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|term_end=1967
|term_end=1967
|governor=[[John Connally]]
|governor=[[John Connally]]
|preceded=Will Wilson
|preceded=[[Will Wilson]]
|succeeded=Crawford Martin
|succeeded=Crawford Martin
|office2=[[Speaker]] of the<br> Texas House of Representatives
|office2=[[Speaker]] of the<br> Texas House of Representatives
==Background==
==Background==
Carr was born to Vincent Carr (1892–1983) and the former Ruth Warlick (1897–1985) in Fairlie in[Hunt County, ] east of [[Dallas]], Texas. In 1932, when the family bank in Fairlie closed, the Carrs moved to [[Lubbock]] just in time for Carr to graduate from Lubbock High School in 1936. The senior Carr found work at Stubbs Feed Seed Company and decided that he wanted his sons to attend college. As a youth, Carr worked as a farm hand, [[magazine]] salesman and [[theater]] usher.<ref name=bio>Billy Hathorn, "The Carrs of Lubbock: A study in Texas Law, Politics, and Medicine," West Texas Historical Association,'' Vol. 97, pp. 26-47.</ref>
Carr was born to Vincent Carr (1892–1983) and the former Ruth Warlick (1897–1985) in Fairlie in Hunt County, east of [[Dallas]], Texas. In 1932, when the family bank in Fairlie closed, the Carrs moved to [[Lubbock]] just in time for Carr to graduate from Lubbock High School in 1936. The senior Carr found work at Stubbs Feed Seed Company and decided that he wanted his sons to attend college. As a youth, Carr worked as a farm hand, [[magazine]] salesman and [[theater]] usher.<ref name=bio>Billy Hathorn, "The Carrs of Lubbock: A study in Texas Law, Politics, and Medicine," West Texas Historical Association,'' Vol. 97, pp. 26-47.</ref>
In 1940, he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration degree at [[Texas Tech University]] (then Texas Technological College) in Lubbock. Although he immediately began his legal studies after Texas Tech, Carr did not graduate from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1947. The delay came from his service in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps as a pilot during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio/>
In 1940, he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration degree at [[Texas Tech University]] (then Texas Technological College) in Lubbock. Although he immediately began his legal studies after Texas Tech, Carr did not graduate from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1947. The delay came from his service in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps as a pilot during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio/>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Carr died in Austin after a ten-year bout with [[cancer]]. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother. He was survived by his wife Ernestine, whom he met as a student at Texas Tech. She graduated from Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. They had one son, Dr. David William Carr (born 1949), a dentist in Austin, and his wife, Diana, and two granddaughters. He was also survived by two brothers, Warlick Carr and wife, Billilee "Bee" Regan Carr (both since deceased), and Dr. Robert L. Carr and wife Betty (both since deceased), and a sister, Virginia Campbell Carter and here late husband, Bill. Carr is interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. At the time of his death, Carr was working on books about [[Jesse James]] and the past attorneys general of Texas.<ref name=bio/>
Carr died in Austin after a ten-year bout with [[cancer]]. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother. He was survived by his wife Ernestine, whom he met as a student at Texas Tech. She graduated from Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. They had one son, Dr. David William Carr (born 1949), a dentist in Austin, and his wife, Diana, and two granddaughters. He was also survived by two brothers, Warlick Carr and wife, Billilee "Bee" Regan Carr (both since deceased), and Dr. Robert L. Carr and wife Betty (both since deceased), and a sister, Virginia Campbell Carter and here late husband, Bill. Carr is interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. At the time of his death, Carr was working on books about [[Jesse James]] and the past attorneys general of Texas.<ref name=bio/>