Daren Ray Carter, 81, died Feb. 20, 2004, at his home in Lakeview, He was born to Floyd and Helen (McKeen) Carter on April 5, 1922, in Three Rivers, Calif. (a small town in the foothills of central California).
Daren attended Three Rivers Grade School and Wood Lake High School. During summer vacations he worked in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks packing people into the high country, among which were such notables as Slim Pickens and Levi Stratton. After completing high school Daren went to work on a ranch in Elder Wood, Calif.
Daren enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and served in combat in the South Pacific. He was awarded the good conduct medal, WWII service medal and Sharpshooter rifleman.
He married Frances Lucille Kimberling and three sons were born to this union; Daren Ray Carter, Jr., Donald James Carter and David Floyd Carter. After the death of Frances, Daren married Mary Barbara Holloway in Visalia, Calif. In 1967 they moved to Lakeview, where they owned a ranch in Drews Valley. After leaving the ranch, Daren worked for Jim Alves and then for Chuck Kelley until he was forced to retire in 1998 because of health problems.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge for over 30 years.
After the death of Mary, Daren married his present wife, Re. He loved camping out with Re and sharing the meals together that Re cooked over the camp fire and the clear nights when the stars looked almost close enough to touch. Together they enjoyed Paradise (the Chuck Kelley Ranch) and the natural beauty that abounded with cows, coyotes, bald eagles, red tail hawks, rabbits, rock chucks, antelope and deer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Helen; wives, Frances and Mary and son, Donald Ray Carter.
Daren is survived by his wife, best friend and companion, Re Carter of Lakeview; mother-in-law, Beulah Reid Rector; sons, Daren Carter, Jr., of Cottonwood, Calif. and David Floyd Carter of Eugene; daughter-in-law, Phyllis Howard Carter of Billings, Mont.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Daren attended Three Rivers Grade School and Wood Lake High School. During summer vacations he worked in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks packing people into the high country, among which were such notables as Slim Pickens and Levi Stratton. After completing high school Daren went to work on a ranch in Elder Wood, Calif.
Daren enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and served in combat in the South Pacific. He was awarded the good conduct medal, WWII service medal and Sharpshooter rifleman.
He married Frances Lucille Kimberling and three sons were born to this union; Daren Ray Carter, Jr., Donald James Carter and David Floyd Carter. After the death of Frances, Daren married Mary Barbara Holloway in Visalia, Calif. In 1967 they moved to Lakeview, where they owned a ranch in Drews Valley. After leaving the ranch, Daren worked for Jim Alves and then for Chuck Kelley until he was forced to retire in 1998 because of health problems.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge for over 30 years.
After the death of Mary, Daren married his present wife, Re. He loved camping out with Re and sharing the meals together that Re cooked over the camp fire and the clear nights when the stars looked almost close enough to touch. Together they enjoyed Paradise (the Chuck Kelley Ranch) and the natural beauty that abounded with cows, coyotes, bald eagles, red tail hawks, rabbits, rock chucks, antelope and deer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Helen; wives, Frances and Mary and son, Donald Ray Carter.
Daren is survived by his wife, best friend and companion, Re Carter of Lakeview; mother-in-law, Beulah Reid Rector; sons, Daren Carter, Jr., of Cottonwood, Calif. and David Floyd Carter of Eugene; daughter-in-law, Phyllis Howard Carter of Billings, Mont.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Daren Ray Carter, 81, died Feb. 20, 2004, at his home in Lakeview, He was born to Floyd and Helen (McKeen) Carter on April 5, 1922, in Three Rivers, Calif. (a small town in the foothills of central California).
Daren attended Three Rivers Grade School and Wood Lake High School. During summer vacations he worked in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks packing people into the high country, among which were such notables as Slim Pickens and Levi Stratton. After completing high school Daren went to work on a ranch in Elder Wood, Calif.
Daren enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and served in combat in the South Pacific. He was awarded the good conduct medal, WWII service medal and Sharpshooter rifleman.
He married Frances Lucille Kimberling and three sons were born to this union; Daren Ray Carter, Jr., Donald James Carter and David Floyd Carter. After the death of Frances, Daren married Mary Barbara Holloway in Visalia, Calif. In 1967 they moved to Lakeview, where they owned a ranch in Drews Valley. After leaving the ranch, Daren worked for Jim Alves and then for Chuck Kelley until he was forced to retire in 1998 because of health problems.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge for over 30 years.
After the death of Mary, Daren married his present wife, Re. He loved camping out with Re and sharing the meals together that Re cooked over the camp fire and the clear nights when the stars looked almost close enough to touch. Together they enjoyed Paradise (the Chuck Kelley Ranch) and the natural beauty that abounded with cows, coyotes, bald eagles, red tail hawks, rabbits, rock chucks, antelope and deer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Helen; wives, Frances and Mary and son, Donald Ray Carter.
Daren is survived by his wife, best friend and companion, Re Carter of Lakeview; mother-in-law, Beulah Reid Rector; sons, Daren Carter, Jr., of Cottonwood, Calif. and David Floyd Carter of Eugene; daughter-in-law, Phyllis Howard Carter of Billings, Mont.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Daren attended Three Rivers Grade School and Wood Lake High School. During summer vacations he worked in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks packing people into the high country, among which were such notables as Slim Pickens and Levi Stratton. After completing high school Daren went to work on a ranch in Elder Wood, Calif.
Daren enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and served in combat in the South Pacific. He was awarded the good conduct medal, WWII service medal and Sharpshooter rifleman.
He married Frances Lucille Kimberling and three sons were born to this union; Daren Ray Carter, Jr., Donald James Carter and David Floyd Carter. After the death of Frances, Daren married Mary Barbara Holloway in Visalia, Calif. In 1967 they moved to Lakeview, where they owned a ranch in Drews Valley. After leaving the ranch, Daren worked for Jim Alves and then for Chuck Kelley until he was forced to retire in 1998 because of health problems.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge for over 30 years.
After the death of Mary, Daren married his present wife, Re. He loved camping out with Re and sharing the meals together that Re cooked over the camp fire and the clear nights when the stars looked almost close enough to touch. Together they enjoyed Paradise (the Chuck Kelley Ranch) and the natural beauty that abounded with cows, coyotes, bald eagles, red tail hawks, rabbits, rock chucks, antelope and deer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Helen; wives, Frances and Mary and son, Donald Ray Carter.
Daren is survived by his wife, best friend and companion, Re Carter of Lakeview; mother-in-law, Beulah Reid Rector; sons, Daren Carter, Jr., of Cottonwood, Calif. and David Floyd Carter of Eugene; daughter-in-law, Phyllis Howard Carter of Billings, Mont.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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