Like his father and many of his relatives, James Edward "Ed" Carpenter was a farmer. He first married Dora Skeen in 1900, and following her early death, married Mary Jane Holder Perry in 1918. Mary was a good step-mother to Dora's children, Harry and Mary, and they loved her dearly.
The following obituary was saved by his daughter, Mary Carpenter, who gave it to her nephew's wife, Margaret Ann Gray Carpenter.
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Dies at Chilhowee
James Edward Carpenter, 83 year-old retired farmer, died at 2:45 p. m., Jan. 13, 1953, at his home in Chilhowee.
The funeral was held at 10:00 o'clock Thursday morning at the Community Methodist Church, the pastor, the Rev. Ralph Young, officiating. Mrs. Wm. Inglish and Mrs. Iva McReynolds, accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Turner, sang "Whispering Hope," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Pallbearers were Chas. Hancock, M. A. Ficke, Barney Adams, Arthur Dameron, Wayne Thomason and Grover Mosley. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery at Walnut Grove, Mo.
Mr. Carpenter was born March 17, 1869, at Nashville, Ill., a son of James Richard and Sarah Jane Shelton Carpenter. He was reared in the Chilhowee community and in 1900 moved to Walnut Grove where he lived until 1932. He then returned to Chilhowee where he farmed and raised stock until retiring.
He leaves his wife, of the home; a daughter, Miss Mary Carpenter, of Denver, Colo.; and a son, Harry L. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Methodist Church at Walnut Grove.
The following obituary was saved by his daughter, Mary Carpenter, who gave it to her nephew's wife, Margaret Ann Gray Carpenter.
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Dies at Chilhowee
James Edward Carpenter, 83 year-old retired farmer, died at 2:45 p. m., Jan. 13, 1953, at his home in Chilhowee.
The funeral was held at 10:00 o'clock Thursday morning at the Community Methodist Church, the pastor, the Rev. Ralph Young, officiating. Mrs. Wm. Inglish and Mrs. Iva McReynolds, accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Turner, sang "Whispering Hope," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Pallbearers were Chas. Hancock, M. A. Ficke, Barney Adams, Arthur Dameron, Wayne Thomason and Grover Mosley. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery at Walnut Grove, Mo.
Mr. Carpenter was born March 17, 1869, at Nashville, Ill., a son of James Richard and Sarah Jane Shelton Carpenter. He was reared in the Chilhowee community and in 1900 moved to Walnut Grove where he lived until 1932. He then returned to Chilhowee where he farmed and raised stock until retiring.
He leaves his wife, of the home; a daughter, Miss Mary Carpenter, of Denver, Colo.; and a son, Harry L. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Methodist Church at Walnut Grove.
Like his father and many of his relatives, James Edward "Ed" Carpenter was a farmer. He first married Dora Skeen in 1900, and following her early death, married Mary Jane Holder Perry in 1918. Mary was a good step-mother to Dora's children, Harry and Mary, and they loved her dearly.
The following obituary was saved by his daughter, Mary Carpenter, who gave it to her nephew's wife, Margaret Ann Gray Carpenter.
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Dies at Chilhowee
James Edward Carpenter, 83 year-old retired farmer, died at 2:45 p. m., Jan. 13, 1953, at his home in Chilhowee.
The funeral was held at 10:00 o'clock Thursday morning at the Community Methodist Church, the pastor, the Rev. Ralph Young, officiating. Mrs. Wm. Inglish and Mrs. Iva McReynolds, accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Turner, sang "Whispering Hope," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Pallbearers were Chas. Hancock, M. A. Ficke, Barney Adams, Arthur Dameron, Wayne Thomason and Grover Mosley. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery at Walnut Grove, Mo.
Mr. Carpenter was born March 17, 1869, at Nashville, Ill., a son of James Richard and Sarah Jane Shelton Carpenter. He was reared in the Chilhowee community and in 1900 moved to Walnut Grove where he lived until 1932. He then returned to Chilhowee where he farmed and raised stock until retiring.
He leaves his wife, of the home; a daughter, Miss Mary Carpenter, of Denver, Colo.; and a son, Harry L. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Methodist Church at Walnut Grove.
The following obituary was saved by his daughter, Mary Carpenter, who gave it to her nephew's wife, Margaret Ann Gray Carpenter.
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Dies at Chilhowee
James Edward Carpenter, 83 year-old retired farmer, died at 2:45 p. m., Jan. 13, 1953, at his home in Chilhowee.
The funeral was held at 10:00 o'clock Thursday morning at the Community Methodist Church, the pastor, the Rev. Ralph Young, officiating. Mrs. Wm. Inglish and Mrs. Iva McReynolds, accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Turner, sang "Whispering Hope," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Pallbearers were Chas. Hancock, M. A. Ficke, Barney Adams, Arthur Dameron, Wayne Thomason and Grover Mosley. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery at Walnut Grove, Mo.
Mr. Carpenter was born March 17, 1869, at Nashville, Ill., a son of James Richard and Sarah Jane Shelton Carpenter. He was reared in the Chilhowee community and in 1900 moved to Walnut Grove where he lived until 1932. He then returned to Chilhowee where he farmed and raised stock until retiring.
He leaves his wife, of the home; a daughter, Miss Mary Carpenter, of Denver, Colo.; and a son, Harry L. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Methodist Church at Walnut Grove.
