Anna Eliza Carter was a licensed practical nurse.
Carter died Nov. 24, 2012. She was 59.
She was born May 28, 1953 to Louise and Arthur Carter.
She attended West Catholic Girls High School for two years, but graduated from Overbrook High School in 1973. She attended Community College of Philadelphia, graduating with an associate’s degree in liberal arts. In 1979, she enrolled in James Martin Trade School, receiving a certified nursing assistant certificate. Two years later she graduated from the same trade school as a licensed practical nurse.
Carter worked as an LPN at Pennsylvania Hospital for five years and at Temple University Hospital for 18 years. For the last four years, she volunteered at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She never married and had no children, but was loved by many people who became her family.
She is survived by her friends Diane, Bruce, and April Reed, Erika M. Goodwin, Penny Stephens and Ameerah Kelley, Marie Harris, Pamela Sloane, Denise Patton and Adam Cooperstein and other relatives and friends.
Viewing will be held Nov. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Slater Funeral Home, 1426 Fitzwater St. Services will be held fromn noon to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Slater Funeral Home.
