Our Staff
OUR STAFF AT CARTER FUNERAL HOME
Members of the local community make everything that happens possible.
Gary is a native of Rowan County, NC. Gary began his career in funeral service in 1981 as a senior in high school, when he walked in Seymour Funeral Home in Goldsboro and said I think I want to be a funeral director. Gary Taylor and Ben Strickland allowed him to work after school and on weekends until he graduated high school and moved to Kannapolis to serve his apprenticeship at Lady's Funeral Home. He graduated from Fayetteville Technical Institute in 1985 and was licensed as a funeral service licensee that same year. He moved to Richmond County in 1995 and began working with the Carter family and in 1998 became co-owner of the Carter Funeral Home. He served as President of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association for 2 terms and currently serves on the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service. He is the proud father of 2 sons, Chandler and Zachary and a grandson Jaxon.
Daniel Briggs is the son of Jack & Joan Briggs. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service. He is a funeral service licensee. He lives in Lexington where he is active in many civic and religious activities. He spends most of his time working with Davidson and Piedmont Funeral Homes, both co-owned by the Briggs Family.Dan is married and has three daughters.
Joan C. Briggs serves as Secretary of Carter Funeral Home. She is a graduate of Appalachian State University and was a public school Librarian until she obtained her funeral directors license in 1989. Mrs. Briggs has been very active in the civic and religious life of the community. She has served on numerous boards including, Davidson County Community College Foundation, Hospice, American Red Cross, United Way of Davidson County, Mountain Vista Health Park and Thomasville Medical Center Foundation. She is a member of Central United Methodist where she served as chairman of worship for several years. She is a member and past president of the Denton Ladies Civitan Club.
IN LOVING MEMORY
FUNERAL ASSISTANTS
We honor the memory of two dedicated longtime employees. Carl Phillips began working part-time for Sedberry Funeral Home in in 1950 and continued on staff until his health began declining in 2018. He was affectionately known to family and close friends as Bubba and we all considered him the patriarch of the Carter Funeral Home Family. Robert Smith came on staff in 1990 and continued until his health kept him from working in 2015. Aside from his funeral work, he was our go-to carpenter and woodworker. Robert built the casket biers used in both funeral homes and several of the floral columns we use today. Bubba and Robert were fixtures on every funeral and visitation. Their dedication to the families we serve was above and beyond. They are missed not only by their families and our staff but by the community as well.
In Loving Memory Doug Huntley
Licensed Funeral Director
Douglas Spencer Huntley, 73, a longtime Laurinburg resident completed his earthly journey all too soon on Monday, July 12, 2021, due to injuries received in an automobile accident.
Doug was a native of Rutherford County, NC, and a son of the late Leslie Howard and Lyattle Rollins Huntley. He graduated RS Central High School, Class of 1966, and with Honors from Cecil’s Business College and Fayetteville Technical Community College. He served his country proudly in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Doug’s first career was in banking having worked with numerous banks across the state and retired from Carter Bank and Trust. Following his retirement, he set out on his lifetime dream and his second career as a funeral director. Doug’s strong commitment to helping others in their time of grief, his calming personality and his attention to detail helped him excel in the profession. He served as manager of Reavis Funeral Home of Statesville from 2015 until 2019. In 2019 he returned to the sandhills and joined the staff of Carter Funeral Home, where he was working at the time of his death. He was also a proud member of Lions International, most recently in the Rockingham Lions Club. Family was of great importance to Doug. He loved the family vacations every year as well as getting together with extended family at the reunions.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 38 years, Lynda Galloway Huntley; two children, Winston Huntley and Amanda Huntley; grandson, Brannon Huntley; a sister, Doris H. Luckadoo and brother Steve K. Huntley (Sandra) and many nieces, nephews and special friends.
