Funeral services for Ray Carter, 83 of Waskom will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 17, 2020 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in the Lewis Cemetery in Elysian Fields, TX.  A time of visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Friday, October 16, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home.

Ray Carter was born on April 1, 1937 to Curtis Carter, Sr. and Asleener Cooper Carter in Elysian Fields, Texas. He accepted Christ at an early age, uniting with the Elysian Fields Missionary Baptist Church. He later met and married his wife of 49 years, Zetha Mae Agers Carter. To this union two children were born.

During his formative years, he attended public school at Booker T. Washington. Upon completion of his education, he worked for Fabsteel in Waskom, Texas for over 25 years. He also worked for the Elysian Fields ISD as a bus driver/mechanic, where he later retired.

He was preceded in death by his wife, father, mother, and three brothers: Curtis Carter, Jr., Artie Carter, and Howard Carter. He departed this life on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in Marshall, Texas.

He leaves to cherish his memory: one son, Travis Ray Carter, Sr. (Dorothy) of Waskom, Texas; one daughter, Doris Marie Carter Williams (Larry) of Midlothian, Texas; six grandchildren, Travis Ray Carter, Jr. of Waskom, Texas, Andrea Carter Zuniga (Victor) of Marshall, Texas, Keith Carter of Tyler, Texas, Christopher Williams (Nicole) of Grand Prairie, Texas, Larry M. A. Williams of Dallas, Texas, and Quinton Carter of Waskom, Texas; six sisters, Dorothy Turner of Marshall, Texas, Willie Faye York of Elysian Fields, Texas, Asleener Manning of Elysian Fields, Texas, Wyonia Ann Williams (Robert) of Elysian Fields, Texas, Nellie Benton of Ft. Worth, Texas, Anna Jernigan (Curtis) of Marshall, Texas; five great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.