Sister M. Lucy delighted to tell the story of her childhood: She was born on March 28,1907, to Bert, and Catherine Carter in Clyde, Missouri and given the name Mary Ann. When she was three years old her mother died in childbirth and her father entrusted his small daughter to the care of her grandmother. Later, when her father remarried, Mary Ann was gifted with four half-sisters and two half-brothers. Mary Ann continued to live with her grandmother, gladly complying with her father's request to care for her.

Mary Ann was taught, in the grade school at Clyde by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration also in their St. Joseph's Academy. Her father was the mail carrier for the town of Clyde so he delivered the mail for the convent for many years. He would say: "My most precious delivery was on September 1, 1924, when I brought my daughter to enter the community."

On Profession Day, August 21, 1926, she received the name Sister Mary Lucy. She recalled that as a novice she spent recreation time learning from Fr. Lucas Etlin how to clean wheelbarrows and cement mixers during the building of the Relic Chapel and one wing of the convent. She also remembered baking altar breads on two small gasoline stoves in a room above the old warehouse, trimming the breads by hand with scissors.

With the exception of three months in Mundelein, Sister lived, loved and labored at Clyde. After Perpetual Vows, August 22, 1931, she began to help with the plumbing, electrical, and other maintenance work at Clyde, a work she continued for over fifty years. She is remembered as a "whisp of energy" always present to everyone's needs, and always having something to fulfill their needs. One of her greatest, joys was to provide for others especially at Christmas when she would pack lovely gift boxes of clothing, gifts and clothing for the poor of the area.

One of the highlights of her life was August 15, 1976, when she celebrated her golden jubilee at Clyde and all her brothers and sisters came for a reunion for the first time.

January, 1987, Sr. M. Lucy moved to St. Benedict's Health Care Center and adjusted happily to her new environment, grateful to be free of her many responsibilities. She delighted in being reunited with her old friends. Gradually, her health began to decline until she became seriously ill on December 12. The last days of her life she was surrounded by her the Sisters in the community and her sister, Sr. Rosanna Carter, OSF, praying and supporting her till her last breath. She whose name meant "light" and who lit up our lives in so many beautiful ways is now enjoying eternal Light! She died on December 20, 1990.