Margaret Kate Emanuel Carter
A service to honor the memory of Margaret Kate Emanuel Carter, 101, will be held at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home at 10:30 am. The family welcomes friends for a visitation at 10:00 at the Cason Monk- Metcalf Sunset Chapel in Nacogdoches, Texas. A memorial service will begin at 10:30 with Rev. John Bringham officiating. A private interment will be at Highland Cemetery in Iowa Park, Texas at a later date.
Margaret passed away on June 29, 2011 at Willowbrook Nuring Center in Nacogdoches. She was born in Iowa Park on 15 October 1909 to Frank Lewis and Kate Holmes Stone Emanuel. Her childhood years were spent in various locations in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas where her father managed lumberyards. After graduating from high school in Wellington, Texas, Margaret attended Draughan’s Business College in Wichita Falls, Texas. She married Herbert Wesley Carter in Wellington on 2 January 1931 and they partnered in cotton and insurance businesses in Hollis, Oklahoma and Tahoka, Texas. In 1968, they retired to Iowa Park where she remained until 1986 when she relocated to Nacogdoches to be near her daughter, Peggy Carter Price.
Margaret had a lifetime membership in the order of Eastern Star and held the leadership roles in church, study clubs and civic organizations wherever she lived. She was an organizing member of the Friendly Door, the senior citizens center in Iowa Park. Margaret was an avid bridge player and continued weekly card games with friends, Dorothy Clagett and Marie Baker, after moving to Willowbrook Nursing Center.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herbert Wesley Carter; one sister, Patricia Emanuel Rauniker; and five brothers, Lewis, Claibe, Alfred, Robert, and David Emaunel. She is survived by daughter, Peggy Carter Price of Nacogdoches; grandsons; Todd Carlton Beckum and wife, Donna and children Tyler, Bailey and Carley of Eagle, CO; Bruce Carter Beckum and wife, Nicole and children Maggie and Nicholas Tucci of Steamboat Springs, CO. Also surviving are step-grandchildren Janet Winslow and David Price and wife, Bernadette, all of Denver, CO; Charles Price and wife Anne of Broken Arrow, OK; Marie Harris and husband, Greg, of Denton, TX; and numerous great-grandchildren.
The family wishes to express appreciation for the care and concern Margaret received from Heart to Heart Hospice and the Willowbrook staff.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Nacogdoches, TX or a charity of your choosing. Online condolences may be offered at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com
