Mary Frances Carter

Mary Frances Carter, 91, of Sweet Springs, W.Va., passed away Wednesday morning, July 15, 2009, at the White Sulphur Springs Center in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., following a short illness. She was born at Sweet Chalybeate, Va., on February 3, 1918, a daughter of the late Francis Edward and Mary Ellen Frances Bates Looney. Mrs. Carter was a retired employee of the Andrew S. Rowan Home at Sweet Springs, a graduate of Gap Mills High School and attended Bluefield Business College and she was affiliated with the Cokesbury United Methodist Church at Sweet Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard L. Carter. Surviving are two daughters, Mary Hepler and her husband, Jimmy, of Sweet Chalybeate, Va., and Sara Mundy and her husband, Mike, of Roanoke, Va.; three sons, Richard Carter and his wife, Dotty, of Sweet Springs, W.Va., Paul Carter and his wife, Margaret, of Sweet Springs, W.Va., and John B. Carter and his wife, Debbie, of Roanoke, Va.; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at the Groves Funeral Home Chapel in Union with the Rev. Mark Smearman officiating. Burial will follow at the Carter Cemetery on Snake Run. Friends may call at the Groves Funeral Home in Union from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Groves Funeral Home in Union, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements.