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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 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>
Carter is interred, alongside his parents, at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport.
Carter is interred, alongside his parents, at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport.
A scholarship in the field of construction is endowed in Carter's name at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meritaid.com/page/meritAid/programDetail.jsp?id=159993&program=267599|title=University of Louisiana at Monroe scholarships|publisher=meritaid.com|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref>
A scholarship in the field of construction is endowed in Carter's name at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meritaid.com/page/meritAid/programDetail.jsp?id=159993&program=267599|title=University of Louisiana at Monroe scholarships|publisher=meritaid.com|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref>