Frances Carter, former riveter and Samford faculty member, dies on Memorial Day

Frances Tunnell Carter — longtime faculty member of Samford University and a riveter during World War II — died on Memorial Day, May 31. She was 99. As a college sophomore, Carter moved from rural Mississippi to Birmingham to work on B-29 planes during WWII. In 1998, she founded the American Rosie the Riveter Association, an organization aimed at honoring…