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William Alton Carter 1937 – 1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Mar 1937

Birth Location: Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 25 Sep 1988

Death Location: Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA

Father: James Carter

Mother: Bessie Gordy

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According to available records, William Alton Carter was born in 1937 in Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA, the child of James Earl Carter and Bessie Lillian Gordy. In the later years of life, William Alton Carter died in 1988 in Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA.

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James Carter
1894 – 1953
Birth Location: Arlington, Calhoun County, Georgia, USA
JC
Bessie Gordy
1898 – 1983
Birth Location: Richland, Stewart, Georgia, USA
BG

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 Mar 1937
    Event Place: Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Sumter, Georgia; Roll: T627_710; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 129-8

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Sumter, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Sumter, Georgia; Roll: T627_710; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 129-8

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Sep 1988
    Event Place: Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plains, Sumter County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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