Christine C. Sutton

LA GRANGE - Christine Carter Sutton, 76, of La Grange, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2006 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sutton was born Dec. 25, 1929, in Sampson County to the late Romie Lee Carter and Myrtle Lee Sessoms Carter. Mrs. Sutton graduated as valedictorian of her senior class from Franklin High School in Kerr in 1948. She attended Mount Olive College and graduated from East Carolina University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree and in 1963 with a master's degree. A career educator, she taught for 33 years in the Wayne and Lenoir County public school systems, retiring in 1992. She and her husband maintained farming operations in Lenoir and Duplin counties. They have maintained rental and investment properties in Emerald Isle in Carteret County. Christine was a member of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church and Woodmen Of The World. She was an avid reader and shared a special interest in quilting, sewing, needle arts and ceramics. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. from Rouse Funeral Home with the Rev. Adam Brinkley officiating. A committal service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. from Wayne Memorial Park. Mrs. Sutton is survived by her husband of 58 years, Marcellus Lanier Sutton; two daughters, Carol Dianne Sutton Nisbet of Winterville and Donna Kaye Sutton of Winterville; three grandchildren, Stephen Howard Nisbet and Charles Marcellus Nisbet of Austin, Texas, and Kelly Marie Kincaid of Winterville; sister, Virginia Belle Carter Tevepaugh of Creedmoor; two brothers, Joseph Franklin Carter of Lexington, S.C., and Clifton Maxton Carter of Clinton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Amos Lee Carter; and a sister, Mary Magdaline Carter Mason. The family will receive friends Thursday following the service and at other times they will be at the home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 3015 S. Memorial Drive, Greenville, NC 27834 or the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway-Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244. Arrangements are with Rouse Funeral Home, La Grange.