Mary Joe McCarter^[1]

1933 - 2014  (80 years)

• Name	Mary Joe McCarter
  Born	20 Oct 1933
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Mar 2014  [2]
  Buried	20 Mar 2014	Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I149431	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Rev. Raymond A. McCarter,   b. 31 May 1910, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Apr 1992  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Hazel M. Gibson,   b. Tennessee ,   d. 23 Aug 2001
  Family ID	F48986	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Fred Andrew Valentine,   b. 29 Oct 1927,   d. 22 Apr 2012  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1954
  Children	+ 1. Becky Valentine
  Family ID	F76063	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 20 Mar 2014 - Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 19 Mar 1939. Infant female McCarter obituary [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 17 Mar 2014. October 20, 1933 - March 17, 2014 Resided in Seymour, TN Mary "Jo" McCarter Valentine, age 80 of Seymour, went home peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, March 17, 2014. Mrs. Valentine was born October 20, 1933 in the Oak City community, where she was raised and became a member of Oak City Baptist Church where she loved to sing in the choir and served as choir director at one time. She was a former employee of Levi Strauss and Standard Knitting Mills. Mrs. Valentine was well known for her pecan pies and potato salad and for her Sunday feasts on race days. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred A. Valentine; parents, Raymond and Hazel (Gibson) McCarter; in-laws, Alex and Grace Valentine; and niece, Kimberley McCarter. She is survived by: Daughter: Becky Valentine Cannon Sanderson and husband Tom Grandchildren: Blake Cannon, Lea Ann and Michael Lund, Jill and Kevin Schilling, Mary Beth Sanderson, Amy and Kevin Laman, Caroline and Blake Herron Great-grandchildren: Jackson, Parker, and Mallory Lund, Jude Herron, Elise Laman, and Joseph Schilling Brother and sister-in-law: Hubert and Helen McCarter Sister and brother-in-law: Una Vee and Wayne Elliott Sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law: Estalee Newcomb, Roy and Becky Valentine, Bill and Barbara Valentine, Richard and Linda Valentine, Patsy and Homer King, Barbara Jean King, and Oscar Valentine Special nieces: Teresa Poe and Tina Johnson Many nephews and nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces, and friends from Oak City Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to JPA Ministries, "Slippers for Our Savior", P.O. Box 914, Seymour, TN 37865. Funeral service 7 PM Wednesday at Atchley's Seymour Chapel with Rev. W.A. Galyon, and Rev. Bryan Creswell officiating. Interment 10 AM Thursday in Boyd's Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5-7 PM Wednesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, Tennessee 37865 (865/577-2807) www.atchleyfuneralhome.com [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 126528187).