Sfc. Robert Carter

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR RETIRED SFC. ROBERT HOWARD CARTER, 73, OF COPPERAS COVE ARE SCHEDULED FOR 12:OOP.M., FRIDAY JUNE 18, 2010 AT SHEPPARD CHAPEL OF MEMORIES. BURIAL OF CREMAINS WILL BE AT 2:00P.M., FRIDAY JUNE 18, 2010 AT THE CENTRAL TEXAS STATE VETERANS CEMETERY IN KILLEEN WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. MR. CARTER PASSED AWAY THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2010 IN A BELTON NURSING HOME. HE WAS BORN MAY 15, 1937 IN BURKESVILLE, KENTUCKY TO THE UNION OF CLARENCE WALTER CARTER AND LENA AARON CARTER. HE MARRIED DO HWA PEAK ON JANUARY 24, 1974 IN SOUEL, KOREA. THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED 36 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY. HIS MEDALS INCLUDE: NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL; VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL W/2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS; ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL; ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (KOREA); REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL; GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL CLASP, SILVER 1 LOOP. LOVING FAMILY WIFE, DO HWA PEAK CARTER OF COPPERAS COVE, TX. DAUGHTER, PAM TUCKER AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF KEMPNER, TX. DAUGHTER, JUDY GOVERNOR AND HUSBAND MATTHEW OF COPPERAS COVE, TX. SON, HENRY CARTER OF COPPERAS COVE, TX. SISTER, DIAN WATKINS OF BAKERSVILLE, CAL. SISTER, HELEN AND HUSBAND RALPH�CLOYD OF SILOAM SPRINGS, ARK. BROTHER, HOWARD�PHILLIP CARTER OF KLAMATH, CAL. FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, MARIAH TUCKER, JUSTIN TUCKER, GAVIN GOVERNOR, DYLAN GOVERNOR AND MICHAEL MOJICA TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, JOEL MOJICA, AND SERENITY SALES. HE WAS PRECEDED�IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, CLARENCE W. AND LENA CARTER, AND SEVEN BROTHERS AND SISTER. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME IN COPPERAS COVE.