Colbert S. Cartwright

Fort Worth -- Colbert Scott Cartwright, 71, a retired minister of the
Christian Church Disciples of Christ, died Saturday at a local
hospital.

Memorial service: 3 p.m. Tuesday at South Hills Christian Church.
Burial: Private in Laurel Land.

Memorials: Building fund, St. Andrew Christian Church, 3100 W. Green
Oaks Blvd., Arlington, 76016

Colbert Scott Cartwright was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Coffeyville, Kan.
He had been a resident of Fort Worth since 1971.  He served as minister
of South Hills Christian Church from 1971-1979. He became area
minister of the Trinity-Brazos area of the Christian Church in 1979,
retiring from that position in 1989.  He held previous pastorates in
Lynchburg, VA.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Youngstown, Ohio.

A pioneering civil-rights advocate, Cartwright led a movement to
desegregate the public schools in Little Rock in 1957. He was a
founder and president of the Arkansas council of Human Relations
Commission.  In Fort Worth, he served for 10 years on the City of Fort
Worth Human Relations Commission.  His papers relating to interracial
activities in Arkansas have been deposited in the library of the
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Mr. Cartwright held various
offices in his denomination, including Chair of the Division of
Overseas Ministries and a member of the Executive Committee of the
Council on Christian Unity.

Cartwright served on the denomination's worship commission and was an
officer of its hymnal development committee, which produced a
denominational hymnal in 1995. He was author of two scholarly books
relating to Disciples history and practice. In 1976, Texas Christian
University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity.

Mr. Cartwright conducted scholarly research on the life and artistic
works of pop musician Bob Dylan.  In addition to his publications
produced primarily in England, Cartwright served as a worldwide
consultant on radio and video projects relating to Dylan. His
comprehensive collection of printed and recorded materials on Dylan
has been donated to the library of Bowling Green State University of
Ohio.

Survivors: Wife, Anne Quarles Cartwright of Fort Worth; three sons,
Scott Cartwright of St. Paul, Minn., Curtis Cartwright of Dallas and
Mark Cartwright of Crowley; two daughters, Sarah Deckert of Fort Worth
and Lin Attaya of Denton; brother, Dorwin Cartwright of Santa Barbara,
Calif.; and 10 grandchildren.

Guardina Funeral Home
5704 James Ave., 293-8477

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sunday, April 14, 1996
retyped 1997 by Dennis Nicklaus

		     Obituary: Thelma Cartwright

Thelma Louise Cartwright, 92, of Columbia died Monday, Aug. 27, 2001,
at Lenoir Health Care Center.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Memorial
Park Cemetery, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., with the Rev. John Yonker
officiating. A memorial service will be at Lenoir Retirement
Community's Epple Chappel at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6.

She was born Oct. 19, 1908, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Roscoe Gerald and
Lucretia Ruth Dunaway Pyle.

She married George Hawkins in 1936, and he preceded her in death. She
married Lin Cartwright on June 19, 1958, and he also preceded her in
death.

She attended Wichita Business College in Wichita, Kan., and worked as
a secretary and bookkeeper. She was a member of First Christian Church
in Columbia and Order of the Eastern Star in Coffeyville, Kan.

Survivors include a stepson, Dorwin Cartwright of Santa Barbara,
Calif.

She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Louise Hawkins.

Memorials are suggested to the Fellowship of John, 3300 New Haven
Road, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Columbia Daily Tribune (MO)
Date: August 29, 2001