Obituary of Essie Carter

LAKELAND -- Mrs. Essie M. Carter of Lakeland died of kidney failure Dec. 8, 2004, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was 78.Born in Bronsward, Ga., she came to Lakeland from Jacksonville 57 years ago. She was a custodian for the Polk County Health Department. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of New Beulah Missionary Baptist Church where she was formerly on the usher board, a deaconess, and on the Mother's Board.Mrs. Carter is survived by her husband, Frank Howard Carter; daughters, Geneva Williams, Zephyrhills, Betty Alexander, Mandy Brown, Melvina Kaye Gamble, Vicky Carter, all of Lakeland, Pearlie Bishop, Bronsward, Sharon Nurse, Rochester, N.Y.; sons, James Robinson Jr., Lakeland, Charles Robinson, Bronsward, Kelvin White, Rochester; 43 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at H.W. Oldham Funeral Home, Lakeland. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Beulah Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.