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Mrs. Mae Ella Carter

– 2026 ·Athens, AL·Royal Funeral Home, Inc. - Huntsville
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Mrs. will be deeply missed by all who loved them.

"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through."
— Eskimo proverb

Mrs. Mae Ella Carter of Athens, AL has gone home, leaving behind a circle of those who loved them.

Here is what we wish the world to know of Mrs..

It is in the silence afterward that we hear how loud a life was.

Funeral service for Mrs. Mae Ella Carter will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 9, 2026 at the Round Island Creek Mission Center (13829 Lucas Ferry Road, Athens, AL 35611) with Dr. Michael Timberlake, Jr. officiating, with Royal Funeral Home-Mason Chapel, directing.

Interment will be in the Thatch Mann Cemetery, 1801 W Hobbs St, Athens, AL 35611.

Mrs. Carter will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

Public viewing will be held at 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2026 and from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2026 at the Royal Funeral Home-Mason Chapel, 718 Browns Ferry Street, Athens, AL 35611.

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