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Annetta <I>Smith</I> Carter

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Annetta Smith Carter

Birth
Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jan 1962 (aged 101)
Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Annetta Smith Carter, 101, oldest resident of the community, died yesterday in the Helen Thomas Nursing Home, Greenside Ave., where she had resided for the past 17 years.
Mrs. Carter was born Nov. 4, 1860, in Canonsburg, a daughter of the late Samuel and Annetta Stewart Smith. Mr. Smith was well known as a Canonsburg pioneer and built the present Elks Home, then known as the Smith mansion.
Mrs Carter was the oldest member of Chartiers United Presbyterian Church, and its Mother's Club.
She was married to the late Joseph Carter, a blacksmith.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Alex Y. Stilson and two grandchildren. Dr. Carter Stilson and Joyce Stilson, all of New Haven, Conn. One daughter, Mrs. Josephine Weeks, is deceased.
Friends are being received at the W. Leonard Griffith Funeral Home where services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in charge of the Rev. Francis H. Scott, Chartiers United Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Chartiers Hill Cemetery

The Daily Notes
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
12 Jan 1962, Fri • Page 1
Mrs. Annetta Smith Carter, 101, oldest resident of the community, died yesterday in the Helen Thomas Nursing Home, Greenside Ave., where she had resided for the past 17 years.
Mrs. Carter was born Nov. 4, 1860, in Canonsburg, a daughter of the late Samuel and Annetta Stewart Smith. Mr. Smith was well known as a Canonsburg pioneer and built the present Elks Home, then known as the Smith mansion.
Mrs Carter was the oldest member of Chartiers United Presbyterian Church, and its Mother's Club.
She was married to the late Joseph Carter, a blacksmith.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Alex Y. Stilson and two grandchildren. Dr. Carter Stilson and Joyce Stilson, all of New Haven, Conn. One daughter, Mrs. Josephine Weeks, is deceased.
Friends are being received at the W. Leonard Griffith Funeral Home where services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in charge of the Rev. Francis H. Scott, Chartiers United Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Chartiers Hill Cemetery

The Daily Notes
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
12 Jan 1962, Fri • Page 1


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