Geroge Carter
George Carter of Old Lebanon Road, Campbellsville, son of the late George Washington Carter Sr. and Lottie Coggin Carter was born September 11, 1918 in Sebastian County, Arkansas. He died at 1:03 A.M., Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Campbellsville. Age: 87 He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Good Hope Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict having served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Battle of the Bulge, operating heavy artillery in England and serving as an instructor in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Murrow Lodge #49 F AM. He united in marriage to Laura Amelia Satterfield who preceded him in death February 14, 1963. He united in marriage to Lettie Pearl Creason Ratcliff, June 2, 1965. Besides his wife Lettie Carter of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and two daughters and spouses: Sheridan and Elizabeth Ratcliff of Georgetown, Virginia and Bob Marshbanks of Stanford, and Mildred and Kenneth Bowen of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren and spouses: Larry and Sherry Bowen and Steven and Isabelle Ratcliff of Campbellsville, Jill and Todd Humphress of Elkhorn, Sherry Harden Stanley and husband Henry of Casselberry, Florida, Libby and Craig Kuehl of Des Moines, Iowa, Debbie and Mark Wallace, Renee and J. R. Smith and Brad Walls of Georgetown; seventeen great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; special caregivers: Barbara Eastridge and Jerrie Taylor of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews, many other relatives and friends. He was also preceded in death by three grandsons: Brian Harden 6-14-1999 and two grandsons in infancy; one great-grandson, Ethan Michael Bowen 8-16-200 two sisters and three brothers: Ura Carver, Mary Kendrick, John Carter, Arthur Carter and L.C. Carter. FUNERAL SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Friday, August 11, 2006 at the Parrott and Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. J. Alvin Hardy and Rev. Ivan JonesBURIAL: Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery PALLBEARERS: Larry Bowen, Dwayne Carver, Gary Carver, Larry Carver, Todd Humphress, Craig Kuehl, Steven Ratcliff, J. R. Smith, Henry Stanley, Mark Wallace, Brad Walls HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Ed Blevins, Utah Canada, Garnett Mardis, Dillard Rafferty, Steve Rafferty, David Ratcliff
