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Verna S. Carter

Verna was born August 24, 1906, in East Millicreek, Utah, to Arta McLean and Alfaretta Neff Seely. She spent her early childhood in East Millicreek. When she was six, the family moved to Rosette, Utah. She was educated in Rosette and Park Valley schools and graduated from Box Elder High School. She also studied at Utah State University and graduated from Keisters Tailoring College in Salt Lake City.

She married Kenneth Goodliffe Carter on March 23, 1927, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He passed away Feb. 22, 1993. They ran a sheep and cattle ranch in Park Valley for 50 years, then moved to Logan. After her husband's death, Verna lived at Williamsburg Retirement Center in Logan, and, more recently, at Country Care Assisted Living in Farmington, Utah.

Verna was active in the LDS Church and served in many leadership and teaching positions including Relief Society, primary and young women's presidencies. She served with her husband in the Northern Indian Mission from 1964 to 1966, where she served as mission Relief Society president.

She enjoyed literature and writing and had several stories and poems published in various magazines. She was a member of the Eliza Nyman Olsen Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers where she served for several years as lesson leader.

Verna May Seely Carter
LDS
LDS (member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Kenneth Goodliffe Carter
1906-08-24
East Millcreek, Utah
1999-07-06
Utah State University; Keisters Tailoring College
Female
Author, Poet
English

4 Works by Verna S. Carter

Title Role Year Genre
Consider Author 1969 Poetry
Generation Span Author 1969 Poetry
Of the Dark Seed of Joseph Author 1967 Poetry
Silence Author 1932 Poetry
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