Bobbie Jean Carter

Bobbie Jean Carter, 81, of Cleveland, TN passed away on March 29, 2016. She was born on January 3, 1935 to the late Thomas Alexander Bandy and Ethel Arizona Morrow Bandy. Bobbie has been a resident of Cleveland since 1994 and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Cherokee, NC. She loved doing crafts, cooking, and watching sports-especially golf. She was also an avid Braves, Vols, and Nascar fan. Above all things, Bobbie loved to spoil her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who was dearly loved and will be missed by all who knew her.
In addition to her mother and father, she is preceded in death by her husband Weldon L. Carter and sister Madeline Morgan.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory her son Tommy Carter (Nancy H. Carter) and daughter Mary Jane Holder (Richmond L. Holder); brothers James Bandy (June), Fred Bandy (Joyce), Lynn Bandy (Alice), Steve Bandy (Patty); sister Joan Casteel; grandchildren: Joshua Holder (Amanda) and Jenny Kirkpatrick (Judson); great grandchildren: Benjamin Holder, Samual Holder, Christianna Kirkpatrick, and Gideon Kirkpatrick. In addition to these, she leaves behind numerous other extended family members and friends.
A funeral service will be held at 7:00pm on Friday April 1, 2016 at Union Missionary Baptist Church located at 797 Hughes Lake Road, Cleveland, TN with Pastor Larry Humbard officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 4:00pm-7:00pm prior to the service. The family will hold a private interment at Crest Lawn Cemetery in Copperhill, TN.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital located at 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
You are invited to share a personal memory of Bobbie or your condolences with her family at her online memorial located at www.companionfunerals.com. Companion Funeral and Cremation Service and the Cody family are honored to assist the Carter family with these arrangements.