Elijah Carter

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Galveston Daily News
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Obituaries, Page C2
Elijah Carter

Elijah Carter, 85, passed away December 24, 2006, at his home in Dickinson, Texas. He was born May 30, 1921 to Albert Kemp Carter and Martha Laney Strickland in Browndell, Texas.

Elijah was a retired Chemical Operator with Amoco Chemical in Chocolate Bayou, Texas. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the United States Army, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a member of Abundant Life Christian Center in LaMarque, Texas, where he was involved in Redeemers Ministry. He was a former board member and treasurer at First Assembly of God Church in Arcadia, Texas and a former board member at First Assembly of God Church in Joliet, Illinois.

He is preceded in death by his parents, wife of 50 years, Margaret Bernice Carter, son, Kenneth Carter, and eleven brothers and sisters.

He is survived by his loving wife, Jane Carter, Daughters, Martha Story (Robert) of League City; Betty Schoob (Roger) of Shorewood, Illinois; Joyce Wagner (Buffard) of Andrews, Texas; son, Dale Spencer (Laura) of Alvin, Texas; daughters-in-law, Theresa Carter of Baytown, Texas; nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Abundant Life Christian Center, 601 Delaney Road, LaMarque, Texas 77568 or Hospice Care Team, 11708 Amburn, Suite C, Texas City, Texas 77591.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. with a service starting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at the First Assembly of God Church in Arcadia, Fourth St. and Jackson St., Arcadia, Texas. Interment will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Galveston, Texas. Crowder Funeral Home, Dickinson, Texas.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)