Age: 38
Served:  2 years
September 8, 1964 to August 6, 1966

On August 6, 1966, Constable Carter of 1187 Catherine Drive, Milford, was employed by the General Electric Company and volunteered as a Constable for the Miami Township Police Department and an officer for the East Milford Fire Department.  He was directing traffic around a vehicle crash on Branch Hill Loveland Road when Stanley Lewis, 37, RR 4, Loveland, Ohio, drove through his stop signal.  Constable Carter pursued Lewis at high speeds and radioed Clermont County Sheriff Donald Watson for assistance.  Lewis crashed after two miles and when Constable Carter caught up with him, a struggle ensued and Lewis punched Constable Carter several times in the chest.  When Clermont County Deputy Sheriff Robert Jones arrived, Lewis was handcuffed and the constable was struggling to breathe.  Both were transported to Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Mariemont.  Constable Carter died of a heart attack within twenty minutes of arriving at the hospital.

Funeral services were held the following Wednesday, August 10, at the Monroe-Copher Funeral Home.  Constable Carter was survived by his wife, Irene; two daughters, Bonnie 16 and Pamela 13; his parents, James M. and Flossie Carter; and his siblings, Geneva McKeehan, Wilma Dovie, Elmer, and Daniel.

Stanley Lewis could not be charged with the traffic offenses as Constable Carter was the only witness.  Nor was he charged in his death.

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