wayne State University Medical School. "There was no other choice, as far as he was concerned. The satisfaction of treating his patients was his greatest reward. That's what made him happiest."
Born in Sapulpa, Okla., Dr. Carter graduated from Kansas City University with a degree in chemistry in 1952 and received his medical degree from Meharry College in Nashville, Tenn., four years later.
During his internship at Queens General Hospital in New York City, he met his future wife, who interned in the same hospital. Four months later they were married in Detroit in 1957.
The couple moved to Oscoda, where Dr. Carter served as medical director at Wurtsmith Air Force Base before returning to Detroit, where he established his private practice beginning in 1963.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Dr. Lynne Carter and 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. today at St. John CME Church, 8715 Woodward Ave., Detroit. A family hour will precede the services at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit."
-BY JOE ROSSITER • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • NOVEMBER 15, 2008
Spouse: Dr. Carol Pearson Carter
Children: Dr. Lynne Carter & 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
The medical profession was a popular career choice among the family of Dr. James Carter Jr.
Four family members, spanning three generations, took the Hippocratic oath.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Carter received his medical degree in 1956. He married a doctor a year later, and now the couple's youngest daughter is a practicing physician.
A cardiologist and specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Carter ran a successful private practice in Detroit for more than three decades. He died Monday of a pulmonary obstruction at Harper Hospital in Detroit.
The Detroit resident was 79.
"All of his life he wanted to be a physician," said his wife, Dr. Carol Pearson Carter, a physician and associate clinical professor at Wayne State University Medical School. "There was no other choice, as far as he was concerned. The satisfaction of treating his patients was his greatest reward. That's what made him happiest."
Born in Sapulpa, Okla., Dr. Carter graduated from Kansas City University with a degree in chemistry in 1952 and received his medical degree from Meharry College in Nashville, Tenn., four years later.
During his internship at Queens General Hospital in New York City, he met his future wife, who interned in the same hospital. Four months later they were married in Detroit in 1957.
The couple moved to Oscoda, where Dr. Carter served as medical director at Wurtsmith Air Force Base before returning to Detroit, where he established his private practice beginning in 1963.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Dr. Lynne Carter and 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. today at St. John CME Church, 8715 Woodward Ave., Detroit. A family hour will precede the services at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit."
-BY JOE ROSSITER • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • NOVEMBER 15, 2008
Spouse: Dr. Carol Pearson Carter
Children: Dr. Lynne Carter & 36th District Judge Ruth Carter.
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