Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carter, Thomas F. Sr., 1963 

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Funeral Tuesday For T. F. Carter 

  Funeral services for Thomas Fred Carter Sr., owner of Carter and Sons 
Furniture Stores of Suffolk and Franklin, will be conducted Tuesday at 4 p.m. 
in the First Baptist Church by the Rev. J.C. Mitchell, pastor.  Burial will be 
in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with Masonic rites at the graveside.  The body will be 
taken from the Hill Funeral Home to the church at 2:45 p.m. 

  Mr. Carter, 64, died Sunday at 2:10 a.m. in Obici Memorial hospital after a 
long illness. 

  He opened his first store in Suffolk in 1948 after working many years as 
salesman for Kelley Furniture Store in Suffolk. 

  He was a member of First Baptist Church: Barnabas Sunday School class; 
Suffolk Masonic Lodge 30, Welcome Pythian Lodge 50, Knights of Pythias; and 
Suffolk Retail Merchants Association. 

  He was a native of Rayburn [sic; Rabun] County, Ga., a son of the late James 
and Callie Bradley Carter. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Turner Carter; a daughter, Mrs. 
Wilber A. Wright of Nansemond County; four sons, Donald E. Carter, Larry S. 
Carter and Thomas Fred Carter Jr. of Nansemond County, and David B. Carter of 
Suffolk; five sisters, Mrs. W.E. Ray of Burlington, Washington, Mrs. Mary 
Fontenot of Hollywood, Ga., Mrs. Minnie Matthews of Dania, Ga. [sic; Fl..], 
and Mrs. Irene Raney and Mrs. Joe Dutton of Atlanta; three brothers, J. Ralph 
Carter of Clayton, Ga., J.M. Carter of Nansemond County and Robert Carter of 
Fort Pierce, Fla., and 10 grandchildren. 

[photo, captioned:] 
THOMAS F. CARTER SR. 

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THOMAS FRED CARTER 

   Mr. Thomas Fred Carter, Sr., father of Tom Carter of Carter Furniture in 
Franklin died at 2:10 a.m. Sunday at Louise Obici Hospital after an illness 
of several weeks.  Mr. Carter, who was 64, lived at 213 Chestnut St., Suffolk. 

   He was the son of the late James and Mrs. Callie Bradley Carter of Rabun 
County, Ga.   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Turner Carter, one 
daughter, Mrs. Wilbur A. Wright of Nansemond County and four sons, Thomas F. 
Carter, Donald E. Carter and Larry F. Carter, all of Nansemond, and David B. 
Carter, who lived at home; five sisters, Mrs. W.E. Ray of Burlington, Wash., 
Mrs. Mary Fontenot of Hollywood, Georgia, Mrs. Minnie Matthews of Dana, 
Georgia [sic; Dania, Florida], and Mrs. Irene Raney and Mrs. Dutton of 
Atlanta, Georgia; three brothers, J. Ralph Carter of Clayburn, Georgia, J.M. 
Carter of Nansemond County, and Robert Carter of Fort Pierce, Florida and ten 
grandchildren. 

   Mr. Carter was a native of Rabun County, Georgia.  He was a member of the 
First Baptist Church in Suffolk, the Barnabus Sunday School Class, Suffolk 
Masonic Lodge No. 30 AF and AM, a member of Welcome Lodge No. 50, Knights of 
Phythians [sic; Pythias] and also the Suffolk Retail Merchants Association. 
He has owned three furniture stores, two in Suffolk and one in Franklin since 
1948.  Before going into business for himself, he was with Southern Furniture 
Company. 

   Funeral services were Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, conducted by 
Rev. J.C. Mitchell, pastor.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery with Masonic 
rites at the graveside. 

   Pallbearers were: Maurice J. Luke, Walter H. Simpson, Graham B. Harrell, 
Pretlow Brinkley, Jack Joyner, Howard Mizelle, Phillip Wright, Jr. and W.H. 
Walker, Jr. 


Thomas Fred CARTER, Sr., owner of Carter & Sons Furniture, 
b. 27 Dec 1898, Rabun Co., GA, d. 30 Jun 1963, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block V, Lot 33*), Suffolk, 2 Jul 1963, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 41, No. 156, Mon., July 1, 1963, p. 1; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 58, No. 68, Thurs., July 4, 1963, 
   Sect. I, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92194249. 

D.Cert. 18504 (Chuckatuck #219) gives b. 22 Dec 1898. 

His WW-I draft card gives b. 27 Dec 1898. 

His parents are buried in Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   Dillard, Rabun Co., GA. 


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