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September 5, 2005

Roy Carter Biography

Roy Carter
(Mar. 1, 1926-Aug. 4, 1997)
Roy Carter served in the Navy near the end of WWII and was ultimately discharged in February of 1946. In 1947, Roy majored in Bible and education at Abilene Christian College using his G.I. Bill supplement of $90 per month to pay expenses. He completed his double major in three years. After trying his hand at preaching, teaching, and selling insurance, he moved back home to Texas to sing bass with his family’s group, the Chuck Wagon Gang, who had just started actively touring after 15 years singing almost exclusively on radio.

After five years on the road, Roy took a break from the Gang in 1957 to sell school supplies for Weber-Costello. The group itself entered a period of semi-retirement at this time, though they continued to record. Roy returned to the group in 1963, but in 1967 he came off the road again, this time to try his hand at teaching once more and earn his Masters degree. As before, the group reduced its touring schedule and ultimately ceased to tour after Anna Carter (who had carried on the group in Roy’s absence) married Jimmie Davis in 1968.

In the mid-1970s, Roy reorganized the Chuck Wagon Gang with his sisters Ruth Ellen and Bettye. Ronnie Page and Pat McKeehan alternated on the fourth part and Anna Carter Davis sometimes sang in place of Ruth Ellen when her schedule permitted. At first, they only sang on a summer schedule to allow Roy to continue teaching. Once the group stabilized with McKeehan and Ruth Ellen around 1977, Roy began making plans to return to full time touring. In 1987, Roy retired from teaching and realized his dream of touring full time once again. He continued to sing with the Chuck Wagon Gang for the next ten years until his death in 1997.

Roy Carter received the Marvin Norcross award in 1989.

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