Luther Joe Carter

Luther Joe Carter, 62, of Amarillo, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Funeral services are scheduled for 2pm, Saturday, December 20, 2025, at LaGrone Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors coulter chapel.

Luther was born on March 23, 1963, to LD Carter and Mary Bergen in Perryton, Texas, and was raised in Guymon, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school, he proudly enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Luther later made his home in Amarillo, Texas, where he married the love of his life, April Wells. Together, they shared more than 35 years of devoted marriage. He spent 31 years as a dedicated truck driver for Affiliated Foods, faithfully serving until his health no longer allowed. Luther found joy in life’s simple pleasures. He loved relaxing in front of the television, especially enjoying Hogan’s Heroes, Frasier, and his favorite cartoons—shows he never tired of watching. He also adored his dogs, Oreo, Karley, and Skie, who held a special place in his heart. Above all, Luther treasured time spent traveling and visiting with his family and friends.

He will be remembered for his loyalty, his gentle spirit, and the love he poured into the people and pets who meant the most to him.

Luther was preceded in death by his parents, LD and Mary Carter; his sisters, Carol Royse and Marilyn Royse; his brother, Roy Carter; his close cousins and special hunting buddy, Jackie Brewster and Sally Turner; his aunts and uncles, Jack and Ivy Brewster and Orvil and Joyce Carter and his son, Dalton Joe Carter, who passed away on July 7, 2022 from a motorcycle accident.

Survivors left to cherish his memory are his wife, April Carter; his daughter, Reva Carter and her daughter, Jocelyn Carter, of Amarillo; His daughter-in-law, Bailey and her children, Dean, June and Sage, of Melissa, Texas; his brothers, Tim Carter and wife, Rose, of Amarillo, Texas and their three children, David Carter and wife, Dale, of Chetopa, Kansas and their four children. He is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, friends and loved ones. Luther always said how he was a blessed man and he will be greatly missed.