THELMA GERTRUDE "ZELLIE" CARTER (NEÉ WILLIAMS) SADLY PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 7, 2025 IN THE COMFORT OF HER OWN HOME. BORN TO THE LATE CARLOS & ERMINE WILLIAMS ON APRIL 18, 1939 IN BAYWOODS, ST. JAMES, BARBADOS. IN 1965, AFTER LIVING FOR A SHORT TIME IN NEW YORK, USA, THELMA MOVED TO TORONTO, ONTARIO.

WIFE TO FELLOW BARBADIAN COVEY CARTER FOR 55 YEARS, MOTHER OF SCOTT AND HEATHER CARTER, GRANDMOTHER OF EIGHT (8), GREAT-GRANDMOTHER OF TWO (2) AND SISTER TO SEVEN (7), THELMA WAS LOVED BY MANY.

SHE WAS A RETIRED SUPERVISOR AT LCBO (LAKESHORE), FORMER PRESIDENT AND CURRENT MEMBER OF ST. MICHAEL'S GIRLS SCHOOL ALUMNI (BARBADOS) AND A VERY ACTIVE AFFILIATE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH IN MISSISSAUGA.

HER TIME, ASSISTANCE, KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ALL WHO HAVE BEEN IN HER PRESENCE. FROM FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS AND CO-WORKERS TO STRANGERS. SHE GAVE HER TIME, MATERIALS, MONETARY GIFTS AND HERSELF TO PLACES SUCH AS OPEN DOOR (SQUARE ONE), TRILLIUM HOSPITAL, EASTER SEALS, JERRY LEWIS TELETHON AND COUNTLESS OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THESE SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS WERE KEPT UP WITH UNTIL THE VERY END.

ZELLIE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LOVED HER UNCONDITIONALLY - HUSBAND COVEY, CHILDREN SCOTT AND HEATHER, GRANDCHILDREN DAMIAN, SHAQUILLE, JADYN, ADRIAN, JOSHUA, DONTÉ (DECEASED), JOSIAH AND HAILEY, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN KALLUM AND ZAIN, SIBLINGS PEGGY, VICTOR, MARCIA, SYLVIA, FAY, ROY (DECEASED) AND EILEEN (DECEASED), CLOSE FRIENDS THE LATE ESTHER, HORTENSE, JOYCE AND MANY OTHERS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE, MOM.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS WOULD BE MOST WELCOMED AT FAITHWORKS, EASTER SEALS OR THE LIKE