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- [S26] Virginia. Richmond., United States, Virginia, Richmond - Richmond Times Dispatch, 6 Jul 2013, "Edna Hetzer Carter Obituary," April 11, 1991, p. B-2; digital images, \i GenealogyBank.com\i0 (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 6 Jul 2013), Recent Obituaries. (Reliability: 3).
«b»EDNA CARTER, OWNER OF STORE, DIES AT 101: Newspaper Obituary and
Death Notice«/b»
«b»Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - April 11, 1991
Deceased Name: EDNA CARTER, OWNER OF STORE, DIES AT 101
«/b»Mrs. Edna Hetzer Carter, co-founder of Carter's Store in Oregon Hill, died Tuesday. She was 101.
Mrs. Carter and her husband, Norman T. Carter, opened the store at 707 Idlewood Ave. in 1927.
When her husband died in 1973, Mrs. Carter gave the store to her daughter, Louise F. Carter. She
remained active in the daily operation until about a week ago.
Mrs. Carter taught Bible school at Pine Street Baptist Church for more than 70 years.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Virginia C. Dennis, Miss Louise F. Carter, Mrs. Floyd C.
Humphrey and Miss Jean E. Carter, all of «b»Richmond«/b».
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Pine Street Baptist Church. Interment will follow in
Riverview Cemetery.
«i»Edition: City «/i»
«i»Page: B-2
Copyright (c) 1991 Richmond Newspapers, Inc.«/i»
- [S26] Virginia. Richmond., United States, Virginia, Richmond - Richmond Times Dispatch, 8 Jul 2013, "Louise Carter Dies at 84," July 10, 2001, p. B-6; digital images, \i GenealogyBank.com\i0 (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 8 Jul 2013), Recent Obituaries. (Reliability: 3).
«b»LOUISE CARTER DIES AT 84: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice«/b»
«b»Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - July 10, 2001
Deceased Name: LOUISE CARTER DIES AT 84
«/b»In «b»Richmond«/b»'s Oregon Hill, a neighborhood brimming with personality, Norman T. Carter Dry Goods
and Notions on Idlewood Avenue beckoned like a friendly port of call.
On any given day, Louise Frances Carter was likely to be found behind the store's long, welcoming
counter. Her father, whose name the store carried, founded the store in 1927.
"I've been here all my life," Miss Carter told The Times-Dispatch in 1987.
Before the store closed in 1993, Miss Carter, her sisters and the family's store served as a steady pillar
in the tightknit Oregon Hill community. It was a place people gathered to talk and to be neighbors.
Miss Carter died Friday. She was 84.
The store where she spent nearly her entire life provided Oregon Hill residents with almost anything
they needed to buy. "Curtains, yard goods, women's clothes, shirts and long drawers, children's
clothes," Miss Carter reminisced in 1987. "We had it all."
Even in later years, the store continued to stock a broad assortment of home items. Socks, stockings,
bathroom sets, jewelry, kitchen magnets and sewing supplies shared space with toys, dolls and model
kits.
Even as the store's inventory shrank, the community maintained its loyalty for more than 65 years: "I
love it, too," Miss Carter said.
Survivors include two sisters, Floyd C. Humphrey and Jean E. Carter, both of «b»Richmond«/b».
A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Pine Street Baptist Church, where Miss Carter was a
lifelong member. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery.
«i»Edition: City «/i»
«i»Page: B-6
Copyright (c) 2001 Richmond Newspapers, Inc. «/i»
- [S124] Social Security Death Index.
- [S55] 1920 Federal Census.
- [S43] 1930 Federal Census.
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1916 - 2001 (84 years)
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Lewis M. Carter d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
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