Obituary of Mary-Selina Carter

Mary Selina Carter, 94, Inverness, departed this life June 10, 2013, at Diamond Ridge Health and Rehab Center, under the loving care of her granddaughter Jennifer, her husband James Gregory, their children and Hospice of Citrus County. Mary was born in St. Petersburg, Fla., July 18, 1918. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Charles W. Carter. She attended Emmanuel Baptist Church while living in St. Petersburg where she was church organist, secretary and Bible teacher and was a VBS principal for 35 years. In the Pinellas Baptist Association she was the Associational Director for GA's and Acteens. After moving to Hernando many years ago, she was active in many church activities as organist, choir member and Bible school worker in the Hernando Baptist Church. She was a "Honey Bee" in the Island X 18 SeaBees. She did free lance writing of children's stories and was a poetess and a distinguished member of the International Poet's Society. Her poetry has appeared in an edition of "Seasons of Life," the International Library of Poetry. She was a secretary and pianist for TOPS FL 550 of Inverness, where she was a charter member and a graduate KOPS for over 20 years. She was a volunteer at the Senior Activities Center in Lecanto.She is survived by two daughters, Mary Sallie Taylor, St. Petersburg and Vella Faye McDannell, Floral City; six grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service of remembrance will be at 3 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home with Crematory. The family will receive friends in visitation from 1 p.m., until the hour of service. Inurnment will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Florida National Cemetery.