HOBOKEN — Owen Vernon Carter, 93, died Wednesday morning, September 28, 2022, at Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside.
Carter was a native and lifelong resident of Hoboken. He served in the United States Army, serving in Panama during the Korean War. Carter was a barber with Willis Barbershop before he started his career with the railroad.
Carter’s railroad career began when he started working as a sheet metal worker with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. He was then selected to be the local chairman of sheet metal workers in Waycross, and was elected to General Chairman of Railroad Workers for Sheet Metal Workers International Association, before finally becoming Directing General Chairman over the southeastern United States. Carter retired in 1989 after many years of service for his fellow union workers.
He joined Mt. Calvary Baptist Church shortly after the church was organized and was an ordained Deacon. Carter also was a former Sunday school teacher in the Senior Adult Class.
Carter was the son of the late Owen Wiley Carter and Mary Magdalene Ammons Carter. He also was preceded in death by a brother, J.W. Carter; and three sisters, Myrtle Murray, Estelle Aycock and Annice Hardy.
Carter is survived by his wife of 69 years, Patricia Ann Henderson Carter of Hoboken; a daughter, Joan Carter (Adrian) of Hoboken; two sons, David Carter (Janett) and Mike Carter, both of Hoboken; four grandchildren, Brent Carter (Kandyce), Kimberly Cecil (Bryant), Jared Carter (Emily), Casey Parker (Zach); five great-grandchildren, Elin Cecil, Ty Cecil, Mia Cecil, Audrey Carter and Stella Parker; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, October 1) at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will begin receiving friends at 10 a.m. at the cemetery.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com.
