Helen Elizabeth Locke Carter

SERVICES: Services will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Rev. Thacker Haynes, pastor of United Methodist Church of McLean, officiating.BURIAL: Burial will be in Miami Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: With her family at her side, Helen Locke Carter died at her Miami home. Mrs. Carter was a lifelong resident of Roberts County, born on May 17, 1938, and raised in a 4th generation pioneer family. She married local rancher Frank M. (Buster) Carter on February 17, 1959, who died in 2002. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and received her B.A. degree in English from Texas Tech University in 1963. A longtime volunteer with the Friends of the Pampa Library and Roberts County Library Board, she participated in numerous programs, especially those involving adult literacy. She was a member of the First United Methodist church in Pampa. SURVIVORS: 1 Son: Locke Carter & wife Rebecca Rickly of Lubbock. 1 Daughter: Susan Rhoades & husband Jerry Rhoades of Pampa. 4 Grandchildren: Landon Carter and Ellis Carter, both of Lubbock, and Lindsay Rhoades and Tyler Rhoades, both of Pampa. 1 Brother: David Locke & wife Diana Locke of Miami, and their 2 children, Erin Locke and Mitchell Locke, both of Lubbock. 1 Aunt: Empress Signor of Lubbock. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Carter in 2002, her father Ellis Locke in 1991, her mother Ouida Locke in 1968, and her stepmother Georgia Wells Locke in 1993.MEMORIALS: Favorite Charity or Texas Tech Foundation, Inc., for the Helen Locke Carter Memorial Scholarship Fund, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41034, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1034. (806) 742-0502, or at www.depts.ttu.edu/annualgiving/.