MONDAY

Thankfulness

I am thankful formy heritage. It seems to have focused on faith, family, and friends(others). We learned to love God and each other and to help others along the way. I’m thankful I learned those lessons early in life. I don’t think that has really changed in my life over the years.

Today’s Scripture

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Obituary

David Carter

September 7, 1936 — October 30, 2025

Hammond

David Edwin Carter passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Tickfaw, Louisiana, at the age of 89. He was born on Monday, September 7, 1936 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi to the late Edith Carter and the late Luther Carter. He was a resident of Tickfaw, Louisiana.

David Carter worked for Wilson’s Sporting Goods in Chicago as one of the designers and as of today the NFL football that he & 2 other men designed is still in play. He also designed the first aluminum tennis rack. In 1981, David & Margaret opened David Carter Exterminating Co. in Kenner, La. that is still currently in operation. He loved fishing and hunting and feeding the deer on his property. He was a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and did mission work. He started a Special needs ministry in his home in Kenner with 5 children which grew to over 200. He loved going to Kentucky to do Missions work there and participating in Operation Christmas Child. David was also President of Kenner No. Kiwanis in 1988.

David is survived by his wife, Margaret Carter; daughters, Karen Ann Carter Denham (Wayne), Kathy Marie Carter Skaggs (Tom), Diane Jewel Carter Kimbro (John), and Sandra Joyce Clark Kuhn; son, Steven Lloyd McCullough (Fran); 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and brothers, John Carter and Alan Carter (Dorothy).

He was preceded in death by his father, Luther Carter; mother, Edith Carter; daughter, Charla Smith Russel; and granddaughter, Marie Denham LeCourt.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at The River Fellowship Church, 45173 River Road, Hammond, Louisiana 70401, on Saturday, November 8, 2025 beginning at 11:00 AM with the memorial service starting at 1:00 PM.

(His wife, Margaret, heads-up the Operation Christmas Child in our area of Louisiana. He was her number one assistant and encourager.)

Read the Bible in 2025

  • November 3
  • Isaiah 31-35

Thank-You

A big thank-you to those who have contributed to OCC to help pay the $10.00 per box fee that covers literature, including a Bible, in the child’s language, transportation to the child, training local Christians to teach about Jesus, etc. When you think about all it covers, the fee is small. It only seems to be larger because of how many boxes are shipped.

Two Rivers WMU

Our next meeting will be at Spring Creek Baptist Church on December 6th. That’s when area churches need to turn in the Christmas cards they collect for the local inmates (Tangipahoa and St. Helena patishes).

Pine Ridge Bible Study

Wednesday, we will be on lesson 10.

OCC

The Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child drop-off schedule for First Baptist Church (FBC), Kentwood during the 2025 National Collection Week (November 17-24) is as follows: 

Date Time
Monday, Nov. 1710 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 182 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 194 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 2010 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 212 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2210 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 234 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 248 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Thank-you for checking-in this morning.

Anna Lee