Faye Smith Carter

Faye Smith Carter obituary, Ider, AL

Faye Smith Carter

Faye Carter Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Corner Stone Funeral Chapel & Crematory on Sep. 26, 2025.

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Faye Smith Carter age 85 of Flat Rock, AL died Thursday, March 20, 2025 at Cumberland Health and Rehab. Funeral services are Sunday March 23, 2025 at 2 PM CT at Corner Stone Funeral Chapel. Burial will be Tuesday, Mach 25 at 11 AM ET at Chattanooga National Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 5 to 8 PM on Saturday and 12 Noon until service time on Sunday.
Mrs. Faye was born November 14, 1939 in Flat Rock, AL to parents, Haskel Otis and Sarah Magdalene Hart Smith. She was a 1959 graduate on Pisgah High School. She spent most of her adult life as a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great-grandmother and enjoyed all of those titles very much. She is survived by children, Debra Holland(Joe), Sara Smith(Donny), Robert Carter Jr.(Jenni), Sheila Little, Donna Holcomb(Ricky), 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, 2 great great-grandchildren, brother, Buford Smith and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert "Bob" Carter, sisters, Dimple Godwin, Jeanie Sampson, bothers, Harley, Jabo, Bernice and Edward Smith.
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