Services for Nathan Carter Sr., of Brookhaven, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church with burial in the church cemetery. R.E. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from noon until 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with family present from 6 until 7 p.m..
Mr. Carter, 86, died Dec. 23, 2007, at Haven Hall Health Care Center. He was born in Brookhaven on Nov. 26, 1921, to Matthew Carter and Anna Griffin.
He attended Progress School in Lincoln County. He served as a transportation specialist in the United States Army during World War II. He worked at Bendix Mobile Homes, and later, as a gardener for M.C. Urban. He was a member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, where he served as a steward and choir member.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his son, Derrick Carter; and his brothers, Leon Newton, Sylvania Newton, Eddie Newton and Felix Carter.
Survivors are his wife, Mary Helen Dickey Carter, of Brookhaven; his sons, Roy Carter, of Hazlehurst, Nathan Carter Jr., of Hattiesburg, Jason Carter, of Brookhaven, and Kenneth Carter, of Birmingham, Ala.; his daughters, Dorothy Smith, of Joliet, Ill., Ebonie Hackett, of Crystal Springs, Brenda Henderson and Cathy Benjamin, both of Brookhaven; his sister, Alean Fairman, of Brookhaven; his 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation is Thursday from noon until 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with family present from 6 until 7 p.m..
Mr. Carter, 86, died Dec. 23, 2007, at Haven Hall Health Care Center. He was born in Brookhaven on Nov. 26, 1921, to Matthew Carter and Anna Griffin.
He attended Progress School in Lincoln County. He served as a transportation specialist in the United States Army during World War II. He worked at Bendix Mobile Homes, and later, as a gardener for M.C. Urban. He was a member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, where he served as a steward and choir member.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his son, Derrick Carter; and his brothers, Leon Newton, Sylvania Newton, Eddie Newton and Felix Carter.
Survivors are his wife, Mary Helen Dickey Carter, of Brookhaven; his sons, Roy Carter, of Hazlehurst, Nathan Carter Jr., of Hattiesburg, Jason Carter, of Brookhaven, and Kenneth Carter, of Birmingham, Ala.; his daughters, Dorothy Smith, of Joliet, Ill., Ebonie Hackett, of Crystal Springs, Brenda Henderson and Cathy Benjamin, both of Brookhaven; his sister, Alean Fairman, of Brookhaven; his 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services for Nathan Carter Sr., of Brookhaven, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church with burial in the church cemetery. R.E. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from noon until 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with family present from 6 until 7 p.m..
Mr. Carter, 86, died Dec. 23, 2007, at Haven Hall Health Care Center. He was born in Brookhaven on Nov. 26, 1921, to Matthew Carter and Anna Griffin.
He attended Progress School in Lincoln County. He served as a transportation specialist in the United States Army during World War II. He worked at Bendix Mobile Homes, and later, as a gardener for M.C. Urban. He was a member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, where he served as a steward and choir member.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his son, Derrick Carter; and his brothers, Leon Newton, Sylvania Newton, Eddie Newton and Felix Carter.
Survivors are his wife, Mary Helen Dickey Carter, of Brookhaven; his sons, Roy Carter, of Hazlehurst, Nathan Carter Jr., of Hattiesburg, Jason Carter, of Brookhaven, and Kenneth Carter, of Birmingham, Ala.; his daughters, Dorothy Smith, of Joliet, Ill., Ebonie Hackett, of Crystal Springs, Brenda Henderson and Cathy Benjamin, both of Brookhaven; his sister, Alean Fairman, of Brookhaven; his 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation is Thursday from noon until 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with family present from 6 until 7 p.m..
Mr. Carter, 86, died Dec. 23, 2007, at Haven Hall Health Care Center. He was born in Brookhaven on Nov. 26, 1921, to Matthew Carter and Anna Griffin.
He attended Progress School in Lincoln County. He served as a transportation specialist in the United States Army during World War II. He worked at Bendix Mobile Homes, and later, as a gardener for M.C. Urban. He was a member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, where he served as a steward and choir member.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his son, Derrick Carter; and his brothers, Leon Newton, Sylvania Newton, Eddie Newton and Felix Carter.
Survivors are his wife, Mary Helen Dickey Carter, of Brookhaven; his sons, Roy Carter, of Hazlehurst, Nathan Carter Jr., of Hattiesburg, Jason Carter, of Brookhaven, and Kenneth Carter, of Birmingham, Ala.; his daughters, Dorothy Smith, of Joliet, Ill., Ebonie Hackett, of Crystal Springs, Brenda Henderson and Cathy Benjamin, both of Brookhaven; his sister, Alean Fairman, of Brookhaven; his 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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