MANNING – Herman Rudolph Carter, 83, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Veterans Victory House Nursing Home in Walterboro.
Born October 18, 1926, in Manning, he was a son of the late Jessie Weston and Mamie Elease Griffin Carter. He was a self-employed merchant, a pilot, a United States Army veteran of the Korean War, a member of the South Carolina National Guard, former co-owner of Carters 5 & 10 in Manning, owner of Carter’s Furniture in Summerton, and owner/operator of Carter’s 5 & 10 in Summerton. He was a member of Manning First Baptist Church.
Surviving are three brothers, Cecil Carter and J. W. Carter Jr. of Manning, and Russell Carter of Franklin, TN; a sister, Linda Adrell Craft of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews, Jeff and Joey Carter, Bob and Jay Carter, Gaye Weaver and Betsy Phillips, Pat and Mike Roberson, Jane Wolfkill, Donna Barrineau, Robbie Rowe, Tommy Carter and Laurie Cheatham.
He was predeceased by sisters, Gertrude Rowe, Barbara Roberson, and Ann Coleman; a nephew, Mark Carter; and a niece, Kim Coleman.
Graveside services were at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 30, 2010, in Manning Cemetery, with the Rev. Todd Hodge and the Rev. Jerry Cottone officiating.
Memorials may be made to Pineview Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2111 Martin Luther King Hwy., Kingstree, SC 29556 or to a charity of one's choice.
