Reverend Beatrice Virginia Carter

Rev. Beatrice Virginia Carter, a resident of Harrisburg, PA, transitioned from time to eternity on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, while at UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Thursday, April 28, 1938, to the late Elmer Walker Sr. and Mary Norris Walker. Rev. Carter graduated from Ramer High School where she was an Honor Student, Majorette, a member of the Glee Club and Gospel Choir. She attended Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) and Theological Ecumenical Center of Harrisburg (TECH). She retired from the Harrisburg State Hospital as a Psychiatric Aide after twenty-nine years of service. She was very dedicated to her work helping others. Rev. Carter accepted God at the age of twelve and was baptized at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Martinsburg, West Virginia, under Rev. John S. Wright. She was active with the Youth Ministry, Sunday School and Choir. She was a former member of 17th Street Church of God and at her time of passing a member and Elder of Wesley Union AME Zion Church. Rev. Carter was ordained at the Philadelphia-Baltimore Annual Conference of the AME Zion Church under the leadership of the late Bishop Milton A. Williams Sr. She was passionate about reading the Bible, especially to her children, preaching the gospel and ministering to others. Rev. Carter was a member of the Interdenominational Ministerial Conference and Chaplin at Holy Spirit Hospital. She provided communion to her church members who were at home, visited the sick and shut in and worked faithfully at her church. She loved her family, friends and church family, but most important, was her love for her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Rev. Carter would stay fit by going to the gym with her daughter Helen. She was a classy lady who loved to dress and be surrounded by young people. She always said, “I’m timeless.” She was married for sixty-three years to the late Melvin Andrew Carter. Along with her parents, Rev. Carter was also preceded in death by her siblings, Mary Ellen Walker, Rebecca Walker, Helen Fox, Fulton Walker, Elmer Walker Jr. and James Henry Walker. She leaves to celebrate her life: her children, Helen Virginia Broadnax, Melanie K. Carter; sister, Janet L. Warden; grandchildren, Tracy, Sade, Brittiney, Brandon; several great-grandchildren and other loving family members and friends. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLICK ON THE SHARE A MEMORY TAB TO POST VIDEOS, SHARE MEMORIES, CONDOLENCES, REFLECTIONS OR SIMPLY LEAVE YOUR NAME.

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Reverend Beatrice Virginia Carter

April 28, 1938 - December 18, 2024