{"id":14727,"date":"2026-05-13T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=14727"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:45:31","slug":"carter-tony-eugene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/carter-tony-eugene\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter, Tony Eugene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary\">\n<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary__text\">\n<div class=\"obituary edit-container\">\n<div class=\"obituary-text edit\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tony Eugene Carter, age 64, of Centerville, Tennessee, passed away on April 9, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Born on June 29, 1961, in Nashville, Tennessee, Tony was the son of Jesse Carter and Margaret Harrison Delk, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded by his sister, Kaye Ingram and his son-in-law, Anthony Padgett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tony is survived by his loving daughters, Misty (Luke) Langley and Tonya Padgett; his life partner, Wanda Wilson; his brothers, Roy Capps, Kenneth Delk, Ricky Carter, and Jesse Carter; and his sister, Tammy Mosley. He also leaves behind eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, all of whom he cherished deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tony dedicated many years of service to Metro Nashville, where he worked primarily as a truck driver while also taking on various other responsibilities before retiring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He had a deep love for music and was an avid guitar player, earning a reputation among friends and family as the \u201cMusic City Outlaw Singer.\u201d Tony also enjoyed riding his Harley-Davidson and embraced the freedom of the open road. Known for his independent spirit and sense of humor.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"obituary-text edit\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Visitation with the family will be 12 April 2026 from 12:00 &#8211; 2:00 PM at McDonald Funeral Home &#8211; Hickman County with Funeral Services to follow at 2:00 PM.\u00a0 Burial will follow at Charles L Nickell Memorial Park Cemetery, Centerville, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tony will be remembered for his love of family, his passion for music, and his free-spirited nature. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Eugene Carter, age 64, of Centerville, Tennessee, passed away on April 9, 2026. Born on June 29, 1961, in Nashville, Tennessee, Tony was the son of Jesse Carter and Margaret Harrison Delk, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded by his sister, Kaye Ingram and his son-in-law, Anthony Padgett. Tony is survived by his loving&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/carter-tony-eugene\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[2548,758,2509,673,201,1620,1923,3757,239],"class_list":["post-14727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcdonaldfuneralhome","tag-capps","tag-carter","tag-delk","tag-harrison","tag-ingram","tag-langley","tag-mosley","tag-padgett","tag-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}