Obituary of Virginia-Lanier Carter

Virginia Lanier Carter - SAVANNAH- Virginia Lanier Carter, age 62, died at home Thursday, July 12, 2007, after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was a 1962 graduate of Savannah High School and attended Armstrong Junior College where she was also a member of the Alpha Tau Beta sorority. She was a member of Calvary of Savannah and an active member of the "Sweet Spirit" Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick Oscar Lanier and Mellie Lee Newton Lanier, and her brother, Patrick Lanier, Jr. Surviving are her loving and devoted husband, Curtis James Carter; a daughter, Amanda Carter Lane and son-in-law, Thomas Lee Lane, Jr.; three granddaughters, Ashton Elizabeth, Bailey Amanda, and Caroline Carter, all of Lexington, SC; two sisters, Carolyn Lanier Burgstiner and husband, Justin, of Savannah and Beverly Lanier Cupstid and her husband, Bob, of Marshall, NC; a sister-in-law, Diane Carter and husband, Joey, of Savannah; five nieces and two nephews, including, Lee Rambo, Sharon Cupstid, Terri Strickland, Gary Cupstid, Kathy Wallace, Melinda McCracken, and Timothy Carter. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Sunday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Monday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, with Rev. John S. Connell officiating. Interment will follow in Bonaventure Cemetery. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Hospice Savannah, Inc., P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 13117, Savannah, GA 31416. Please sign our on-line guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com . Savannah Morning News July 15, 2007 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at www.savannahnow.com