Rosetta Mary Carter
May 6, 1944 ~ January 19, 2011
Services:
A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD with Rev. Gregory Syler officiating. Interment will follow in St. George’s Episcopal Cemetery Valley Lee, MD.
Visitation:
The family will receive friends on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 5:00 PM-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be recited at 7:00 PM.
Rosetta Mary “Rosie” Carter, 66, of Valley Lee, MD, died January 19, 2011 at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC. Born May 6, 1944 in Wise County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Venus and Leonard Freeman. Mrs. Carter was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, who enjoyed life with her family. She enjoyed fishing, crabbing, working in the garden and playing with her grandchildren. Mrs. Carter is survived by her husband William Roy Carter, Sr., her children; Marie Keller and her husband Tim, Cheryl Richardson and her husband James, William Carter, Jr., Kenneth Carter, Sr. and his wife Shawn, her sister; Margie Combs of Lexington Park, MD, her 17 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers; James Freeman, John Freeman, Vaselee Freeman and Troy Freeman, her sisters; Myrtle Freeman and Dephlea Brooks. The family will receive friends on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 5:00 PM- 8:00PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be recited at 7:00 PM. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD with Rev. Gregory Syler officiating. Interment will follow in St. George’s Episcopal Cemetery, Valley Lee, MD. Pallbearers will be James O’Neil, Kenneth Carter, Jr., Justin Carter, Timothy Keller, II, Jesse Ray Brotherton and Kenneth Brotherton. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wayne Carter and Kevin Carter. Memorial contributions may be made to Second District Vol. Fire Department and Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD 20609 or St. George’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 30, Valley Lee, MD 20692.
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“My thoughts and prayers are with your family. Christine remember all the good times you had with grandma and put on a beautiful smile and she will smile back at you.”
“Cheryl and Family, Life brings tears, smiles and memories. The tears dry, the smiles fade,but memories live on forever. With deepest sympathy.”
“I’m so sorry this day had to come. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. I loved Aunt Rosie dearly and she will be missed very much by all of us.”
“May you rest in peace. Sympathy to your family and friends.”
“Uncle Roy & all my cousins, So Sorry for your loss. You guys are ALL in our thoughts and prayers. Please know just because Aunt Rosie isnt here physically, doesnt mean that bright star of hers isnt shinning down watching everyone of you. We love you..”
“We always looked forward to Aunt Rosie’s Christmas cards every year, she never forgot us. We will miss them and her. God Bless her. “
“Sorry for your loss, you will be in our thoughts and prayers.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family in your time of loss. Don’t think about that she is gone. Think about her and the life she had. And when you think of her….smile.”
“To the Carter Family: You are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”