CARTER, James Orson 1871-1940

CARTER, SLINYER, TEFFT, NICHOLS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/6/2010 at 22:11:34

James O. Carter, 69, well-known farmer in Floyd county northwest of Nashua for the past 50 years, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo. He had been in poor health the past three years and bedfast the past six months. He had been receiving treatment at the Waterloo hospital for about three weeks preceding his death.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church, following a short prayer at the home. The Lundt Funeral Home conducted the service, and Rev. J. B. Bird, pastor of the chuich, officiated.

A quartet, comprised of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Haumbach, August Meier, and Mrs. C. L. Johnson, sang "The Old Rugged Cross," "No Night There" and "Going Down the Valley." They were accompanied on the piano by Richard Meier.

Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were: C.J. Overman, Adolph Wolff, Wm. B. Smith, Geo. Livermore, A.L. Krause and Robert Patterson.

------------------------------------------
Obituary

The obituary read at his funeral service follows:

James Orson Carter, son of Thomas and Isabel Carter was born July 15, 1871, at Gallipolis, Ohio, and grew to young manhood there.

At the age of 19 he came to Floyd County, Iowa, and made his home with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. William Carter.

On November 1, 1899, he was married to Miss Vinnie M. Slinyer. They became the parents
three children: a son, Clifford, who lives at home with his mother and two daughters. Mrs. Marvel Tefft of Nashua, and Mrs. Mabel Nichols of Waterloo. There are also five grandchildren.

Mr. Carter was one of a family of three sisters and five brothers. There are three brothers surviving him: Burton of Chicago, Illinois; Charles of Springfield, Ohio; and Richard of Gallipolis, Ohio.

He had lived on the same farm northwest of Nashua for the past 32 years, and had been interested in community life nnd affairs. For some years he had been a member of the boards of directors of the Big Four Fair Association and the Nashua Farmers Co-operative Creamery.

He was a man of integrity; a good, pleasant, accommodating neighbor, and to express his view of life and his faith in God he became a member of the Disciples of Christ church at Charles City some fifteen years ago.

[Nashua Reporter, Wed., Dec. 4, 1940]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTES:
Soc. Sec. Death Index says:
MARVEL F. TEFFT
b: 12 Feb 1903
d: 25 Jun 1993
res: 50616 (Charles City, Floyd, IA)
SSN: 482-40-9889 issued Iowa