Annie Mae Fleming Carter

September 19, 1945 - June 26, 2020

Annie Mae Fleming Carter, wife of Robert Foster Carter, Jr., departed this earthly life and entered into eternal rest on Friday, June 26, 2020, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina. She was born September 19, 1945, in Sumter, South Carolina, and was the only daughter and heart string of the late Willie Fleming and Eva Butler Fleming. At an early age, she accepted Christ and became a member of Mechanicsville United Methodist Church. After uniting in holy matrimony, she joined her husband at Unionville African Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Charles, South Carolina. There she faithfully served in the following capacities: Women's Missionary Society; Steward Board; President of the Fifth Sunday Choir; Annual Christmas Pageant Coordinator; Pastor's Aide; 1st, 3rd, and 4th Sunday Choir member; Children's Ministry; and Daughters of Sarah. Ann was voted 2012 Woman of the Year and Adult Lay Person of the Year - Unionville AME Church 2006. Her beautiful smile and bubbly personality attracted friends whenever she entered a room. Ann was a member of the Delaine Community Center and The Golden Girls of Sumter. She loved attending all activities involving her children and grandchildren. Her hobbies were sewing, bowling with friends, dining out, shopping, going to plays, and listening to gospel music. Ann, Annie, Annie Mae to some and just Mae to her loving and devoted husband Robert, attended the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Ebenezer High School in the Class of 1964. She also attended Sumter Area Technical College. She was employed by Campbell Soup (later Pilgrim's Pride) for many years until she retired in 2008. Mae was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She cherished her children and grandchildren, and they were the apples of her eye. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Thomas Fleming. She leaves to cherish precious memories her husband Robert F. Carter, Jr.; two devoted daughters: Shirley (Ray) Goodman and Robin E. Carter; a loving son Jamie L. Carter; two step children: Jacqueline (Sam) Session and Robert Tyrone Carter; six grandchildren: Phylicia Goodman, Spec. Jared Goodman, Jalynn R. Carter, Eva Joi Carter, Samoria Session, and Erin Carter; two special cousins: Rose McAdoo and Susie Fleming; three close and loving life-long friends: Earnestine Primus, Geraldine Brunson, and Irene Rose; a host of other cousins, relatives, and friends.