Robert Carter

June 30, 1914 - March 10, 2009

Bob Carter, 94, much-loved United Methodist pastor, father, grandfather, uncle, and neighbor, died at home on 3/10/2009. Born in 1914 and raised in New Orleans, he graduated from Tulane University and received his divinity degree from Emory University. He served circuits of small Methodist churches in rural Georgia and North Carolina in the 1940?s. In 1945 he married Mildred Siceloff, with whom he was a partner in ministry until her death in 1979. They moved to Louisiana in 1949 and served churches in and around Covington, Eunice, and Baton Rouge. Bob?s congregations knew him for his attentive pastoral care and community involvement. United Methodists across Louisiana knew him for his quiet peacemaking and leadership in social and racial justice. In 27 years of retirement, he followed the footsteps of John Wesley, going about caring for those in need and speaking against injustice. After moving to Austin around 1996, he became an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church and a true neighbor to his neighbors. He tended an unofficial garden in his corner of the apartment courtyard. He is survived by daughter Beth of Silver Spring Maryland, sons David and Bill of Austin, and five grandchildren. Bob suggested that gifts in his honor might be directed to the building fund of Trinity UMC of Austin or to the building fund of any church.