Roger Kyle Carter

Roger Kyle Carter, age 51, of Afton, passed away Friday evening at Greeneville Community Hospital East after a brief illness. Roger was born July 4, 1972, a son of the late Kyle and Vickie Carter. He was a graduate of North Greene High School. Roger retired from the State of Tennessee Department of Transportation after 30 years. He was a member of Union Free Will Baptist Church. Roger was passionate about community service; he was a member of Mt. Pleasant Ruritan Club, Greeneville Optimist Club, a founding member of the North Greene High School FFA Alumni, served on the Greene County Agriculture Education Foundation, was Vice-President of the TSEA (Tennessee State Employees Association) and a past member of the United Volunteer Fire Department. Roger devoted 35 years to the Ruritan organization and was serving as the National Director for the Bluegrass District at the time of his death. Survivors include his wife of 20 years: Kimberly Carter; brother: Marcus Anthony Carter; aunts: Ann Martin Slagle and Billie Carter; uncle: Paul (Becky) Martin; several cousins; father-in-law and mother-in-law: Tommy and Wanda Cutshaw; second mother: Wanda Ruth Miser; special friends: Tommy, Amy, and Madelin Miser, Max, Melissa, Mitea, Emma, and Kylee Laws. Visitation will be 4 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20th, at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 7 o’clock in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Benny Hensley and the Rev. Claude Davis officiating. Family and friends are asked to gather at Doughty-Stevens at 10:15 a.m. Thursday to go in procession to Cross Anchor Cemetery for the 11 a.m. committal service. Active pallbearers will be Tommy Miser, Max Laws, Sammy Britton, David Barkley, C.D. Hughes, Mark Malone, and Greg Deyton. Honorary pallbearers will be current and retired TDOT employees, members of the Greeneville Optimist Club, members of the Greene County Agriculture Education Foundation, and his Hardee’s Breakfast buddies. The family would like to give special thanks to those that helped Roger during his final days, especially Dr. Marc Mayhew and Louanne Lucius.Read Obituary