Virgil B. Carter, age 77, formerly of Richmond, died Friday morning (February 11, 2005) in Auburndale, Florida. He was born on March 17, 1927 in Jackson, Michigan to Arthur B. and Alma Cooper Carter. He attended Jackson Community College and was a graduate of Marion College in Marion, Indiana. He received an MA degree in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Trinity Seminary at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Virgil was a US Navy veteran of World War II. As an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, he had served Trinity Lutheran Church in Richmond; Zion Lutheran Church in Gibsonburg, Ohio; St. John's Lutheran Church in Akron, Ohio and St. John Lutheran Church in Richmond. He had also lectured on thanatology in the School of Nursing at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio and on Psychology and Religion at Fallsview Mental Health Hospital. He was interim to the Bishop for two years in various churches in the Indiana-Kentucky Synod. Virgil had served as Chairman of the Education Committee of the American Lutheran Church; as President of the Ohio Lutheran Ministries, Inc.; as Conference Chair of the Lake Erie Conference and the Greater Ohio Valley Conference; as a member of the Council of Greater Action in Summit County, Ohio and as Chairman of the Board of Wernle Children's Home, Inc. in Richmond. He had also worked for three years as Senior Vice President at Mid West Bank, Jackson, Michigan, where he was in charge of personnel and marketing. He retired in 1992.
Survivors include - Wife - Nancy Carter of Winter Haven, Florida
Daughter - Sandra Wright of North Anson, Maine
Son - J. Douglas Carter of Petersburg, Virginia
Sisters - Joan DeBruler of Jackson, Michigan
Jane Gumbert of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jean Brockway of Detroit, Michigan
One Grandson
Two Great Grandchildren
Nieces & Nephews
Services will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday (February 16, 2005) in St. John Lutheran Church, 501 South 7th St. Richmond. Pastor Herb Berry will officiate. Burial will be in Lutherania Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday (February 15, 2005) from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Riggle - Waltermann Mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Lutheran Church in Richmond
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