Harry Carter

1919 - 2011

Harry McGee Carter

Harry McGee Carter, born March 25, 1919 died Thursday, May 12, 2011at St. Augustine Plantation Assisted Living in Tallahassee, Florida. Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00PM,EDT, Monday, May 16 at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, 1737 Riggins Rd, Tallahasee, FL 32308. Funeral services will be graveside, 10:30 AM., Tuesday, May 17 at Roselawn Cemetery, Piedmont Dr. Tallahassee with a reception to follow at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberlane Dr., Tallahassee, 32312. Mr. Carter was born in Boston, Georgia to Howard McGee and Ladie Louise Surles Carter. After he graduated from Boston High School in 1937 his family moved to Tallahassee, Florida. He was employed by Eli Witt Tobacco and Candy Company until 1941 when he joined the Army/ Airforce and served as a Staff Seargent. After completing the Service in 1945, he attended Florida State University and graduated in 1949 with a Degree in Applied Sciences. He began working at Rainey Cawthon's Incorporated in 1949 as an Accountant and retired in 1983. Mr. Carter was a member of Trinity Methodist Church since 1937. He was an avid fresh water fisherman and caught his last fish shortly after his 90th birthday. Mr. Carter was the fourth child of eight children and is survived by a sister, Grace Carter Marok of Toledo Ohio, a brother Ezekiel Surles Carter and a sister-in-law, Eleanor Carter of Melbourne, Florida. He is also survived by a son, Harry Brian Carter of Atlanta, Ga, a daughter, Mary Lillian Heuring of Tallahassee, his granddaughter, Alex Rae Heuring, two stepsons, Terry Bradshaw of Tallahassee and Richard Bradshaw of Annapolis, Md,. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Jane Boone Carter in 1973 and his second wife Alene Virginia Carter in 1995. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in his name for contributions to be made at St Augustine Plantation A.L.F, 2507 Old St. Augustine Rd, Tallahassee Fl., 32301.