I have known Fran for 15 years and when she would come to H-E-B in Harker Heights shopping she would have Crystal with her and she would always stop by the bakery and say hello and give me a hug and Crystal had to get her hug as well. I will never forget her smile I will miss her for sure. Fly high with the angels 👼 

I had the luxury of being able to spend a Thanksgiving with this whole family while my husband was deployed.  At the time I literally had no one and Mike invited me this is when I met Fran.  They all were such loving kind people and accepted me with loving arms.  She will be missed.  She was so sweet.  I am and will always be forever grateful not only to her but the entire family.  I am sending all of my thoughts and prayers your way.  


I cannot tell you how many times I have logged onto this page....How do you tell someone goodbye?  Fran was part of my life for 38+ years.   She was my boss, my second mom, and most of all one of my best friends.  The things she taught me and things we did together are my whole life memories.   Lemon chicken at Hunans, exercise at Magic Mirror, craw fish boils in Louisiana (oh and how to drink, party, and survive the next day).   I sit back and wonder if she knew how much she meant to so many people?  Did she know how many lives she touched?  Did I stop and tell her enough how much she meant to me?     In my heart, I have to believe that Fran  left her "sole" print on our "souls" and she will remain inside each of us.    Remember the good times - Fran in the boot shop, boom box blaring - Funky Town, I wear my sunglasses at night, and Electric Avenue and on..and on...Those poor Angels in Heaven....She has probably already taught them The Bump.  Frannie you will be GREATLY MISSED!!    We love YOU!!  You have my heart forever, love Lynannie 

This is Fran as Bridesmaid at Sam and Lynanne's Wedding 1992.  She is probably the only Bridesmaid in history to love her dress!

I became friends with Frannie when I used to get my shoes repaired at her shop. We loved hanging out and cooking.  My favorites were catfish marinated in mustard and white wings. We danced to biddy biddy bomba while watching Selena. Frannie and Crystal had a special bond,  I know she will miss her! 
I am grateful for all of the memories and that Frannie is at peace.  The picture y'all chose for this site is how I remember her most with that big beautiful smile.  

I met Fran through Valerie when I returned from Bosnia.  She was our neighbor and immediately adopted me as part of her family.  I'll always cherish the memories of our cookouts and just hanging out on the weekends.  She was an authentic, kind soul and a great human.  We miss you Frannie. 

I did not have the pleasure of knowing Fran personally, but because she loved my sister, Valerie, like her own daughter she has always held a special place in my heart. God rest her soul.

I woke in Florida to the news that my friend - my “Momma” - of more than 25 years, Frances Carter had passed.  Though I knew this day was coming, my heart is absolutely broken.  

When I returned to Texas after Flight School, I deliberately parked my mobile home on the lot next to hers in 1998.  She was the only family I had at the hanger to see me off for my deployment to Bosnia.  She was one of the handful of people who witnessed our wedding on 12/28/99 (a Tuesday).  Julia Robinson shares the same birthday with “Grannie Frannie”.  She bought our mobile home from us when we moved to PA, so every visit to Momma meant we’d get to also spend time in the home where we started our family.  She was an incredible cook.  She loved Doo-wop music and Hallmark movies.  She was the hardest working person I knew.  She was funny and sweet.  Her friends were her family...and her family was her world (especially Crystal).

She was there for so many memories (big and small) in the last 25+ years...I had hoped to be by her side, holding her hand, when she went home to Heaven.

I love you Momma...and miss you already.

Fran will be missed by myself and my friend Pat, we’re sorry of hearing of her passing. But great full that she was a part of our lives. Our deepest sympathy for her family. 

OBITUARY

Frances "Fran" Ann House Carter

August 12, 1949 – December 26, 2019

Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home

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