Born in Jasper County, Mississippi to Eugene Alfonse Carr and Sarah Carr,[1] Carr served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, from 1940 to 1945, achieving the rank of Technical Sergeant.

[1] He attended St. Bernard Junior College (later Southern Benedictine College, closed in 1979) in Cullman, Alabama between September 1940 and June 1942,[1] and returned to his education after the war, attending Loyola University New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana from February 1946 to June 1947.

He was a judge of the 24th Judicial District Court of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana from 1975 to 1979.

[2] On June 14, 1979, Carr was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana created by 92 Stat.

He assumed senior status on October 1, 1991, serving in that capacity until his death, on June 1, 1998, in New Orleans.