David L. Carter

He was born on June 5, 1942, in Jamestown, NY, a son of the late Clarence and Lilian (Morris) Carter.

Dave was raised and educated in Youngsville and graduated from Youngsville High School. After high school, he worked for several companies in the area throughout the years. Including Raymond’s Manufacturing as a Heat Treater for many years until he retired. Dave also attended night school classes to get his certification to become a Heat Treater. His wife, Dawn and he were also Amway distributors for a period. After retirement, he worked as a driver for the Amish part time. Throughout his life, Dave was known as a jack of all trades and could fix, build or repair just about anything.

He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Erie, PA. His faith was very important to him, along with being kind, polite and empathetic to everyone he met. Dave knew so many people that every family vacation they took he would run into someone and have a conversation with him. He was very outgoing and loved his friends and family. He did absolutely everything he could to support his family.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two children in infancy: Terri Sue Carter and Kenneth Blain Carter.

Dave is survived by his wife, Dawn Christina (Grow) Carter, whom he married on Dec. 29, 1962, in Lottsville, PA; three sons, Timothy (Destiny) Carter, Michael (Margaret) Carter and Nathan (Tina) Carter; sister, Sandy (Ken) Silvis and two brothers, Fred (Shelly) Carter and Gary (Alexa) Carter.

He is also survived by 10 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and countless friends and coworkers, who he cherished.

Family and friends are invited to call at Bracken Funeral Home, Inc., 315 N. Center St., Corry, PA 16407 on Monday, October 6th from 11 am until the time of the service there at 1 pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1101 South Hill Rd., Erie, PA 16509 or the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

To sign the guest book or send condolences, please visit www.brackenfh.com.