Houston Carter

Charles Houston Carter, 82, of White House, passed away on Wednesday May 7, 2025, at The Residence at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday May 17th at 2:00 p.m. at the Cherry Mound Baptist Church with Dr. David Dean officiating. Interment will follow in White House Memorial Gardens with Joseph Merkel, II, William Merkel, Thomas Merkel, Joseph Merkel, III, Lucas Donica, Adam Tate, Earl Jones, Rick Sanders, and Harris Schoenmehl serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Sunday School Class at Cherry Mound Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Friday from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. All visitation and funeral services will take place at Cherry Mound Baptist Church in White House.

Mr. Houston was born August 9, 1942, in Springfield, to the late Clarence Hubert and Ida Bell Dixon Carter. He was raised in Robertson County, where he enjoyed farming, butchering, and raising his family. In his earlier years, he worked as a butcher at Matthews Meat Locker, and also at Acme Boot and Goddard & Goddard. He worked for 20+ years at Oscar Mayer, and then became a local haul truck driver working for Compass/Falcon and then on to P&S Transportation until his retirement. Mr. Houston was a member of Cherry Mound Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for many years, and he was a member of the Cross Plains Volunteer Fire Department.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife: Nancy Sue Reeves Carter, and by his brother: Ronnie D. Carter. Mr. Houston is survived by his daughter: Daphne Carter Bowers and husband Mitch of White House, by his sons:, Charles Kevin Carter and wife Becky of Murfreesboro, and David Michael Carter of Owensboro, KY, by his grandchildren: Ashley (Joe) Merkel and Emily Page, by his great grandchildren: Joseph Merkel, III, William Merkel, Thomas Merkel, Jensen Strain, and Elliot Strain, by his aunt: Lucille Stanley of Franklin, KY, by his daughters-in-love: Geneva Rigsby Glenn and Lisa Moss, by his 2 step grandchildren, 6 step great grandchildren, 3 step great great grandchildren, and by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Services have been entrusted to Robertson County Funeral Home.

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