Rhea Carter, served on Litchfield Beaches POA board
June 26, 2025
Rhea Greene Carter of North Litchfield died June 17.
The daughter of Daner D. and John I. Greene, she was a native of Portsmouth, Va. She was a graduate of Madison College. She was a teacher, guidance counselor and school principal.
She was married to the late Henry M. Carter Jr.
While living in Winston-Salem, N.C., she was an active community volunteer serving as a docent at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, the Southeastern Center for Creative Art, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and Old Salem. She was a member of the Flower Lore Garden Club and the Friends of Brenner Children’s Hospital. After moving to North Litchfield, Mrs. Carter was a member of the Friends of Brookgreen Gardens and PEO Sorority.
She was a former member of Eastern Star and delivered Meals on Wheels for 20 years. She was an active member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem where she served as a member of the administrative board and the altar guild.
While in North Litchfield she was a member of Belin Memorial United Methodist Church and the Belin Sunday School Class. She served two terms on the board of the Litchfield Beaches Property Owners Association. She also served as a member of the Georgetown County Board of Zoning Appeals.
Her great loves were God, her family and friends, being on the beach and traveling the world.
She is survived by her daughter: Clair Bell (Tom); her grandson, Thomas G. Bell Ill (English); her great-granddaughter, Mary Lile Bell; and several cousins.
A memorial celebration will be held July 2 at 2 p.m. at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials may be made to the Rhea and Henry Carter Scholarship for International Study at Randolph-Macon College: Attention Gift Processing, P.O. Box 5005, Ashland, VA 23005.
There is a guest book at myrtlebeachfuneralhome.com.
