Monday, March 23, 1981
H:00 A.M.
Graveside Richmond National Cemetery
Rev. E. L. Fleming Chaplain (Major) Charles Cottemond, Officiating
William N. Bland, Jr., Funeral Director

Obituary
Eugene Carter expired March 18, 1981, at Kenner Army Hospi tal, Fort Lee, Virginia, at the age of 65 years, 11 months, and 13 days. He w as born on April 5, 1915, in Dooly County, Vienna, Geor gia, to Charlie and the late Lillie Carter.
He grew up in Detroit, Michigan and Waycross, Georgia. In Waycross, he w as a member of the Big Bethel Freewill Baptist Church. He served in the United States Army for twenty-two and one-half (22Vi) years, retiring as First Sergeant in 1958.
The deceased graduated from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, with a B.S. in Natural Science. He did substitute teaching in Rich mond County Schools of Augusta, taught field radio repair at Fort Gordon, Ga., and served as a lab technician in microbiology at the Department of Agriculture in Savannah, Ga., until poor health caused him to resign.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Ruby Wynn Carter, Eugene is survived by his father, Charlie Carter, a brother, Lee Roy Carter, a host of cousins and several aunts, all of Detroit, Michigan; a god-daughter, Mrs. Marilyn K. Scott of Virginia Beach, Va.; an "adopted son," Anthony R. Wynn of Riverdale, Maryland; and an "adopted daugh ter", Captain Jeanette Z. Walker of Japan; also, several sisters and brothers-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. P. Knox Ratcliff, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Radcliff, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Halcomb, J r., Mr. and Mrs. Willie^ Brown, Mrs. Juanita Epps^Mrs. E. Odessa Wynn, Mrs. Mabel Wynn, Mrs. Dorothy Burke, and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wynn, Sr.; several ^ "like brothers" friends, Ret. Sgt. Walter Massey of Petersburg, Va.; v\ Ret. Major Carroll Bartholomew of Richmond, Va., Albert A. Robin- ^ son of Chipley, Florida, and James Johnson and Allen Moore of Augusta, Georgia.
These and a long list of other friends remember Eugene Carter as a champion of "mental improvement."
" Good-bye, till morning comes again, The thought of death brings a weight of pain But could we know how shot the night, T hat falls, and hides them from our sight, Our hearts would sing the old refrain, Good-bye, till morning comes again."

Order of Graveside Service

WORDS OF ASSURANCE
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New Testament Scripture

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THE PRAYER OF COMFORT

THE WORDS OF COMFORT . . . .Chaplain (Major) Charles Cottemond Fort Lee, Virginia

COMMITTAL RITES WITH FULL MILITARY HONOR
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" The Heights by Great Men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companion slept, Were toiling upward in the night."

Pallbearers
ACTIVE COURTESY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Fort Lee, Virginia
HONORARY RETIRED MILITARY COMPATRIOTS
Acknowledgment
The family is deeply grateful for the many expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness in their hours of deepest grief.

Funeral Arrangements by

TURNER-BLAND FUNERAL HOME, INC.

1500 Arlington Road

Hopewell,Virginia

Mrs. Eunice B. Turner

William N . Bland, Jr.