Vernon Carter

Funeral services for Mr. Vernon Carter, Sr. will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 at Montgomery United Pentecostal Church in Montgomery, LA with Rev. Donald Givens officiating. Interment will follow at St. Maurice Cemetery following the services. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Monday, December 26th, 2016, at the church in Montgomery. Vernon Carter, Sr., 84 years of age, passed away at his home in St. Maurice on December 16, 2016. He was born May 10, 1932, to Peter Carter and Alberta Antee Carter in Montgomery, LA. Vernon was a caring father who worked hard to provide for his family. He was a junk collector and seller and a commercial fisherman. He loved the outdoors greatly and spent as much time fishing and deer hunting as he could. He would help anyone in need, as he never wanted to see anyone go without. He also enjoyed going to auctions whenever he could. He was a kind man that never met a stranger, and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Catherine Desadier Carter; his daughter, nancy Arlene Carter; and three brothers, ray, Marvin, and J.C. Carter. He is survived by his son, Vernon Carter, Jr. of St. Maurice, LA; two daughters, Rosemary Nielsen and husband Bruce of St. Maurice, LA and Sheree DuBois of Montgomery, LA; seven grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. Those honored to be pallbearers will be Doyle Ray Smith, Justin DuBois, Brandon DuBois, Scott Parker, Dylan Racine, and Dennis Bass, Jr.