Donald Ray Carter, 75, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2024, with his family by his side at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born May 5, 1948, in Shidler, Oklahoma to the late William Franklin Carter and Edna Marie Mosely Carter. Don proudly served his country during Vietnam by entering the United States Marine Corps. At the end of Don’s life he chose to help others by becoming an organ donor.
Aside from his parents he was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Roy Carter and a brother, Herbert Carter.
He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his wife of twenty years, April Carter of Beaver Dam; six children Garrett (Cassie) Stewart of Lexington, South Carolina, Kalob (Rachel) Stewart of Smith Grove, Automn (Samuel) Rise of Hartford, Sharlotte Andra of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Donald Carter, Jr of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Coty Blackburn of Greenville; eight grandchildren, Austin Carter, Emmaline and Joseph Anderson, Freya and Luna Stewart, Braddock “Willy B”, Killian “Kit” and Callum “Ghost Boy” Rise, Shane, Grace, April and Jeffrey Andra and Tyler Carter; seven great grandchildren; three siblings, Bud Carter of Mill City, Oregan, Donna Shannon of Carney, Oklahoma and Jerold Carter of Hanahan, South Carolina.
A memorial service will be held at 11 AM Sunday, April 14, 2024 at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky. Friends may visit with Don’s family from 9 until the time of the service Sunday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left for the family of Donald Ray Carter by visiting his memorial tribute at www.danksfuneralhome.com.