CALVIN CARTER, SR.

MR. CALVIN CARTER, SR., WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 20, 1945, IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA. HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME ON DECMEBER 15, 2025. HE WAS 82.

MR. CARTER WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN UNTO THE PARENTS OF JIMMIE LEE (nee GRIGGS) AND QUINNIE CARTER. 

HE RETIRED FROM THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IN 1982. MR. CARTER OPENED AND OPERATED CARTER'S FASHIONS, A CLOTHING STORE, IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA. HE WAS A FAN OF DRAG CAR RACING AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS. ON SUNDAYS, HE HAD A RITUAL OF GOING TO DIMITRI'S RESTAURANT IN SEBRING; ORDERING BREAKFAST THAT INCLUDED SALMON, EGGS, SLICED TOMATOES, TOAST AND COFFEE. 

HE WAS PROCEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, QUINNIE, JR, MILDRED, ALICE, QUEEN ESTHER, BEAUTY MAE, AND WILLIE B.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES, HIS CHILDREN, RONALD RICH, CRAIG CARTER, AND CALVIN CARTER, JR.; BROTHER, WATSON CARTER; 15 GRANDCHILDREN; AND A HOST OF OTHER SORROWING FAMILY MEMBERS.

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