CARTER, Ernest. Entered into rest on October 10, 2000, in San Francisco at the age of 92.
Loving husband of 62 years to Louise Duminie; caring father to Lynette Carter Hart of
Linden, Ca. Anita Jannah Carter Yasin of St. Croix USVi, and LaVerne Carter-Pitts of
Canoga Park, Ca: grandfather of Sarina, Helena, Anita, Ernest, Babel, Hilda and Carol
Linda, grandfather to Allyah, Raheem, Kadijah, and Amir; and father-in-law to Victor
Caries Pitts and Amnir Audallah Yasin. A 1939 graduate of Meharry Medical College, he
practiced medicine for 45 years, in 1950 he moved his family from New Orleans, La to San
Francisco, Ca, continuing his career as a physician. He was a surgeon at the French
Hospital and practiced family medicine until he retired in 1985. He was a member of John
Hall Medical Society of San Francisco, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the San
Francisco Medical Society and the National Medical Association. He was a 62 year member
of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. His sport was golf.
A celebration at his life will be held later this month. Contributions may be made to
your local chapter of the NAACP.
Dorothy