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==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Athe time of his death in 1987 at the age of fifty-seven, Carter was again seeking public office. He was challenging two-term state Representative Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell in District 4 in southwestern Shreveport. Waddell subsequently became a judges of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court. Carter had left a candidate forum early. An off-duty [[firefighter]] found Carter slumped in his idling car parked off Hollywood Avenue in Shreveport. He had died of a [[heart attack]].<ref name=death/> Mrs. Carter, whose first and maiden names are unavailable, was the district supervisor of the Louisiana Tourist Commission.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 3, 1969, p. 5.</ref>
Athe time of his death in 1987 at the age of fifty-seven, Carter was again seeking public office. He was challenging two-term state Representative [[Robert Waddell|Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell, Sr.]] in District 4 in southwestern Shreveport. Waddell subsequently became a judges of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court and switched his registration to Republican. Carter had left a candidate forum early. An off-duty [[firefighter]] found him slumped in his idling car parked off Hollywood Avenue in Shreveport. He had died of a [[heart attack]].<ref name=death/> Mrs. Carter, whose first and maiden names are unavailable, was the district supervisor of the Louisiana Tourist Commission.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 3, 1969, p. 5.</ref>
Carter was a long-time member of the Ford Park [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church. His funeral eulogy was delivered by the Republican state Representative Arthur William "Art" Sour, Jr. (1924-2000). He is interred, alongside his parents, at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52141949/cecil-kay-carter|title=Cecil Kay Carter, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref>
Carter was a long-time member of the Ford Park [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church. His funeral eulogy was delivered by the Republican state Representative Arthur William "Art" Sour, Jr. (1924-2000). He is interred, alongside his parents, at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52141949/cecil-kay-carter|title=Cecil Kay Carter, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref>