Debra Carlson

Visitation: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.

Funeral Service: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.

Graveside Service: Custer County Cemetery

Debbie Lee Carlson, age 49, of Miles City went to be with her Lord on Friday, January 8, 2010 at the Advanced Care Hospital of Montana in Billings after a long battle from a second brain injury from a fall on November 4th.

Debbie was born in Miles City, Montana on June 26, 1960, the youngest child of Edith (Chase) Carlson. She joined six brothers and sisters. Debbie played music at a very early age, strumming her bottle. She picked up the guitar and started playing music with her mother and Speed Melville. Later she had a band called The Midnight Riders. Debbie went to grade school in Miles City and graduated from Custer County High School. In 1980, Debbie survived a very bad car wreck. She and her mother have lived together ever since.

Debbie volunteered at the VA Hospital and later a Holy Rosary Hospital where she made a lot of friends. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. Debbie loved stuffed animals, especially monkeys and apes. She loved to play the guitar with her nephew Norman and also cribbage. She loved to play solitary on her computer, liked fishing if someone else baited the hook, and liked shooting targets with Ray and Norman. Debbie will be truly missed.

Debbie is survived by her devoted mother, Edith Ebert of Miles City, MT; her brothers and sisters: Farion (Linda) Carlson of Miles City, MT; Maxine (Alfred) Leatherberry of Miles City, MT; Dorene Robertson of Billings, MT; Carl Carlson of Helena, MT; Robin (Ray) Leatherberry of Volborg, MT; Claude (Cheryl) Carlson of Billings, MT; her very dear friend, Diane Reyff; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City. Condolences may be made to the family by visiting: www.stevensonandsons.com.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to Relay for Life