Jeanette Carter

Obituary For Jeanette Carter

Jeanette Walker Carter, third daughter and middle child of the five children born to the union of the late Sylvester and Annie Lyles Walker, was born on August 6, 1930, in York County, South Carolina and entered into eternal life on Thursday, April 4, 2024.

In addition to her beloved parents, Annie, and Sylvester Walker, she was preceded in death by her cherished husband, James W. Carter; brother, Daniel “Willie” F. Walker; sisters, Thelma L. Boykin (2016), Madelyn F. Walker (2018), and Maggie W. Thompson (2024); and a goddaughter, Carolyn Tillman.

Educated in the public schools of Gastonia, North Carolina, Jeanette graduated from Highland High School and matriculated at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina where she earned the Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics and joined the sisterhood of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. with its global membership of more than 200,000 college-educated women; thereafter, she had the Master of Arts degree in Education conferred upon her from The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

In 1955, she met James Warlington Carter, and they joined in Holy matrimony on July 6, 1959. During their loving marriage and through faith, they were blessed with the birth of a beautiful son, James W. Carter, II. Holding steadfast to the founding mission of her dear sorority to serve others and following a lifelong career spanning decades as an Educator who picked up the baton of responsibility to serve young people, Jeanette retired from the District of Columbia Public School system after many years of dedicated service during which time she was lauded as one of America’s Most Outstanding Educators.

Among her numerous leisure activities and preoccupations beyond the classrooms where she exerted a robust influence educating countless young people, Jeanette was not only a warm, loving, attentive, and caring wife, mother and grandmother, but she also found great pleasure and fulfillment in interior decorating as well as hosting and entertaining family and friends throughout the seasons, holidays and milestone occasions of life.

In addition, and especially enthralling to her, was her pursuit of the game of Pinochle. Cited and honored frequently for her finesse at the card game known as the “game for a lifetime” where her superb reasoning and memory skills were brought to bear around the table, Jeanette delighted in the logic and cerebral nature of the game of cards as one of its most avid and proficient players.

Early in her Christian journey, she joined Friendship Baptist Church in Gastonia while at the time of her demise, she was a dutiful servant and member of West Market Street United Methodist Church in Greensboro. Along her pathway were many events which affirmed and further bolstered and reinforced her faith in God. The most important of these events included honoring her marriage vows by caring for her husband during his protracted health concerns arising during their golden years as well as attending to the health infirmities of two of her sisters, all of whom she lovingly and abidingly attended to for as long as her own health allowed. It is whereupon the true meaning of her name derived from the Hebrew meaning “God is gracious” shone through to her true spirit: it was through God’s grace and graciousness that Jeanette was able to demonstrate her love for her family in perhaps this most meaningful way.

She leaves to cherish her memory one son, James W. Carter, II and his spouse, Karen and their children, James W. Carter, III, Harmoni Carter and Tiniyah Carter, all of Charlotte, NC and a plethora of other relatives and friends.

A funeral service in her honor will be held on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 12 noon in the Cassie Coote- Brown Memorial Chapel at Perry J. Brown Funeral Home 909 East Market Street Greensboro, NC 27401. Visitation is at 11:30am.

Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens 1821 Ashley Loop Reidsville, NC 27320