James Boyd “J.B.” Carter was born on Oct. 19, 1931 in Waverly, the son of the late Roy and Nellie Warden Carter.He died Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, with his family at his side. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Wayne, Franklin, and Bill Carter; one sister, Bettie Jean Burd; and one grandchild, Jeremy Wayne Trail. He is survived by his wife, Nell Katherine Wannamaker Carter; four children and their spouses, Donald and Janet Carter, Randal and Nancy Carter, Glenda and Joel Trail, and Kathy and Rick Greenwood; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Patty Perryman and her husband, Don; nephews, Jimmy and Darlene Burd, Keith and Teresa Perryman, and Cathy and Kevin Petticoles.