Nolan Hoarce Carter

Graveside services for Nolan Hoarce Carter, 80, of Clinton will be held, 10:00 A.M. Monday, December 18, 2017, in the Union Hatchett Cemetery near Bessie. Nolan was born February 21, 1937, 5 miles west of Bessie, to Granville and Rachel (Belter) Carter, and passed away, December 16, 2017, in Elk City, Oklahoma. Nolan grew up on the family farm and attended school at Burns Flat. He joined the Marines and served during peace time. After his honorable discharge he moved back to Clinton where he went to work for Circle S Paving. He worked there 15 years until a back injury forced him to retire. He enjoyed fishing in his spare time. Nolan was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, 3 brothers Otis, Vernon and Curtis, and 3 sisters Dorothy Dudgeon, Margaret Sorter, and Mildred West. He is survived by a daughter Norman Jean Miller of Cordell, 2 sons; Dennis Carter of Bessie, and Don Carter of Alabama, 2 sisters Opal Davis of Arapaho, Gail Pinkington of Arkansas, and1 brother Montel of Grandview, Texas, 3 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren.