Pauline Carter

CARTER, Pauline "Sis" Emerson, 74, of Ashland, passed away peacefully at home with friends and family on November 16, 2009. "Sis" enjoyed her family and friends and her needlework, making sure every new baby in the family had a warm, hand-stitched blanket to cuddle. She was predeceased by her husbands, Alvin Bobby Ray Champ and Floyd Alexander Carter; brother, Lawrence Emerson; and brothers-in-law, Lewis and Bernard Carter; and sisters-in-law, Margaret Freeman and Dorothy Jones. She is survived by her daughter, Debra Champ Boyd; her sons, Richard Champ, Floyd Michael Carter and his wife, JoLynn, and R. Alexander Carter and his wife, Cameron Stiles; her grandchildren, April Dawn Boyd, Brian Boyd and his wife, Kim, Eddie, Danny and Nicolas Carter; and six great-grandchildren; her brothers, Clifford "Eddie" and Walter "Jr." Emerson; her sisters, Alma Turner and Merle Jane Holbert, Robin Williams and Patsy Riggleman; her sisters-in-law, Rosemary Emerson and Jean Carter; her brother-in-law, Pete Carter; as well as a host of nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, friends and special friends, Eddie and Zann Heggamyer. The family will receive friends at the Nelsen Funeral Home- Reid Chapel, 412 S. Washington Hwy., Ashland, Va., on Sunday, November 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. A graveside service will be held on Monday, November 23, at 1 p.m. at Signal Hill Memorial Park in Hanover, Va. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Bon Secours Hospice, 5785 Bremo Road, Suite 710, Richmond, Va. 23226.



This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.