Order of Service Wednesday ~ April 25, 2012

Visitation: 11:00AM ~ Service: 11:30AM

Mt. Zion Congregational Church UCC

10723 Magnolia Drive ~ Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler, Sr., Officiating

Organ Prelude ~ Lavert Stuart

Processional ~ Opening Sentences

Call to Memorial Worship And Invocation

Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler, Sr.

Hymn of Consolation

“Amazing Grace”

Scripture Lesson ~ Deacons

Old Testament ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

New Testament ~ John 14:1-6

Selection

“Soon I Will Be Done”

Pat Harris

Acknowledgement/Resolutions

Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler, Sr./Deacons

Tributes

Rev. Chelton Flannigan

Pastor, Holy Trinity Baptist Church

The Honorable Raymond J. Grabow

Former Mayor of Warrensville Heights

Obituary ~ Read Silently

Selection

“Come Sunday”

Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler, Sr.

Eulogy ~ Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler, Sr.

Benediction

Recessional

“Going Up Yonder”

Pat Harris

Organ Postlude ~ Lavert Stuart

Obituary

Albert Junius Carter was born June 18, 1929 to the union of Robert A.

Carter, Sr. and Clara Giles Carter in Wickliffe, Ohio. He had one brother,

Robert, A. Jr., and two sisters, Jean and Katherine.

Although he was born in Ohio and went to both Bolton Elementary

School and Rawlings Junior High School in Cleveland, he subsequently

attended and graduated from the historic St. Emma Military Academy in

Rock Castle, Virginia.

He married Edith J. Butts on February 22, 1952,

and had one daughter, Kim Renee, born February 1,

1957. He worked for the Cleveland Transit System

(the predecessor agency to the Regional Transit

Authority) and the Ohio Department of Liquor

Control. He also was an entrepreneur, the operator of

the Subway Record Shop, and an investigator for the

McCoy adjustment firm.

Subsequently, he was employed as a Housing

Inspector and Assistant Building Commissioner for the City of Warrensville

Heights. Raymond J. Grabow, Mayor of Warrensville Heights, appointed

him in 1978 to serve in the position for which he is most well-known –- the

Liaison Director, Chief of Administrative Staff, and Assistant to the Mayor -

– a position in which he served until his retirement in 2000.

He was a member of Holy Trinity Baptist Church. He was involved in a

wide-range of activities, such as the NAACP; the Cleveland Urban League;

the Cleveland Businessmen’s Association; the Warrensville Heights

Democratic Club (serving as Ward Leader for 12 years); the Warrensville

Heights P.A.L. Association (serving two terms as Vice President); the

Warrensville Heights Board of Zoning Appeals; and the Warrensville

Heights Charter Review Board (serving as Chairman).

He was a firm believer in the adage that “clothes make the man,” and

held the view that the impression given by your appearance can be an

important contributor to your success. Thus, he was always immaculately

and stylishly dressed, and well-groomed, and, wherever he went, he always

carried a new dress shirt and tie in the trunk of his car, so he would never be

at a disadvantage if his shirt or tie were accidentally stained.

Above all else, he greatly adored his wife, Edith, and daughter, Kim. He

was a very loving and nurturing husband and father. He had a very outgoing

and gregarious personality, and he enjoyed participating with his wife in

many social events and activities. He enjoyed dancing and had a great love

of music, particularly jazz and rhythm and blues.

Throughout his life, he was an optimistic person, who was always upbeat

no matter how difficult the circumstances he faced. He remained positive

even as his health issues mounted. He also believed that taking positive

action was preferable to not taking action at all. In fact, his favorite saying,

which he never tired of repeating to his family and friends, was that:

“Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.”

He was preceded in death by parents (Robert, Sr. and Clara); wife

(Edith); brother (Robert, Jr.-wife, Vivian); sister (Katherine-husband, Arthur

Redmond); step-son (Alan Butts); and granddaughter (Kasey Foster). He is

survived by daughter, Kim Burke (R. Bruce); sister, Jean Kincaid (Richard,

deceased); grandsons, Antonio Burke (Taylor) and Alan Butts, Jr.; cousin,

LaForne Crumbs; and cousins, nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grand

nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and many friends and loved ones.

“If Tomorrow Never Comes”

If I knew it would be the last time I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in

more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would

give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise, I

would video tape each action and word so I could play them back day after

day.

If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute or two to

stop and say I love you, instead of ASSUMING you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well,

I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let “just this one” slip away.

For surely there’s always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we

always get a second chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say our I love you’s, and certainly

there’s another chance to say our “Anything I can do’s?

But just in case I might be wrong and today is all I get, I’d like to say how

much I love you and I hope we never forget,

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, and today may be

the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

So, if you’re waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today? For if tomorrow

never comes, you’ll surely regret the day,

That you didn’t take that extra time for a smile,

a hug, or a kiss and you were too busy to grant

someone, what turned out to be their one last

wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, whisper in

their ear, Tell them how much you love them

and that you’ll always hold them dear,

Take time to say “I’m sorry, please forgive

me,” “thank you” or “it’s okay.” And if

tomorrow never comes, you’ll have no regrets

about today.

The TwentyThe TwentyThe TwentyThe Twenty----Third PsalmThird PsalmThird PsalmThird Psalm The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside the still waters

He restoreth my soul, He leadeth me in the paths

of righteousness for His name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the

shadow of death, I will fear no evil

For Thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff

they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the

presence of mine enemies.

Thou anointest my head with oil,

My cup runneth over,

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life and I will dwell in the

house of the Lord, FOREVER.

Interment Lake View Cemetery

12612 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio (Drivers, please turn on lights during processional for your safety)

Pallbearers Antonio M. Burke Alan K Butts Jr.

Robert A. Carter III Quentin Kincaid

Preston Parker Kenneth Pinkston

Honorary Pallbearers Paul J. Carter Earvin Coleman

Matthew Cook Jimmy Hutchinson

Leroy Thompson William Parker

Richard Lambert Sam McDonald

Carl Ware Charles Barnes

Flower Attendants Family & Friends

Repast Please join us for a meal following the interment at

Mt. Zion Congregational Church UCC

I Thought About You With Love Today I thought of you with love today

but that is nothing new,

I thought about you yesterday and

the days before them too.

I think of you in silence,

I often speak your name,

now all I have is memories,

and your picture in a frame,

your memory is my treasure,

with which I’ll never part,

I know you’re up there in heaven,

but you’re down here in my heart.

Daddy, I Love You!

Author Unknown

Submitted by: Your Loving Daughter

Acknowledgement

The family of Albert J. Carter acknowledges with deep appreciation the

kindness, the friendship, the companionship, and the assistance provided to

him by his close friends and relatives in his final years. The family would

like to express a very special thank you to Earvin Coleman, Gloria Foster,

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Barnes, and the Honorable Raymond J. Grabow and

Mrs. Grabow.

Final Arrangement Entrusted To:

E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home 2165 East 89th Street ~ Cleveland, Ohio

25900 Emery Road ~ Warrensville Hts., Ohio

15357 Euclid Avenue ~ East Cleveland, Ohio

~216.791.0770~ www.efboyd.com

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In Loving Memory

of

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