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Line 86: − − [[Image:Waggonner Carr gravestone, Texas State Cemetery IMG 2139.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Waggoner Carr tombstone at [[Texas State Cemetery]] in [[Austin]], [[Texas]]]]
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==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/>