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Alfred Ball Carter III

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Alfred Ball Carter III was returned to God's care on July 31st, 2018. He was born on May 9th, 1946 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Irby Lindsey Carter and Alfred B (AB) Carter II. Alfred attended Hall High School where he played football and then attended Southwestern College, (now Rhodes) on a scholarship in Memphis. He completed his degree in advertising and marketing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He was a manager of Ozark Outdoor Supply, Arkansas' first outdoor store, in 1972. It was then he and his partner, Tim Olmstead, opened Ozark Mountain Sports, which was Fayetteville's first outdoor store, in 1975. In his lifetime, Alfred attended Bob Culp Climbing School, Northwest Outward Bound, Rainier Mountaineering School and The International Alpine School in Colorado where he spent two weeks climbing with Jeff Lowe in Denali National Park, Alaska. Alf loved the outdoors and has been hiking and rock climbing in Northwest Arkansas' Ozark Mountains for many years. He was the first to rock climb many of today's popular sites in Northwest Arkansas including Sam's Throne, Red Rock Point, Busby Hollow and Lick Hollow (Horseshoe Canyon) to name a few. He then built a vacation lodging business near the upper Buffalo National River, called AzaIea Falls Lodge, with his wife Kathy and continued to take visitors hiking and climbing for many years. Alf is preceded in death by his father, AB Carter II, and his mother Irby Lindsey Noble. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Trimble, and a brother Bill Carter (wife, Sally Carter), two nephews, Preston Trimble (Lauren) and Chuck Carter (Canie) and one niece, Cary Collins (Nick). A Graveside service will be at Mount Olive Cemetery in Kingston, Arkansas at 1 p.m., Wednesday, August 8, 2018. Memorial contributions may be made to the Buffalo River Foundation, Po Box 55, Ponca, Ark. 72760 or at www.buffaloriverfoundation.org. Online Guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/harrison.

Published August 7, 2018

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