Chester Laverne Carter

Chester Laverne Carter, age 73, of Columbia, passed away Monday, March 24, 2025, at Baptist Health Hardin.

He loved fishing, singing, riding with the Amish, corn hole and horseshoes; Chester loved going to church, gardening and growing flowers, but most of all his family; he was known to everyone as “Chester Cheetah”.  

Chester was preceded in death by his parents, Florence Earl Walters and James Thomas Carter; two brothers, Allen Carter and Arthur Lee Carter and three sisters, Virginia Smith, Neoma Clark and Dolvinia Watson.

He is survived by his life partner, Jackie Ann Graves; two brothers, Rev. Kenny Carter of Magnolia and Frankie Carter of Bardstown; two sisters, Ella Carter of Elizabethtown and Sue Williamson of Magnolia; three grandchildren, Megan Simpson, Breanna Barnes, Devon Barnes and three great-grandchildren, Kaylynn, Kayden and Cameron.  

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 31, at First Missionary Baptist Church in Hodgenville with Revs. Kenny Carter Sr. and. Kenny Carter Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Buffalo Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Dixon-Rogers Funeral Home and after 10 a.m. Monday at the church.

Dixon-Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia is in charge of the arrangements.

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