Jean Riddle Carter

Jean Riddle Carter, 84, of Folly Beach, South Carolina, wife of John B. (Jack) Carter, passed away peacefully on January 24, 2012, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at the Bethany United Methodist, 1853 Maybank Highway, James Island, SC. at 12:00 noon on Thursday, January 26, 2012. The family will receive visitors at 10:30 AM prior to the service in the church sanctuary. Interment will immediately follow the service at the Holy Cross Cemetery on Fort Johnson Road, James Island. The Reverend Michael Walker will be the officiating minister.

Mrs. Carter was born 28 June 1927 in Greenwood, South Carolina, the daughter of Herman L Riddle and Marie Rutledge Riddle. She was a graduate of Memminger High School and was employed by the Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina. Mrs. Carter was a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church of James Island, the "Lunch Bunch" of Memminger High School Class of 1944, and Senior Citizens Club of Folly Beach.

She was preceded in death by her sister Lois Riddle Sander, and her brothers Herman L. Riddle, Jr, and Jack M. Riddle. Survivors include her husband John B. (Jack) Carter , her son John B. Carter, Jr. and his wife Susan Fitzgerald Carter, her daughter Janet Carter Cooper and her husband Ronald B. Cooper, her sister Patricia Riddle Kestler, sister in law Claire Redell Gelwicks and her husband Thomas Gelwicks, brother in law Chris Redell and his wife Maria Redell, grandchildren Brooke Elizabeth Cooper and her fiancée Daniel Wood, Bryan Carter Cooper and his wife Paige Godwin Cooper, Jarrett Avery Cooper and step grandchildren Katherine Fitzgerald Evans and her husband Alexander W. Evans and Elizabeth Sommers Dahl. Mrs. Carter is also survived by the following nieces and nephews and their families: Joan Seithel, Sandy Sander, Tom Sander, Linda Youngblood, Diane Riddle Hatfield, Lynn Riddle Cochran, Richard Riddle, Edward Riddle, Jackie Kestler, Chip Clarkin, Mary Clarkin Taylor, Frank Clarkin, Roy Gelwicks, Thomas Gelwicks, Jr., Beverly Redell Michel, Deborah Redell Caraway, Barbara Redell, and David Redell.

Jean was an avid reader and enjoyed knitting, crocheting, bridge, and any board or card game that challenged one's mind. In her eighties, she mastered her laptop computer and the internet! Jean particularly enjoyed the young people who visited her at their home on Folly Beach. She always had as she called it, "A Sursie" (usually candy or cookies) for them, hidden away in a drawer or nearby cabinet.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church, 1853 Maybank Highway, James Island, SC. 29412.

Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.