Ruth Ann

Carter

Ruth Ann Carter, of Chandler, Oklahoma, passed away on November 8, 2026, in Chandler, Oklahoma, at the age of 88. She was born on October 26, 1938, in Meeker, Oklahoma, to Edgar Allen Caldwell and Elizabeth Mertis (Faulkner) Caldwell.

Ruth Ann grew up in Tuttle, Oklahoma, and graduated from Tuttle High School in 1956. She was blessed with her daughters Susan Diann in December 1957, Becky Janene in April 1959, and Lisa Jayne in March 1961. In 1971, Ruth purchased a ranch in Lincoln County and moved her family to Chandler, Oklahoma. She only agreed to move to the ranch in Chandler if it was on a paved road.

In the early 1970s, she started her real estate career. In the 1980s, she purchased Century 21 Realty, which she owned and operated until she retired in 2000. On September 22, 1982, she married Milton Grappe. During their 13 years of marriage, before his passing in 1995, they lived abroad for a short period of time. They then moved back home and purchased their first Brangus cattle.

On June 12, 1999, she married Marvin Carter. They were married until his passing in November 2011. Following their marriage, they ran a ranch in Justin, Texas, and continued operating her ranch in Chandler, Oklahoma. She and her son-in-law, Carl Goodnight, continued to run MRG Ranch until her passing on November 8, 2026.

Her family will remember her for her strength and love.

One of her final descriptions of herself was that patience was a virtue she never learned.

Ruth Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Elizabeth Caldwell; her husband, Milton Grappe; her husband, Marvin Carter; her daughter, Lisa Mileham; three sisters; and one brother.

She is survived by her daughter, Susan Tice of Chandler, Oklahoma; her daughter, Becky Goodnight and husband Carl of Chandler, Oklahoma; her grandchildren, Denise Swafford and husband Van of Wellston, Oklahoma, Jackie Haskell and husband Russell of Mulvane, Kansas, Nathan Claunch of Edmond, Oklahoma, Carly Goodnight of Chandler, Oklahoma, Kari Tice of Chandler, Oklahoma, and Ryan Mileham and wife Carlee of Chandler, Oklahoma; her great-grandchildren, Hannah Williams and husband Hunter, Josie Swafford, Isaac and Alex Claunch, and Ryder and Hadlee Haskell; her great-great-grandson, Hudson Williams; and her brothers, Paul Caldwell of Blanchard, Oklahoma, and John Caldwell of Tuttle, Oklahoma.