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Rappahannock from below Kelly’s Ford to a farm just above Fredericksburg.
Canoeists who have pulled into the eddy formed by the point where the Rapidan and Rappahannock converge in a long, wide rapids know the spot as one of Randy Carter’s favorites.
In fact, there isn’t a good white water river in Northern Virginia that doesn’t wear one of Carter’s river markers, usually painted on bridge abutments, indicating the level of flow.
In his young days exploring Virginia and West Virginia’s wild waters, he ran gorges like Goshen pass, terrible places for novices. He made the mountain people smile.
Carter retired from being the Fauquier County Building Inspector in 1970. He is survived by his wife, Marion D., of Warrenton; a son, Randolph Scott, of Warrenton; two daughters, May Carter Savage of Charlotte, N.C., and Lindsay Eastham of Mount Pleasant, Mich.; a sister, Frances Carter Ritter, and a step-son, Buddy Nicklin, both of Warrenton, and a grandson.
Graveside services conducted by the Rev. David Greer were held January 18 at the Warrenton Cemetery. □
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