Sumter County Georgia Obits Alton Carter File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Brenda King McNair BMcnair614@aol.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/sumter.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Carter's Uncle Alton 89, Dies at Americus Americus, GA (AP) Alton Carter, the president's uncle and the oldest member of the Carter family, died of an abscessed gall bladder and other complications Wednesday night. The 89 year old Carter became ill during the Christmas holidays, and surgery was performed Jan. 8 at the Americus Sumter County hospital. He had been in intensive care since. The Rev. Fred Collins will officiate at funeral services for 11 a. m. Saturday at the Maranatha Baptist Church near Plains, said Mary Louise Hancock of Hancock Funeral Home. Burial will be in the family plot in the Lebanon Cemetery on the outskirts of Plains. President Carter, who was scheduled to be in Atlanta Friday night for a fund-raising dinner, "will be present" at the services, said Sen. Hugh Carter, Alton Carter's son. Mayor of his hometown of nearby Plains for 28 years and a Sumter County commissioner for seven years, Alton Carter operated a general store in Plains from 1909 until 1971. He later sold out to his son Hugh. Born in Arlington, Ga., August 17, 1888, Carter at age 15 moved his mother, two sisters and younger brother, James Earl Carter, father of President Carter, to Plains from Rowena, Ga. James Earl Carter died in 1953. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Betty Jennings Carter; sons Hugh and Don, and two sisters, Mrs. Lula Fleming of Birmingham and Mrs. Jeanette Lowery of Tallahassee, Fla. Source: The Albany (Ga.) Herald - Thursday, January 19, 1978 Page 6B. Submitted by: Brenda King McNair ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============