Emil Carl Cartee
Wheelersburg-Emil Carl Cartee, 80, of Wheelersburg, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at SOMC ER in Portsmouth, OH. Emil was born June 23, 1937 in Portsmouth to the late Forrest Wallace and Susie L. Dutiel Cartee. He retired from Ironton Iron as a Grinder. He was also a pastor at Dogwood Ridge Freewill Baptist Church and he was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Betty Jean Sizemore Cartee, October 2, 2014 whom he married September 12, 1960 in Wheelersburg; a son, Dennis Cartee; a brother, Gary Cartee; three sisters, Faye Cartee, Lorrena Henry and Wilma Gifford and a great grandson, Bo Cartee. Emil is survived by a son, Rick Cartee; a daughter, Rebecca (Mark) Stapleton; a brother, Harold Cartee; daughter-in-law, Carol Cartee; three sisters, Hazel Blackburn, Phyllis Micucci and Mary Brannigan; six grandchildren, Nathan, Nicholas, Ashlee, Chelsee, Ashton, and Hank; three great grandchildren, Daxton, Ashlyn and Remington.
Funeral services will be 1:00 pm Friday, January 12, 2018 at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg with Pastor Dan King officiating and interment to follow in Vernon Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00-8:00 pm Thursday, January 11, 2018 and one hour before the service on Friday. Condolences may be made to the family at www.harrison-pyles.com.
