Ernest Vernon Carter, Sr. HEMINGWAY, SC- Ernest Vernon Carter, Sr., 85, passed away Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 at his son's home in Hamlet, NC. He was married to the late Thelestine "Tena" Jones Carter. Mr. Carter was born in Deland, FL, a son of the late Dewy Lee and Lottie Cox Carter. He served in the US Army during WWII in the 27th Infantry Division of the 11th Airborne. He was a member of the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church where he was a former deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was also a member of the American Legion, Moose Lodge, VFW and was a former member of the SC House of Representatives for Williamsburg County. Surviving are his sons, Ernest Vernon Carter, Jr. and his wife, Betty Carter of Hamlet, NC; sister, Lottie Joe Dennis of Hemingway, SC; grandchildren, Merridan Paul Carter, Jr. of Garden City, SC, Shireen Carter Baxley and Brandy Carter Cribb both of Johnsonville, Tabitha Carter Garrison Of Harrisonburg, VA, Ernest Vernon Carter, III of Danville, VA, Kristy Carter Anderson of Charleston, SC, Lashanda Carter Barfield and Christopher Michael Carter both of Hemingway, SC; 15 great-grandchildren. Mr. Carter was predeceased by two sons, Merridan P. Carter, Sr. and Thomas M. Carter. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Tuesday Oct, 19, 2010 in the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial, with Military Honors, will be in the Garden of Devotions Cemetery. The family will receive at Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1573 Cow Head Road, Hemingway, SC 29554 from 1 till 3 PM Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010. Memorials may be made to the Hospice Center, 1119 US 74 West, Rockingham, NC 28379 or the Humane Society of Richmond County, 529 US 74 West, Rockingham, NC 28379.