TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  CARTER, OPHELIA "POONIE"  

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from January 31 to February 1, 2013

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CARTER, OPHELIA "POONIE" 

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Ophelia "Poonie" Carter, 69, a native and resident of Paincourtville, died 
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. today at Williams and Southall Funeral 
Home. Visitation will also be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at 
Pilgrim Baptist Church in Paincourtville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. 
Saturday at the church, 

with burial in Pilgrim Baptist Church cemetery in Paincourtville.

She is survived by one son, Walter Oneal Carter of Paincourtville; two 
daughters, Eartherla (Ivory) Batiste of Plattenville, and Laura Lea Carter of 
Paincourtville; three sisters, Irene (William) Parker and Elouise Sloan, all of 
Las Vegas, Nev., and Julia (Hasker) Morris of Paincourtville; one brother, 
Lionel Sr. (Valentina) Williams of Avondale; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Carter; parents, Simon and 
Ophelia Williams; two sisters, Hazel Johnson and Willana Skidmore; and five 
brothers, Willie, Simon Jr., Henry, Walter and Percy Williams.

Williams and Southall Funeral Home in Napoleonville is in charge of 
arrangements.


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