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Lemoine Carter, 91 of Monticello, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2009. He was born August 13, 1917 in the Coleman Community, the son of the late Allen Daniel Carter and Minnie Mae Carter.
He was a farmer for a number of years and a retired self-employed gravel truck driver, and a long time member of the Pleasant Springs Baptist Church, where he served as treasurer for both the church and cemetery fund for a number of years. He was a World War II Veteran, serving 4 1/2 years in the United States, Alaska and Europe. He especially enjoyed turkey and deer hunting, and then re-telling the stories of how it all took place. Lemoine was preceded in death by five brothers, Grover Lee Carter, Hubbard Carter, J. D. Carter, Claude Carter and Moton Carter; one sister, Mattie Jeff Carter.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Valeto Christine Donaldson Carter, now of Hamburg; one daughter, La Wanda Carter Johnson and husband, Larry of Hamburg; three sisters, Jewell King of Dumas, Lille Mae Obriant of Pine Bluff and Shirley Ann Robertson of Star City; two grandchildren, Janay Johnson Jacks and husband, Wade of Hamburg and Paul Lemoine Johnson of Monticello; one great grandchild, Tyler Garrett Jacks of Hamburg; many nieces, nephews and numerous friends of Drew and Ashley County.
He was a farmer for a number of years and a retired self-employed gravel truck driver, and a long time member of the Pleasant Springs Baptist Church, where he served as treasurer for both the church and cemetery fund for a number of years. He was a World War II Veteran, serving 4 1/2 years in the United States, Alaska and Europe. He especially enjoyed turkey and deer hunting, and then re-telling the stories of how it all took place. Lemoine was preceded in death by five brothers, Grover Lee Carter, Hubbard Carter, J. D. Carter, Claude Carter and Moton Carter; one sister, Mattie Jeff Carter.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Valeto Christine Donaldson Carter, now of Hamburg; one daughter, La Wanda Carter Johnson and husband, Larry of Hamburg; three sisters, Jewell King of Dumas, Lille Mae Obriant of Pine Bluff and Shirley Ann Robertson of Star City; two grandchildren, Janay Johnson Jacks and husband, Wade of Hamburg and Paul Lemoine Johnson of Monticello; one great grandchild, Tyler Garrett Jacks of Hamburg; many nieces, nephews and numerous friends of Drew and Ashley County.