Curtis D. "Sonny" Carter Obituary (1941

Mr. Curtis D. "Sonny" Carter, age 84, of Madison, Indiana, was born the son of the late Herbert and Beulah Nichol Carter on May 2, 1941 in Jennings County, Indiana. He grew up in Jennings County and was a 1959 graduate of Paris Crossing High School. After high school, Sonny joined the United States Navy where he was inducted on February 5, 1961 in Port Hueneme, California serving during the Vietnam era and was honorably discharged on December 28, 1966. On November 21, 1964, he was united in marriage to Betty Elaine Short and they spent 42 years together until her passing on October 27, 2007. He began a career with Rex-Chainbelt for several years before working for Reliance-Rockwell as a production worker, where he spent 30 years and then retired. Sonny enjoyed spending time fishing and attended Solid Rock Community Church. Sonny died on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 4:01 p.m. at Autumn Trace in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Sonny will be missed by his sister, Jeanette Stone of Jeffersonville, Indiana and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Herbert Carter and his mother, Beulah Nichol Carter; his wife of 42 years, Betty Elaine Short Carter, who passed on October 27, 2007; his brother, Robert Carter; his sisters, Doris Smith and Dora Webster. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., by Pastor Mike Shuler at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Lick Branch Cemetery near Deputy, Indiana. TO JOIN THE SERVICE LIVE CLICK HERE VISITATION Friends may call Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison,Indiana. FULL MILITARY HONORSMilitary honors will be conducted at the interment by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS To Place An Online Memorial DonationMemorial contributions may be made to the Lick Branch Cemetery. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Curtis D. "Sonny" Carter, please click here to visit our sympathy store.