Submitted by: Dan Rich

Alvin Lee Carter, Sr.

March 29, 1980 - May 1, 1999

South Bend Tribune 5/6/1999

Alvin Lee Carter, Sr., loving son and brother, 19, of North Huey Street, South Bend, Ind., passed away on Saturday, May 1. On March 29, 1980, in South Bend, he was born to Al Lucas Carter and Cynthia Howard. Alvin was a student at Clay High School and a member of the Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his fiancee, Nicole Kalber; a son, Alvin Lee Carter, Jr.; his mother, Cynthia Howard, all of South Bend; his father, Al Lucas Carter of Detroit, Mich.; six sisters, Marquita Perry, Adrienne Willis, Antionette Howard, Antionette Carter, Crystal Riley and Letitia Riley, all of South Bend; two brothers, Al Michael and Ahmod Carter, both of Detroit; maternal grandmother, Christine Howard; three special cousins, Bruce Howard, Jerry Blackmon and Casey Blackmon; three aunts, Irma Fultz, Willa Howard, and Lubirta Blackmon; three uncles, Steven, Lawrence and Richard Howard; a niece, Dominique Wilson; a nephew, Damarcus Halbert, all of South Bend; along with a host of friends and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Howard Bearlie; and by his paternal grandfather, Al Lucas Carter, Sr.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation will occur from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday in Alford's Mortuary.