June 27, 1933 – March 25, 2024
Nancy Elizabeth Kraige Carter, of Daleville, peacefully left us for a Heavenly home on Monday, March 25, 2024.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Kraige and Mary Jones Kraige; two sisters, Helen K. McDonald and Edith K. Bolding; and three brothers, Luther Kraige, Charles J. Kraige, and Edward Kraige.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Claude D. Carter; her daughter, Sarah Carter Dooley; her grandson, Joshua Kraige Dooley (Liz Kane); several special nieces and nephews; along with a family friend, Kim Carter.
Nancy was born in the City of Roanoke on June 27, 1933. She was a 1951 graduate of Jefferson High School and worked for many years as a general and legal secretary. She and Claude were married on May 8, 1959, in Roanoke and had shared a wonderful life together.
She was a member of the North Roanoke Baptist Church. She loved being a Sunday School Teacher, had served as a church pianist, church training director, and many other positions in the churches where she worshipped.
She served as the co-president of the Troutville Parent-Teachers Association and could always be counted on helping with hard work. Nancy also loved her roles as a wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker.
Special thanks are given to the nursing staff at The Glebe in Daleville for the care given to Nancy.
The family received friends on Friday, March 29, 2024, from 1 until 2 p.m. at Oakey’s North Chapel where the funeral service followed at 2 p.m. with Pastor Daniel Palmer and the Rev. Donna Sams officiating. Burial was in Sherwood Memorial Park in Salem.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the North Roanoke Baptist Church, 6402 Peters Creek Road, Roanoke, 24019 or to the Joslin Diabetes Center, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.Oakeys.com. Arrangements were by Oakey’s North Chapel, (540) 362-1237.
