Obituary of Arthur Floyd "Mule/Rip" Carter, Sr.

Funeral services for Mr. Arthur Floyd Carter, Sr., age 73, of Collinston, LA, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, November 2, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Collinston with Revs. Mike Loveday and Shelton Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Carter Cemetery under the direction of Golden Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday at Golden Funeral Home. Mr. Carter, a retired International Paper Company Single Service employee, school bus driver and member of First Baptist Church of Collinston, went to be with the Lord, Friday, October 30, 2015 at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Hazel M. Carter; children, Rhonda Church and husband Greg, Arthur Carter, Jr. and wife Lisa, John J. Carter and wife Rose; grandchildren, Joe Rainwater and wife Donna, Darrell Church and wife Codie, Arthur Carter III, Daniel Carter, John J. Carter, Jr., Nathaniel Church, Alyssa Carter; great grandchildren, Trey Rainwater, Alexis Welty, Elizabeth Ann Mosley, and Ryder Rainwater; brother, D.L. Carter and wife Mary Ann and sisters, Patricia Edmonds and husband Harold, Cathy Oser and husband Jerry and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Carter is preceded in death by his parents, Hugh Darrell Carter and Rose Umpherman and one brother, Robert L. Carter. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandsons.