Mac Carlton

Mac Carlton, Outdoors Man, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his home. He was born October 14, 1963 in Nashville, AR to Noel D. "Chuck" Carlton and Ruby Brandon Carlton. Mac was a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a great brother and uncle. He loved the outdoors and the simple things in life. Mac never met a stranger and would do anything for his family and friends. Mac was self-employed in produce sales with growing, buying, and retail sales, and had been an independent wholesale distributor for Kellogg. He was a Master Wood Turner, member of Southeast Oklahoma Wood Turner's and Ark-La-Tex Wood Turner's in Texarkana. Mac proudly participated and won honors in the Wood Turner's competition at the Oklahoma Forrest Heritage Center at Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma. The Wood Turners made and donated wood boxes to the "Beads of Courage Program". This program gives children with a life threatening illness a glass bead as they move through each different part of their medical journey. A child could receive as many as a thousand beads. The wooden boxes will hold the children's glass beads. He was preceded in death by his parents, Noel D. and Ruby Brandon Carlton, maternal grandparents, Hannie Brandon and Ella Jester Brandon, and paternal grandparents, Joe C. Carlton and Holly Grisham Carlton. Mac was survived by his brother, Joe Don and Wife, Laura Carlton of Nashville, nephew, Michael Carlton of Texarkana, TX; one niece, Dana Carlton of Nashville; and one great nephew, Jayden of Nashville and a host of other family and friends. Graveside service will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Ozan Cemetery (Bingen) in Nashville, AR. Visitation will be at the cemetery. Donations may be made to the Ozan Cemetery; c/o Jay Lathrop, 190 Hempstead 27N, Nashville, AR 71852. You may send an online sympathy message to www.latimerfuneralhome.com. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Mac Carlton please visit our Sympathy Store.