Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Carter, Manda Ellen Ball Vickers October 26, 1982
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The Randolph Leader - Dec 1, 1982
The Randolph Leader
December 1, 1982
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(The following obituary is below the normal obit listing)

(The information which follows on the death and burial of Mrs. Manda Ellen Ball 
Vickers Carter is excerpted from a memorial service for her at the November 
meeting of Bailey G. McClellan chapter 2447 of the United Daughters of the 
Confederacy, held at the Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library.)

MANDA ELLEN BALL VICKERS CARTER
1885-1982
   Our hearts are saddened by the loss of Manda Ellen Ball Carter, the only 
Real Daughter member of the Bailey G. McClellan Chapter 2447 of the United 
Daughters of the Confederacy, Anniston, Alabama.
   Mrs. Carter passed away, at age 97, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1982, at the the 
Lineville Geriatrics Center, where she was confined for some time.
   Grave side services were held Thursday, Oct. 28, at Sellers Family Cemetery 
in the New Home Community in Randolph County, Alabama.
   Our Real Daughter was laid to rest beside her first husband, Marion Morrison 
Vickers, in the secluded and peaceful surroundings of the family's private 
cemetery.
   Services were conducted by the Rev. Jimmy Yarbrough, with Benefield Funeral 
Home of Lineville in charge. A large group of friends and relatives gathered to 
pay their respects.
   Mrs. Carter had been the only surviving child of the eight children of her 
Confederate soldier father, Moses Jasper Ball. Her father, born Aug. 3, 1842, 
served in Co. G, 22nd Regt. Alabama Infantry, CSA, during the War Between the 
States, finally being discharged after being wounded in the left arm.
   He married Harriet Sellers in 1865 in Randolph County, and after the war was 
settled, he moved the family to Lawrence County, Alabama, where he died on Feb. 
5, 1896, His wife Harriet then moved back to Randolph County to raise her 
children. Born on Aug. 26, 1844, she died June 13, 1941, having neared the age 
of 97 years.
   Manda Ellen's sisters and brothers were Samuel Andrew, Sara Ann Melvina, 
Gilly, Luella, Ona Ann, Francis P., and Jasper Moses.
   Her survivors include six step-granddaughters, Mrs. Audine Brown of 
Mississippi, Mrs. Julia Finch of Graham, Mrs. Ann Boyd of Lineville, Mrs. 
Gladys Brooks of Delta, Mrs. Donna Sparks of Opelika, and Mrs. Bonnie Fordham 
of Heflin; a stepson, Mather Carter of Atlanta; and 18 stepgrandchildren, and 
37 step-greatgrandchildren.
   A native of Georgia, Mrs. Carter survived both her first husband and her 
second husband, John Milford Carter, as well as all her family.
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