Autumn Rae Carter, age 24, died on Sunday October 16, 2016 at her residence. The Vidalia native lived in Baxley before moving to Statesboro in 2000 and was a graduate of Statesboro High School in 2011. She attended Georgia Southern University. She worked as a server with Longhorns, Chili’s and Doubletree Hotel in Savannah and a clerk with Parkers in Statesboro. She was preceded in death by her father, Stacy Ray Carter.
Surviving are her mother, Vanessa Butler Carter of Statesboro; her brother, Gabriel Stace Carter of Statum; one aunt, Victoria Butler (Bobby) Hunt of Cummings; four uncles, Rhett Eugene Butler, John Derrick Butler, all of Brunswick, Mitchell Carter and Bradley Carter; her paternal grandparent, Jane Carter, her maternal grandparents, Rhett and Linda Butler; a maternal grandmother, Sally Gayle Smith of Baxley; several cousins and family members also survive.
A visitation was held on Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home.
A memorial service was held on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home.
The Inurnment was on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery in Baxley, GA.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Pineland Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (PHDD), P.O. Box 745, Statesboro, GA 30459.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory of Statesboro were in charge of the arrangements.