McCarter & Morrison Family, Arizona

Jerry Joy McCarter was born on July 23, 1927 in Clio, Genesee County, Michigan United States, and died at age 42 years old on March 16, 1970 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ. Jerry McCarter was buried circa March 1970 at Double Butte Cemetery 2505 West Broadway Road, in Tempe. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jerry Joy (Eagan) McCarter.

Vera Mildred (Eisenbach) Morrison of Lakeside, Coos County, Oregon United States was born on January 8, 1900 in Pandora, Putnam County, OH, and died at age 71 years old on May 18, 1971 in Lakeside, Coos County, OR. Vera Morrison was buried at Sunset Memorial Park 63060 Millington Frontage Rd, in Coos Bay.

Grandpa Cliffie was a loving and kind step-grandfather and the only grandfather I knew on my paternal side. He was the son of Levi R Morrison & Mary Caroline Baker. He married first Alice Poole. I understand she became ill and was in a nursing home for years before he married my grandmother, Vera Mildred (Eisenbach) Eagan, 29 May 1936 in Reno, Nevada. He was a welder and worked for lumber mills, auto manufacturers and steam fitting companies. He lived in Port Henry, Moriah, & Crown Point, New York; Detroit, MI; Pine Bluff, AR; Phoenix, AZ; Payson, AZ; Bend, OR; and lastly in Lakeside, OR. Grandpa was a quiet, kind and industrious man with a lively sense of humor and joy of life. He was tall and had an upright British kind of bearing. He was always clean shaven and nicely dressed. I remember him as a loving man.

My uncle Mac was a kind, quiet man. He helped my mother buy her first house in Glendale, AZ, after the divorce, searching for a good one and lending her the money for a down payment. He filled in as a father for his nieces. He taught me to swim and took me horse back riding and hunting with his kids. He gave away my sister Shelley on her wedding day and remained close to her family after she married and had children of her own. My cousins say he was a great father and husband. I remember him as a tall, strong and manly man. He was in the U.S. Marines in WWII. This photo came from his son, Rick McCarter, and is used with permission by him.