NameRussell Earl Carter Sr.64
Birth21 Jul 1920, King William Co., VA10,27
Death20 Aug 1985, Williamsburg Community Hospital, VA
BurialSunny Slope Cemetery, West Point, King William Co., VA
Misc. Notes
I went to the newspaper office in West Point, Va. This is what I found for
Russell Earl Carter Sr. (Julie <NKaideMS@aol.com>)
"R. Earl Carter, Sr.
R. Carl Carter Sr., 65, of Locust Hill died Tuesday, Aug. 20 in Williamsburg
Community Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lena Martin Carter; a daughter, Mrs. Betty
C. Couch of West Point; a son R. Earl Carter Jr. of Williamsburg; his
step-mother, Mrs. Evelyn C. Carter of West Point; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby C.
Jones of Richmond and Mrs. Susan C. Boughton of West Point, five brothers,
Alexander Carter of Locust Hill, Milton Carter of Deltaville, Henry Carter of
Mifflintown, Pa., Carroll Carter of West Point, and Larry Carter of
Mattaponi; and five grandchildren.
The funeral was held Thursday in Bristow-Faulkner Funeral Home in Saluda.
He was buried in Sunny Slope Cemetery in West Point."
Sorry, the death notice was in the Tidewater Review paper dated Wednesday 28
August 1985. On the headstone in Sunny Slope Cemetery it has Russell E.
Carter 1920 - 1985. I have seen it.
Obituary
R. Carl Carter Sr., 65, of Locust Hill died Tuesday, Aug. 20 in Williamsburg
Community Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lena Martin Carter; a daughter, Mrs. Betty
C. Couch of West Point; a son R. Earl Carter Jr. of Williamsburg; his
step-mother, Mrs. Evelyn C. Carter of West Point; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby C.
Jones of Richmond and Mrs. Susan C. Boughton of West Point, five brothers,
Alexander Carter of Locust Hill, Milton Carter of Deltaville, Henry Carter of
Mifflintown, Pa., Carroll Carter of West Point, and Larry Carter of
Mattaponi; and five grandchildren.
The funeral was held Thursday in Bristow-Faulkner Funeral Home in Saluda.
He was buried in Sunny Slope Cemetery in West Point.
Tidewater Review Wed. 28 August 1985
Spouses
Birth17 Jan 1925, James City Co., VA93
Death22 Oct 2002, Gloucester Co., VA3
BurialSunny Slope Cemetery, West Point, King William Co., VA
Misc. Notes
1930 James City census: Lena May Martin ca 1925
Obituary
LOCUST HILL - Lena Martin Carter, 77, of Locust Hill, formerly of West Point, Va., died Tuesday, October 22, 2002. She was a member of First Baptist Church of West Point. Her husband, Russell Earl Carter, preceded her in death. She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Betty and Bobby Couch of West Point; a son and his wife, Robert Earl Jr. and Andrea Carter of Middlesex; a sister, Mable Biegar of Tennessee; six grandchildren, Belinda Eveland, David Couch, Reneé McKeel, Nathan Couch, Monica Andrews, Russell Carter; seven great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Vincent Funeral Home, West Point, Va. Burial in Sunny Slope Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of West Point , Box N, West Point, VA 23181.
Published in Daily Press on October 24, 2002