Celebration of Life of Charles David Carter
Charles David Carter, 53 years, died peacefully at home in San Diego,
CA on March 21, 2009. He was born in Rotan, Fisher County, Texas to
Grover C. Carter and Mary Ruth Carter. He attended Texas School for
the Deaf in Austin, Texas and Harrison Chillhowee Baptist Academy in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
He spend most of his youth in Dallas Texas where he worked for Haggar
Corporation and performed as an actor in a number of plays for
national and local theatre of the deaf.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and worked at the AIDS Education of
the Deaf for the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness. Later he was
employed as a Residential Property Manager for 17 years. He served on
Los Angeles County Commission on HIV and was an American Sign Language
Instructor for Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC). Last year, he
relocated to San Diego where he became a supporter of the Youth
Housing Project through SDLBGT Community Center and Deaf Services
Center of San Diego.
He was preceded in death by his father Grover C. Carter, a survivor
of the sinking of USS Indianapolis C-35 on July 30, 1945. He is
survived by his loving daughter Kami Jennifer Carter and her partner
Beth of Kamuela, Hawaii; his mother Mary Ruth; stepfather Carl Tucker;
sister Gwen White and husband Mike; nephews, Sean and Kyle White and
families of Dallas, Texas; cousin Robert Carter of Houston, Texas; and
a large extended family. Charles leaves loving friends; David, Andrew,
Angela, Billy, Byron, Christina, Jim, Kevin, Richard, Roxanne, Shari,
Scott, Tim, Vicki, and countless close friends across the country.
Celebration of Life of Charles David Carter
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Coronado Beach
1700 Silver Strand Blvd
San Diego, CA
(On the beach at the end of Avenida Del Sol)
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in his
name to:
GLAD – AIDS Education Services for the Deaf, Los Angeles and/or Being
Alive, San Diego.
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March 22, 2009
We regret to inform you that Charles David Carter passed away
peacefully at his home in San Diego early yesterday afternoon. His
Family and friends will be gathering soon to celebrate his life.
Details of the memorial service shall be forthcoming. We will provide
you more information as soon as it becomes available.
Note: You can find more details, pictures and others thru his
facebook account. If you have one, check it out! Try this link:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-David-Carter/753765855