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Elijah Carter

Male 1921 - 2006  (85 years)


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  • Name Elijah Carter  [1
    Birth 30 May 1921  Browndell, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Dec 2006  Dickinson, Galveston County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Martha Laney Strickland,   b. 10 May 1883, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 20 Oct 1901  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1166] Galveston Daily News, Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Obituaries, Page C2 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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!!).