August 31

 Ned Jackson Carter married Helen Loeta Padgett 31 August 1935

PHOTOS: Ned Carter, Helen Padgett Carter

Ned was a son of John Martin and Amy Tamsett Carter

PHOTOS: John and Amy Carter

John was a brother of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold.

PHOTO: Ned Jackson Carter

Ned and Helen had one child, Glynda Faye

PHOTO: Glynda Faye Carter

(picture was taken by my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks)

Here is what Glynda wrote about her parents:

  John and Amy’s second child was Ned Jackson. He was named for his Grandpa Carter and his Grandpa Tamsett. Ned is my father. He was born 26 November 1909. He married Helen Leota Padgett 31 August 1935. They lived at Hardy, Desha and Banner. She was not a well person but worked very hard, sewing

for people and in church. She miscarried twice. I was born 21 September 1939. She had a very hard labor. She should have been in a hospital and had a caesarean, but she only had a country doctor that did not realize that. She hemorrhaged and died 25 September. She is buried at Pine Grove. Ned and baby lived with the Padgetts for about five years. 

  Ned married Maxine Qualls Green in 1945. I lived with them some, but mostly with my Padgett grandparents. Maxine had a boy, Elvis, who was about three years old. Ned and Maxine had no children. 

   Ned was a “Jack of all Trades”. He worked at sawmills, did mechanic work, worked for county road department and also worked as salesperson at two different building supply stores. He has been a piano tuner and rebuilds pianos too. In fact, he still does a lot of piano work. He has lived in Banner since 1939. He plays the piano by ear and has played at Mt. Zion Baptist Church for many years. He has been, and is a great dad.

--Glynda Faye Carter Tucker 1984

PHOTO: Ned Carter, Glynda Carter Tucker and her husband Dwayne.

I took this picture at the Carter/Arnold annual family reunion in Floral, Arkansas, in 1984.