Obituary of Leon Howard Carter ~ 1995

Source: Wilmington Morning Star Jun 20 1995

Mr. L. Howard Carter Sr., age 70, of 30 Northern Blvd., Wilmington, N.C., 
died Sunday, June 18, 1995 in New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Carter was born March 31, 1925 in Greensboro, N.C., to the late Jasper 
Gaylor and Isabelle Rose Carter. He was a member of Sunset Park United 
Methodist Church and the owner and operator of Sunset Skating Center.
Howard Carter taught roller skating for 56 years at three skating rinks in 
Greensboro, North Carolina, before moving to Wilmington where he operated 
Sunset Roller Rink for 33 years (1961-1995).
Through the years, he coached numerous state and regional champions and 
the U.S. National Amateur Figure Skating champion for the years of 1989, 
1990 and 1991.
He helped organize and was the first president of the North Carolina 
Chapter of the Roller Skating Rink Operators Association (RSROA) of 
America. He was also a past president of the Southeast Regional Chapter 
of RSROA.
Howard was cited as a VIP in the National Rink Digest (January 1993), a 
long standing member of the Society of Roller Skating Teachers of America 
and past member of the RSROA National Dance Committee.
As owners of Sunset Skating Center, Howard and his surviving spouse, 
Isabelle, were roller skating instructors as well as 'counselors in life 
and love, specializing in adolescent affairs of the heart and the amiable 
resolution of domestic disputes, ministers of first aid, keepers of the 
peace, defenders of the faith, and 'Mom and Dad' to thousands.'
Survivors include his wife, Isabelle Gillie Carter of the home; children, 
Leon Howard Carter Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., James Hubert Carter of 
Wilmington, Jack Gaylor Carter of Rolesville, N.C., Robert Charles Carter 
of Wilmington, and Patricia Richard of Greeley, Colorado; one brother, 
Jack Taylor Carter of Troutman, N.C.; one sister, Ellen Kellam of 
Greensboro, N.C.; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at 
the Long Leaf Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial 
Park.
The family will receive friends this evening from 7 until 9 p.m. at the 
Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Service, Oleander Chapel, and at other times at 
the residence.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Christian 
family radio WWIL, P.O. Box 957, Wilmington, N.C. 28402.
Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Service, Oleander Chapel.





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