By Robert Carter
The theme was Western, with boots, cowboy hats, jeans, barbecue ribs, baked beans, chicken, mac and cheese, and a cowboy attitude.
Born in Denison, Texas, 85 years ago, Billie Carter married and moved to Sacramento, CA. She had four children, then moved to San Diego, CA, and added three more to the family.
Now she sits at 7 children, 16 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great-grandchildren. She has done her part to repopulate the earth.
Once she arrived in San Diego and immediately began to give back to the community.
First, she kept special needs kids for 11 years, a very difficult job. Then she started a charity, The Royal Princesses and Knights, that donated to centers for battered and abused women.
This evolved into giving scholarships to kids in the community graduating from high school and going to college. Her charity has given more than $150,000 in scholarship awards alone.
Now she’s heading down the backstretch dragging her husband of 50 years, Robert Carter, with her.
Everyone had a blast with the company of lots of good friends and supporters. This ain’t Texas and we don’t hold em.
Billie and Robert would like to thank everyone for their love and support all of these years!
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