DOVER - Mary Etta Carter, of Dover, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at Capitol Nursing Home. She was 82. Mrs. Carter was born March 13, 1929, in Cheswold, to the late Return Carney and Ola E. Beckett Carney. She worked at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill in Smyrna in the maintenance department and most recently at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover working banquets. Mrs. Carter was a member of the Immanuel Union United Methodist Church, Cheswold. She enjoyed line dancing and traveling. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by Carlton Carter Sr.; and two sons, Carlton Carter Jr., and Return Carter. She is survived by son, Anthony Carter of Dover; daughters, Ruth Ridgeway of Dover, Gloria Dewey and her husband Matthew of Dover; brother, Willis Carney and his wife Anita of Dover; sisters, Betty Seeney of Clayton, Shirley Seeney of Dover, and Gloria Attix of Dover; six grandchildren, Sherry Wilson, Albert Ridgeway Jr., Brandy Ridgeway, Carlton Trainor, Tiffany Giroux, and Brian Clairmont; six great-grandchildren, and three great-great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be noon, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at the Immanuel Union United Methodist Church, 756 Main Street, Cheswold. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.