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Avid sports fan Flossie Carter, turns 111
Flossie Carter has loved baseball nearly her entire life, starting with the Birmingham Black Barons in her native Alabama and continuing with the Pirates when she moved to Pittsburgh in the early 1950s.
"She liked the Steelers, too, but she loved the Pirates a little bit more," said her granddaughter, who recently helped Mrs. Carter celebrate her 111th birthday.
She was born on June 6, 1900, in Birmingham to Sarah and Tom Aldridge. She worked for the Works Project Administration, the government program that helped to provide jobs after the Great Depression. She married Buster Carter and they had three children: Gurelene Carter of Homewood; Carl Carter of Middletown, R.I.; and the late Mamie Harris. Her husband died in 1936, and she never remarried.
In the 1950s, Mrs. Carter moved here to help raise her grandchildren. She has 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
She never attended a Pirates game, but she caught every one on radio or television. Last year, the Pirate Parrot visited to help celebrate her 110th birthday. For the past seven years, she has lived at UPMC Heritage Place in Squirrel Hill.
If you or a friend or a relative recently turned 100 or will soon do so, the Post-Gazette would like to hear from you. On an occasional basis, the Magazine section will feature short stories on people marking their 100th year. To be included, send the honoree's biographical information and your phone number to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Century Club, Attn: Kevin Kirkland, 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh 15222. Fax: 412-263-1313. E-mail: kkirkland@post-gazette.com.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11165/1153462-442.stm#ixzz1cE9LGmnr
Obituary: Flossie Carter / Born in 1900, she was a big fan of Pirates, Steelers
Obituary: Flossie Carter / Born in 1900, she was a big fan of Pirates, Steelers
June 2, 1900 - Oct. 16, 2011
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She would talk to anyone who stopped to chat at UPMC Heritage Place, calling all the women "ma'am," but Flossie Carter never talked about the events she'd seen growing up in Alabama in the early years of the 20th century.
"She was close-mouthed," said her granddaughter, Dianne Carter, of Homewood. "She's seen it all."
Mrs. Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 111, must indeed have seen much in a lifetime that spanned two centuries and included segregation and the Great Depression. But Dianne Carter said that her grandmother, believed to be one of the oldest residents of Pittsburgh, left the storytelling to other relatives.
It was known, however, that the native of Opelika, Ala., worked for the federal Works Progress Administration, which helped provide employment after the Depression. Her jobs were cleaning buildings all over Birmingham, Ala., and planting flowers along area highways, Dianne Carter said.
Widowed in 1936, Mrs. Carter moved to Pittsburgh in 1954 to help raise her grandchildren. She never remarried.
When she moved north, she brought along a passion for baseball. A fan of the Birmingham Black Barons, she transferred her allegiance to the Pirates.
"She loved baseball. That was one of her favorite pastimes," said her daughter, Gurelene Carter, of Homewood, Dianne's mother. "She liked the players -- Willie Stargell, [Roberto] Clemente."
Although she never got to see the Pirates play in person, she never missed a game that was broadcast or telecast. "She would listen to it on the radio and have the TV on at the same time," Dianne Carter said.
Mrs. Carter also became a big Steelers fan. Dianne Carter said her grandmother "liked the big Steeler guys. She liked the linemen, liked to watch them play and hit." But Gurelene Carter said her mother's individual favorites were players from the early Super Bowl years: Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Mel Blount and Jack Ham.
Along with sports, Mrs. Carter loved to cook. "She made the greatest pound cake. She made the greatest rice pudding," her granddaughter said.
At Heritage Place, where she lived the past seven years, she was not well enough to take part in regular activities, but activities director Christa Magness said planning her birthday parties was a highlight of the events schedule. Last year, the Pirate Parrot came to her party to help mark the supercentenarian's 110th birthday. Residents younger than Mrs. Carter were inspired by her, Ms. Magness said.
"She was the sweetest little woman I've ever seen. She was here longer than I have been, and she never had an unkind word to say to anyone," Ms. Magness added.
"She called everyone 'ma'am.' I'm 80 years younger than her, and she would say, 'yes, ma'am.' "
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Carter is survived by a son, Carl Carter, of Middletown, R.I. Besides Dianne Carter, there are nine other grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 21 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. today at White Memorial Chapel of Point Breeze, 7204 Thomas Blvd., with a funeral ceremony to follow there immediately after. Burial will be in Homewood Cemetery.
Pohla Smith: psmith@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1228.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11294/1183741-122-0.stm#ixzz1cE8McdqS
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Flossie Aldridge Carter
FLOSSIE CARTER Obituary: View FLOSSIE CARTER's Obituary by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Flossie Carter of Homewood, at the age of 111. Beloved mother of Carl Carter of Middletown, RI, Gurelene Carter of Pgh., and the late Mamie R. Harris of Birmingham, AL; also survived by ten grandchildren; 16 great- grandchildren and 21 great-great- grandchildren. Visitation will be Friday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at WHITE MEMORIAL CHAPEL OF POINT BREEZE, 7204 Thomas Blvd. at N. Homewood Avenue, where the funeral ceremony will be held immediately following at 11:00 a.m. Interment Homewood Cemetery.
Flossie Carter of Homewood, at the age of 111. Beloved mother of Carl Carter of Middletown, RI, Gurelene Carter of Pgh., and the late Mamie R. Harris of Birmingham, AL; also survived by ten grandchildren; 16 great- grandchildren and 21 great-great- grandchildren. Visitation will be Friday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at WHITE MEMORIAL CHAPEL OF POINT BREEZE, 7204 Thomas Blvd. at N. Homewood Avenue, where the funeral ceremony will be held immediately following at 11:00 a.m. Interment Homewood Cemetery.
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2 South Africans plead not guilty in white supremacist death
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October 10, 2011|
By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa —
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Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dead at 56 - Business Updates - Massachusetts business news from The Boston Globe
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