Bobby Lee Carter

Bobby Lee Carter LUBBOCK-Memorial services for Bobby Lee Carter, 83, of Lubbock will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Wesley Chapel at Lakeridge United Methodist Church. Officiating will be the Reverend Bill Couch, senior pastor. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today, Aug. 29, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers, 6025 82nd St. Mr. Carter was born July 3, 1929, in Ovalo, Texas, and passed away Aug. 27, 2012, in Lubbock, Texas. Mr. Carter graduated from Abilene High School in 1948, and later attended McMurry University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1952. He competed as a member of McMurry's sprint relay team from 1949-52 and was an NCAA Track Honor Roll selection during his time as a McMurry athlete. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Honor in 1999 and served on their Board of Trustees from 2003 until his death. He was a member of Lakeridge United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Frankie Carter. Survivors include his current wife, Patricia Schneider Carter; four children, Carolyn Harper of Springfield, Ill., Stephen Carter of Dallas, Sara Lackey and her husband Steve of Lubbock, and Jan White and her husband Tommy of Plano; one brother, Dennis Carter of Abilene; three grandchildren, Dustin Harper, Kate Lackey and Blake Lackey; and two great-grandchildren, Keegan and Riley Harper. His greatest achievements were as a high school football and track coach in Odessa and later Fort Stockton, Texas. He was greatly loved by all and will be remembered as a loving husband, father, businessman and coach. Memorial contributions may be made to McMurry University, S. 14th & Sayles, Abilene, TX 79697, where a scholarship is being set up in his honor, or the American Diabetes Association.