Jimmie Drew Carter

Jimmie Drew Burnett Carter, age 98, a long-time resident of Wood County, Texas, passed away

peacefully on June 29, 2023, in Georgetown, Texas. Services will be held at New Hope Baptist Church,

Mineola, Texas, on Thursday, July 6 at 10 a.m. Visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Interment will be

at New Hope Cemetery following the service. Arrangements are being managed by Beaty Funeral

Home in Mineola, Texas.

Jimmie was born on April 1, 1925, in Wood County Texas. She was the youngest daughter of Robert

Clifton and Martha Jane Burnett. She and her four sisters – Almo, Iwana, Morine and Hettie Lou-- and

one brother – Nimon - lived the life of farmers and had many stories to share about growing up in the

depression, the lessons they learned from their parents, and their many adventures growing up in Wood

County.

Jimmie met her husband, Rex Carter, in Mineola while she was a waitress at a local café. She married

him on March 3, 1946. Rex had a son, Ray when they married. Ray was joined by Rex and Jimmie’s

children, James (Jim Bob) and Janis. They traveled across Texas and New Mexico following Rex’s work

with Mobil Oil Corporation. They lived in, Terminal, Odessa, Lovington and Hobbs, New Mexico,

Sanderson, Kermit, and Wink and returning to Mineola in 1985. They built their retirement home on

Jimmie’s parents homeplace east of Mineola. Jimmie joined her daughter, Janis, in Georgetown for the

last two years of her life.

Jimmie was a wonderful cook, a sought-after seamstress, artist, gardener, and could make anywhere

feel like home and anyone feel like they were a member of her family. She loved people and loved to

share her cooking, harvests, and crafts with those around her. She traveled extensively in the Western

United States accompanying Rex as he drilled wildcat wells for Mobil Oil. She fed many people at those

remote drilling locations and won the hearts of all those she fed. She was able to fulfill her wish to see

the US by making trips to Colorado, Utah, California, Boston, New York, Nantucket, Washington, DC with

family.

Jimmie was a faithful Baptist and had a long and loving relationship with New Hope Baptist Church in

Wood County. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 937 of Wink, serving twice

as Worthy Matron.

Jimmie is survived by her son, daughter and daughter-in-law and their families. James and Brenda

Carter of Mineola, Texas; Janis and Stuart Jesse of Georgetown Texas; Myrna Carter- wife of Ray Carter

of Mexia, Texas. She is survived by two nieces, two nephews, ten grandchildren and adopted

grandchildren, and twelve great grandchildren and adopted great grandchildren. She also leaves behind

countless people whose lives she has touched through her generous spirit and wisdom.

We are thankful and blessed for the love and time we shared with Jimmie as Wife, Mother,

Grandmother, Aunt, Friend and Neighbor. We will miss her love, sense of humor, talents, and the care

she gave us throughout her life.

Memorials may be made to New Hope Baptist Church.