Vertis Carter Jr. passed away Nov. 5, 2015, due to heart failure. He was born in Tennessee on Feb. 9, 1928, and attended school in Dallas, Texas. He served three years in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II in the 1st and 3rd division in the South Pacific. He moved to Utah with his mom and three sisters in 1949. He met his beautiful bride, Dorothy Jean Lougy, and they were married in March 1951. He worked hard as a contractor on commercial buildings, housing projects, streets, cement work, and roofing. He built his own home on Broadway. He manufactured camping trailers in 1969. He ran for mayor of Mt. Pleasant in 1981. He owned Town and Country Car Wash and Laundromat in Mt. Pleasant. He loved hunting, fishing, camping, horseback riding and bow hunting. He is survived by his two children, Mickie and Randy; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Thank you Mom and Dad for always being the best examples of who, how, when, and where. You raised your children and grandchildren to know who we are, how to act and react, when to take a step back or two steps forward, and you have always led the way to where we will all end up, as an eternal family. A visitation will be held Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at Tate Mortuary, located at 110 S. Main Street, from 10-11 a.m. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. in the Tooele City Cemetery.
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Vertis Carter Jr.
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