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State Rep. Mike Carter Dies from Cancer

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 17, 2021

Rep. Mike Carter, a retired judge and Republican lawmaker from Ooltewah, died Saturday after battling pancreatic cancer, the Tennessean reports. He was 67. Carter, who received his law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law, worked as an attorney and businessman, as an assistant county attorney representing the sheriff's office, and as a Hamilton County general sessions judge from 1997 to 2005 before being elected to the state House in 2012. His current term was set to end in November 2022. He was serving as chair of the Civil Justice Committee at the time of his death. In 2019, his actions helped contribute to the downfall of then-House Speaker Rep. Glen Casada. Carter said he believed the former speaker was willing to rig a House Ethics Committee proceeding and called for Casada's resignation. Carter later ran to replace Casada, a contest ultimately won by current Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville. Carter received the cancer diagnosis last year at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after contracting the coronavirus. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday at Ooltewah Baptist Church, 5514 Main St., Ooltewah 37363. Visitation is scheduled from noon until 2 p.m. at the church, Chattanoogan.com reports. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

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