Derrick A. Scott, Gleaner Writer
ATLANTA, Georgia:
ON SATURDAY, just hours before Mother's Day, Julette Carter was grieving.
"Nothing compares to a mother's love, nothing compares to a mother's pain. The pain I feel this afternoon, as I stand before you to bid my baby son farewell is a pain that can only be quenched by the almighty God," she sobbed.
With tears rolling down her eyes, Mrs. Carter, supported by her husband Bryan Carter, told hundreds of mourners at the Gracepointe Nazarene Church in Loganville, Georgia, that their son Julian should have graduated from the Tucker High School this month.
But this was never to be, as he died in a four-car collision on May 7.
HAPPY MEMORIES
"We may not be able to feel each other's tickles and hugs anymore, I might not be able to rock my baby to sleep anymore, but his memories and his sprit will now be rocking me to sleep," said Mrs. Carter.
And Mr. Carter, the former president of the Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA), recalled the embrace Julian gave him the last time he took him to the airport.
Tributes were also paid by Julian's two brothers, Adrian and Nicholas Carter; the Rev. John-Michael McGinnis and Dr. Scott Butler, principal of Tucker High School.
Among the mourners were Vin Martin, Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Atlanta, and Mrs. Martin, Allan Alberga, president of the Atlanta Jamaican Association and Derrick Wright and Astley Leslie, past presidents of the AJA.
The family of Julian Carter and Tucker High School have established the Julian Oliver Carter Memorial Scholarship Fund.
This scholarship will benefit students from Tucker High School who will be entering an automotive technology/ engineering programme.
