Gene Carter

Gene Carter of Campbellsville, son of the late L. G. Carter and Bessie Drumheller Carter, was born June 16, 1929, in Eden, North Carolina.  He died at 2:22 A.M., Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in Louisville.  Age:  79

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Woodlawn Christian Church.  

He was a retired employee of Philip Morris Corporation and former pastor of Woodlawn Christian Church and Mannsville Christian Church.

He had been a member of the North Carolina National Guard.

He united in marriage to Margaret Ann Patterson April 5, 1952.

Besides his wife, Margaret Carter of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and two daughters:  Teresa Tedder and husband, Travis of Campbellsville, David L. Carter and wife, Gina of Lebanon and Elisa D. Pyles of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren: Travis Jesse Tedder of Cincinnati, David Shane Tedder of Lexington, Keely Jill Tedder of Springfield, Carter Luke Tedder of Bowling Green, Evan Abell Carter and Ann Clair Carter of Lebanon, Tristan Grant Pyles of Campbellsville, Lacee McCall Pyles of Mt. Washington; one brother and two sisters:  Roger Carter of Atlanta, Georgia, Evelyn Grogan Tate of Reidsville, North Carolina and Nellie Brown of Bluefield, West Virginia; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister:  Earl Atwood Carter and Polly Phipps Jacoby and three half-brothers:  Carson Carter, Bernard Carter and Sanford Carter.

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FUNERAL SERVICES:           1:00 P.M., Friday, October 10, 2008 at Woodlawn Christian Church in Campbellsville by Ray Roberts

BURIAL:                                  Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

PALLBEARERS:

David L. Carter                        

Evan Abell Carter

Tristan Grant Pyles

Carter Luke Tedder

David Shane Tedder

Travis Tedder

Travis Jesse Tedder