Because of Covid19 and health issues with some of the family members, wearing masks is requested by the family.

Viewing will be from 4PM-8PM Friday, April 30, 2021 at Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary at 6934 S. Western Avenue

A funeral to celebrate Alma's life will be held at 1:00 PM in the South Colonial Chapel, followed by a 3:00 PM committal service at Paoli Cemetery in Paoli, OK.

Alma Rose Carter-Dixon, 93, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, April 25th, 2021. The daughter of Schuyler Williams and Pearl Dillingham Williams, she was born March 28th, 1928 in Paoli, Oklahoma. Alma was the surviving daughter of Pearl Dillingham Williams who was distinguished at the Sole Surviving Widow of the Spanish American War. She was a proud member of the Republican Party, receiving the Life Member Order of Merit in 2018. A long-time resident of Moore, Oklahoma, known for her vibrant personality, famous for her comic humor, generosity to her family and friends, and "red' hair. She was a devoted, loving and caring mother and grandmother. Prayer was a central tenant throughout her long life which she instilled in her children and grandchildren. Nothing was more important to her than her family and loving and serving the Lord. Alma loved to sing and play the piano (with an awesome self-taught inspirational style), particularly the classic hymns, like "How Great Thou Art". She enjoyed being with her family and friends attending church and writing songs and poetry. She particularly loved to write and tell stories about her childhood experiences in Paoli, Oklahoma. A story about Christmas during the Great Depression was once featured in the Oklahoma City Times. One such poem about Paoli, seems particularly appropriate at this moment:

Yesterday

I lived in a town, where you

Could see for miles around.

Walk barefoot down the street and

always a smile from the people

you meet

Ride on wagons filled with cotton so

white, that folks had picked from morning

till night.

Oh I wish I had yesterday again, I'd do the things

I thought I couldn't do, go to places others go to.

Time goes by so fast and I thought

it would always last.

Oh I wish I had yesterday again

I'de tell those I loved so dear

how I enjoyed their lives while

they were here.

Oh I wish had yesterday again.

By Alma Rose Carter ©

Copyright 2-16-1989

A poem about growing up as a child in the 1930's in Paoli, Oklahoma

We have assurance she is with our Heavenly Father at that great homecoming. She will be so sorely missed but always held close in our hearts. I think all who knew her can remorsefully say: "Oh I wish I had yesterday again."

Who can know the depth of our sorrow?

Who can console our hearts and tears?

None but the Lord

Amen and Amen.

She was preceded in death by her: Parents: Schuyler and Pearl Williams, her brothers Schuyler Williams, jr., his wife Ethyl "Toot" Williams, William Keoppel, sisters, Roma Jean Tom and husband John Tom, Gayle Dean Williams, her husband Joe Finney, first husband Charles Edward Carter; Husband, Doyle Dawson Dixon; and Sons Charles Michael Carter, and David Alan Carter and great grandchild Maverick Clark.

She leaves behind her daughter Rev. Dr. Jeanne Carter Jeffers and husband William Jeffers, Sons Dr. Daniel Clark Carter, of Huntsville, Alabama, John Mark Carter and wife Lisa Brooks; and wife of David Alan Carter, Vicki Carter of Choctaw, Oklahoma, her sister-in-law Shirley Keoppel, eleven grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren