88 year old Helen Elizabeth Maxwell Carter of Lumberton, North Carolina died Saturday at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in North Carolina. She was retired from the Smithville shirt factory and a Baptist. The funeral will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Tommy Taylor and B.J. Thompson will officiate and burial will be in the Whorton Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nick and Willie Reasonover Brown; two husbands, Toy L. Maxwell and Robert Carter; a brother, Walton Brown; and a step-daughter, Helen Putty. Survivors include two sons, David and wife Vivian Maxwell of North Carolina and Ron and wife Judy Maxwell of Alabama. Seven grandchildren, Todd Maxwell of Goodlettsville, Scott Maxwell of Alabama, Ginger Wenger of Smithville, A.J. Fedak of Alabama, James Scruggs of North Carolina, Suzanne Parker of North Carolina, and Robin Peronne of North Carolina, Nine great grandchildren, one great great granchild, and one brother, Raymond Brown of Nashville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.