Obituary of Harold Carter

HAROLD CARTER SR.,A SON OF THE LATE DOC CARTER AND ALBERTA SMITH CARTER,WAS BORN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY,VA ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1939.HE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CUMBERLAND.AT EARLY AGE HE WAS BAPTIZED AND JOINED THE ROCKY MOUNT BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HIS MEMBERSHIP REMAINS. HAROLD WAS MARRIED TO HELEN MARIE CARTER AND FROM THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WAS BORN.HIS SON LENARD RAY CARTER PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HAROLD WORKED AS A PLUMBER HELPER AND AT ELLIS PALMOR SAW MILL FOR MANY YEARS AS A FORK LIFT DRIVER HE RETIRED AT EARLY AGE. HAROLD WAS A HARD WORKER AND TOOK CARE OF HIS FAMILY,HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND FRIEND WHO ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU AND A SENSE OF HUMOR THAT KEPT YOU LAUGHING ALL THE TIME. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM. ON FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014 HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES: TWO SONS, HAROLD JR.AND RONALD CARTER; FOUR DAUGHTERS, LINDA TRENT, PATRICIA WOOLRIDGE, ANGELA MARROW, AND FLESSIA CARTER;13 GRANDCHILDREN;10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN;ONE SISTER ELSIE BROWN;TWO BROTHERS ROBERT LEE AND JOHN LEWIS;ONE DAUGHTER -IN-LAW,KAREN CARTER;TWO SONS-IN-LAW,WILLIE TRENT AND WASHINGTON MARROW;FOUR SISTERS-IN-LAWS;THREE BROTHERS-IN-LAWS AND A NUMBER OF NIECES, NEPHEWS,COUSINS OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.