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Wilma Elsie Travis Carter

17 Jun 1911 – 8 Aug 2011

Birth	17 Jun 1911
Death	8 Aug 2011
Cemetery	Winterset Cemetery Winterset , Madison County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Gary L. Pettit on 08 Aug 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12553284

Bio

Wilma Elsie Travis was born June 17, 1911 in Madison County, Walnut Township near Peru; the daughter of Martin B. and Nellie (Hoover) Travis, one of six children. Her marriage to Harold "Jack" Carter took place on June 22, 1929 in Creston, Iowa. They were married 63 years, prior to his death in 1992. Wilma was a homemaker and farmwife. She and her husband faithfully served the Lord since 1952 at the Grace Baptist Church in Winterset, where she served as a 4th grade Sunday school teacher for many years. She enjoyed cooking and could play the piano by ear. Wilma passed into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, August 8, 2011 at the Country Haven Guest Home in Scott Township, Madison County, Iowa. She was 100. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jack; a son, Richard Carter, a grandson Gregory Carter; a granddaughter, Pamela Dickel. Wilma was also preceded in death by her siblings, Joseph Travis, Edith Camp, Maude Simmons, Rev. Earl Travis and Wendell Travis.

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married June 22 1929

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Family

Parents

• Martin Beatty "Bate" Travis 1880–1958 FaG
• Nellie Francis Hoover Travis 1882–1959 FaG

Spouse

• Harold Lemuel "Jack" Carter 1903–1992

Siblings

• Madge Edith Travis Camp 1907–1958 FaG
• Maude E Travis Simmons 1909–1978 FaG
• Rev Sylvester Earl Travis 1912–2006 FaG
• Wendall Ivan Travis 1926–1994 FaG

Children

• Howard Keith Carter 1934–2025

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