James Roy Carter, who served as pastor of two Alabama Baptist churches, died July 10. He was 87.
Carter graduated from Huntsville High School and then served in the United States Army during the Korean War. After his term ended he graduated from Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham and earned a master of divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Carter served as pastor of Gullets Bluff Baptist Church, Monroeville, and First Baptist Church, Uriah. He also served for 25 years as a chaplain at Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon.
He was a member of Orchard Baptist Church, Mobile, at the time of his death where he had spent 49 years serving in different capacities as chairman of deacons, Sunday School teacher and member of the choir.
Carter is survived by his wife, Delores; four children; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
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