Mrs. Carter, who was one of Americus' best known and most widely loved residents, was the widow of the late Will C. Carter, who was a prominent Americus businessman and pioneer in developing the laundry industry in Georgia, and a member of a family long identified with the social and civic life of southwest Georgia. She was a native of Schley county having been born in Ellaville in 1870, the daughter of Captain Edward Amos, who served with distinction as an officer in the Confederate army, and Mrs. Ella Burton Amos.
Mrs. Carter is survived by one brother, Robin Scarborough, of Hawkinsville, Ga., and a sister, Mrs. Will Green Turpin Sr.; besides four cousins, Charles R. Crisp, Mrs. D. F. Davenport and Mrs. W. G. Hooks, of Americus, and Mrs. Quimby Melton, of Griffin; four nephews, Will Green Turpin Jr., of Americus; Harry H. Jarrard of Quantico, Va., and John Scarborough and R. H. Scarborough Jr., of Hawkinsville, and two nieces, Miss Janet Scarborought of Hawkinsville, besides a number of more distant relatives residing in this and adjoining counties.
Contributor: DHarrist (47717269)
Mrs. Carter is survived by one brother, Robin Scarborough, of Hawkinsville, Ga., and a sister, Mrs. Will Green Turpin Sr.; besides four cousins, Charles R. Crisp, Mrs. D. F. Davenport and Mrs. W. G. Hooks, of Americus, and Mrs. Quimby Melton, of Griffin; four nephews, Will Green Turpin Jr., of Americus; Harry H. Jarrard of Quantico, Va., and John Scarborough and R. H. Scarborough Jr., of Hawkinsville, and two nieces, Miss Janet Scarborought of Hawkinsville, besides a number of more distant relatives residing in this and adjoining counties.
Contributor: DHarrist (47717269)
Mrs. Carter, who was one of Americus' best known and most widely loved residents, was the widow of the late Will C. Carter, who was a prominent Americus businessman and pioneer in developing the laundry industry in Georgia, and a member of a family long identified with the social and civic life of southwest Georgia. She was a native of Schley county having been born in Ellaville in 1870, the daughter of Captain Edward Amos, who served with distinction as an officer in the Confederate army, and Mrs. Ella Burton Amos.
Mrs. Carter is survived by one brother, Robin Scarborough, of Hawkinsville, Ga., and a sister, Mrs. Will Green Turpin Sr.; besides four cousins, Charles R. Crisp, Mrs. D. F. Davenport and Mrs. W. G. Hooks, of Americus, and Mrs. Quimby Melton, of Griffin; four nephews, Will Green Turpin Jr., of Americus; Harry H. Jarrard of Quantico, Va., and John Scarborough and R. H. Scarborough Jr., of Hawkinsville, and two nieces, Miss Janet Scarborought of Hawkinsville, besides a number of more distant relatives residing in this and adjoining counties.
Contributor: DHarrist (47717269)
Mrs. Carter is survived by one brother, Robin Scarborough, of Hawkinsville, Ga., and a sister, Mrs. Will Green Turpin Sr.; besides four cousins, Charles R. Crisp, Mrs. D. F. Davenport and Mrs. W. G. Hooks, of Americus, and Mrs. Quimby Melton, of Griffin; four nephews, Will Green Turpin Jr., of Americus; Harry H. Jarrard of Quantico, Va., and John Scarborough and R. H. Scarborough Jr., of Hawkinsville, and two nieces, Miss Janet Scarborought of Hawkinsville, besides a number of more distant relatives residing in this and adjoining counties.
Contributor: DHarrist (47717269)
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