Olivia Mae Carter

Olivia Mae Carter, known to those who knew and loved her dearly as Lib, Aunt Libby or Grandma, was born to the late Calvin and Mary Jackson Black, Sr. on September 11, 1924 in Rankin, Pennsylvania. The Lord called her home on February 5, 2006 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. Olivia, the youngest of four children, attended the public schools in Homestead, Pennsylvania and graduated from high school with the highest honors. While attending school, she participated in choirs, operettas and other musical productions in the Pittsburgh area. She accepted Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized at Park Place A.M.E. Church in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was an active member of this congregation. She played the piano for the Sunday School and was a member of the following: Youth Choir, YPD and an Usher. Her father, Calvin Black, Sr. was the Sunday School Superintendent and her mother, Mary Jackson Black was the first female Trustee in the history of the church. She left Pittsburgh after high school and came to Washington, DC to work for the Federal government. She returned to Pittsburgh and studied Practical Nursing at Allegheny Hospital. She then went to business school and became an office manager and a diligent and steadfast employee of the Pittsburgh Board of Education for over thirty years. She was united in holy matrimony on September 8, 1945 to William Carter of Homestead, Pennsylvania. This union produced one child, Charlene Annette Carter. Upon retiring from the Pittsburgh board of education, she moved to Maryland to be closer to her daughter and her family. Upon moving here, she joined Brown Memorial A.M.E. Church. She leaves to mourn: one daughter, Charlene Carter Ward, one son-in-law, Donald L. Ward, Sr. of New Carrollton, MD; one grandson, Donald L. Ward, Jr. of Hampton, VA; one older sister, Pearl Young and one brother-in-law, Charles R. Young and one nephew, Rev. Charles R. Young, all of Louisville, KY; two nieces, Cheerful Sandford and Sharon Johnson of Pittsburgh, PA and a host of other relatives and friends. To send a lasting tribute or condolences to the Carter family, please sign the Online Guestbook below. Click "Sign Guestbook".

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Olivia Mae Carter

September 11, 1924 - February 5, 2006