She was born at Pinehurst, N.C., a daughter of Nathan W. Smith of Lucedale, Miss., and Marilee Nutt Lemon of Parkersburg.
Amanda was a graduate of Parkersburg South High School and was employed by the West Virginia Masonic Home.
She is survived by her husband, Richard R. Carpenter Jr.; two daughters, Alexis Mikala Carpenter, age six, and Victoria Louise Anne Carpenter, age three, both of the home; two stepsons, Richard Ray Carpenter III and Austin Tyler Carpenter, both of Williamstown; three sisters, Sarah Smith and Dawn Smith, both of Parkersburg, and Cheyenne Smith of Decatur, Ala.; one brother, Ethan Smith of Lucedale, Miss.; stepmother, Stacy Smith of Lucedale, Miss.; maternal grandmother, Pearl Nutt of Parkersburg; paternal grandmother, Linda Merkinson of Moss Point, Miss.; mother-in-law, Linda Carpenter of Parkersburg; father-in-law, Richard R. Carpenter Sr. and his wife, Theresa, of Washington; special friends, including Shelly Shaffer and Neal Jackson, Scott Shaffer, Lisa Shaffer and Shawn Leisure; and several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Vaughan Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with Bishop Randell L. Fuson officiating. Services will conclude with burial in the Sunset Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family is proud that Amanda shared the gift of life through organ donation. In her memory, expressions of sympathy are requested to the Carpenter Children's Fund, c/o Community Bank, Parkersburg.
She was born at Pinehurst, N.C., a daughter of Nathan W. Smith of Lucedale, Miss., and Marilee Nutt Lemon of Parkersburg.
Amanda was a graduate of Parkersburg South High School and was employed by the West Virginia Masonic Home.
She is survived by her husband, Richard R. Carpenter Jr.; two daughters, Alexis Mikala Carpenter, age six, and Victoria Louise Anne Carpenter, age three, both of the home; two stepsons, Richard Ray Carpenter III and Austin Tyler Carpenter, both of Williamstown; three sisters, Sarah Smith and Dawn Smith, both of Parkersburg, and Cheyenne Smith of Decatur, Ala.; one brother, Ethan Smith of Lucedale, Miss.; stepmother, Stacy Smith of Lucedale, Miss.; maternal grandmother, Pearl Nutt of Parkersburg; paternal grandmother, Linda Merkinson of Moss Point, Miss.; mother-in-law, Linda Carpenter of Parkersburg; father-in-law, Richard R. Carpenter Sr. and his wife, Theresa, of Washington; special friends, including Shelly Shaffer and Neal Jackson, Scott Shaffer, Lisa Shaffer and Shawn Leisure; and several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Vaughan Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with Bishop Randell L. Fuson officiating. Services will conclude with burial in the Sunset Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family is proud that Amanda shared the gift of life through organ donation. In her memory, expressions of sympathy are requested to the Carpenter Children's Fund, c/o Community Bank, Parkersburg.
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