Old time and bluegrass music loss

Following a struggle with liver cancer, Joe Carter, 78, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2005, shortly before 5 p.m. One of three children born to A.P. and Sara Carter, Joe was a beloved personality and performer at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia.

He and his sister Janette spent most of their lives in the southwest corner of Virginia, where their parents and Maybelle Addington Carter formed the world-famous Carter Family trio that began recording in 1927.