Elijah Carter

1921 - 2006  (85 years)

• Name	Elijah Carter  [1]
  Birth	30 May 1921	Browndell, Jasper County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 2006	Dickinson, Galveston County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	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)
  Person ID	I38729	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Albert Kemp Carter,   b. 18 Aug 1882, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Martha Laney Strickland,   b. 10 May 1883, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	20 Oct 1901	Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  	Letha Betts also shows they had a son that was born and died on 9 Oct 1904, and who was buried in the Carter Cemetery in Sabine Parish, LA.
  Family ID	F790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 May 1921 - Browndell, Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1166] Galveston Daily News, Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Obituaries, Page C2 (Reliability: 3). [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).