On late Saturday night, February 17, 2018, Mother Olivia Wolfe Carter departed this life at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville, Tn. to be with the Lord. Olivia Wolfe Carter was born August 4, 1938 to the late Aaron Wolfe Jr. and the late Lillie B. Richardson.

She was united in the Holy Matrimony to William Roosevelt Carter on December 31,1957 and from this union seven children were born even though her husband William passed away December 31, 1980, she continued to work very hard to raise her children. Two children preceded her in death Gwendolyn Carter Williams and Stephony Carter Beard and one granddaughter Tiera Delois Carter.

She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Evertte Chapel Church. Upon marriage she joined Pleasant Hill and then later joined Mt. Salem where she was faithful member until death. Throughout her life she served her church faithfully as a choir president and Mother Board. She was very active and loyal to her church family. She was dedicated to God, her church, and her family. She truly loved singing songs like “Eternal Life”, “Serving the Lord Will Payoff” and I Know the Lord Will Make Away”. She worked hard her entire life. She loved working and
retired from Sequentia in 2004 after 29 years of perfect attendance. Her hobbies included sewing, collecting cookbooks, cooking, coloring, ordering from catalogs, watching westerns, gameshows, “Young and the Restless”. She was well known for her great hospitality
and her “beautiful attire.”

Deceased Sisters: Frankie Mae Parker, Lorrianne McDonald, Marie Wolfe Spight, Ella Mae Briggs and Earnestine Poplar. Brother: Oscar Riley

She leaves to cherish 6 children: Williams, Jr.(Jackie) Carter of Columbus, Oh., Stanley(Tonya) Carter of Moscow, TN., Earick (Phylisha) Carter of Holly Springs, Ms., Donna (Willie) Wang, Abby Carter of Saulsbury, Tn., and Earnest Anderson of Bolivar, Tn. 3 sisters: Annette Jones of Detroit, Mi., Bonnie Mae Wolfe of Byhalia, Ms., Irene Williams of Memphis, TN., 1 brother in Law: Phil Poplar of Michigan City, Ms. 18 grandchildren: Lawanda, Marlon, Brian, Cedric, Curtis, Gerald, Earick II, Whitney, Jalisa, Ashley, Raven, Aaron, Justin, Jamal,
Tangie, Halle, Trasmen, and Jerisha. 25 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends; also her special loving children: Gretta Carter, The Tomlinson Family, Louis Spight and Family, Saulsbury Community, Rev. Bufford and Mt. Salem Church Family, Rev. Patterson and Pleasant Hill Church Family, Sequentia Family

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