Funeral services for Delma Ray Carter, 83 , of Downsville, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, October 1, 2010 at Providence Baptist Church, Point, LA. Michael Gates will be officiating. Interment will follow at Acree Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Mr. Carter was born January 25, 1927 in Point, LA and passed away September 28, 2010 at home. He was a retired Painter and Commercial Fisherman. Mr. Carter was preceded in death by his mother and father, George Carter and Susie Smith Carter, and four siblings, Mitchell Day, Doyle Carter, Thelma Brown, and Verna Littleton. He is survived by his wife of 56 years Doris Dean Carter, daughter Marjorie Alma Lester and husband Curtis; grandchildren Michael Lewis, Melissa Lester and husband Ricky, Nathan Lewis; great grandchildren Melony Allen, Hailey Lewis, and Trenton Sparks; siblings Elmarie Guice, Ollie Guice, Maxine Littleton, and sister-in-law Betty Carter. Pallbearers will be George Brown, Sonny Day, Travis Guice, Terry Adkins, Michael Wallace, and Charles Simpson. Visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 from 5:00 PM til 8:00 PM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.