Services for Mrs. Carpenter, who died of heart failure (MEREDITH had heart issues but did not die of heart failure; she died of metastatic stomach cancer) at Greenwood Leflore Hospital on Dec. 12, 1990, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity.
Besides her daughter. Mrs. Meredith Saunders, she is survived by a son, Robert F. Carpenter III, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; two brothers, Earl P. Davis and Tanner C. Davis, both of Memphis two sisters, Virginia Lawo and Catherine D. Ingram, both of Memphis; and two grandchildren.
The Rev. Larry Maze will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, with Wilson and Knight Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers will be Louie L. Walker III, Matt Dale, Johnny Kearney, Fisher Southworth, Walley Stuckey, Frank Stainback and Frank Abbott Jr.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, at Nativity-Church, where she was a communicant and had been a Sunday School teacher. She was a recent president of St. Hilda's Guild of the church. Mrs. Carpenter also was a board member of the Southern Debutante Assembly, which she helped to establish. She became a member of Kappa Delta Sorority at her alma mater, Southwestern College in Memphis, now called Rhodes College. She was a member of the Hall of Fame and Miss Southwestern in 1931. She was a graduate of Central High School in Memphis, and she pursued postgraduate studies in English at the University of Wisconsin. Memorials may be made to Rhodes College, the Church of the Nativity or the Humane Society of Leflore County.
The Greenwood Commonwealth
Greenwood, Mississippi
14 Dec 1990, Fri • Pages 1 & 2
Meredith was a wonderful piano player. Her brothers would come home humming the lastest tune and before they knew it, she was tickling the ivories playing that very song. She died at age 82 of GI cancer.
Besides her daughter. Mrs. Meredith Saunders, she is survived by a son, Robert F. Carpenter III, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; two brothers, Earl P. Davis and Tanner C. Davis, both of Memphis two sisters, Virginia Lawo and Catherine D. Ingram, both of Memphis; and two grandchildren.
The Rev. Larry Maze will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, with Wilson and Knight Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers will be Louie L. Walker III, Matt Dale, Johnny Kearney, Fisher Southworth, Walley Stuckey, Frank Stainback and Frank Abbott Jr.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, at Nativity-Church, where she was a communicant and had been a Sunday School teacher. She was a recent president of St. Hilda's Guild of the church. Mrs. Carpenter also was a board member of the Southern Debutante Assembly, which she helped to establish. She became a member of Kappa Delta Sorority at her alma mater, Southwestern College in Memphis, now called Rhodes College. She was a member of the Hall of Fame and Miss Southwestern in 1931. She was a graduate of Central High School in Memphis, and she pursued postgraduate studies in English at the University of Wisconsin. Memorials may be made to Rhodes College, the Church of the Nativity or the Humane Society of Leflore County.
The Greenwood Commonwealth
Greenwood, Mississippi
14 Dec 1990, Fri • Pages 1 & 2
Meredith was a wonderful piano player. Her brothers would come home humming the lastest tune and before they knew it, she was tickling the ivories playing that very song. She died at age 82 of GI cancer.
Services for Mrs. Carpenter, who died of heart failure (MEREDITH had heart issues but did not die of heart failure; she died of metastatic stomach cancer) at Greenwood Leflore Hospital on Dec. 12, 1990, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity.
Besides her daughter. Mrs. Meredith Saunders, she is survived by a son, Robert F. Carpenter III, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; two brothers, Earl P. Davis and Tanner C. Davis, both of Memphis two sisters, Virginia Lawo and Catherine D. Ingram, both of Memphis; and two grandchildren.
The Rev. Larry Maze will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, with Wilson and Knight Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers will be Louie L. Walker III, Matt Dale, Johnny Kearney, Fisher Southworth, Walley Stuckey, Frank Stainback and Frank Abbott Jr.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, at Nativity-Church, where she was a communicant and had been a Sunday School teacher. She was a recent president of St. Hilda's Guild of the church. Mrs. Carpenter also was a board member of the Southern Debutante Assembly, which she helped to establish. She became a member of Kappa Delta Sorority at her alma mater, Southwestern College in Memphis, now called Rhodes College. She was a member of the Hall of Fame and Miss Southwestern in 1931. She was a graduate of Central High School in Memphis, and she pursued postgraduate studies in English at the University of Wisconsin. Memorials may be made to Rhodes College, the Church of the Nativity or the Humane Society of Leflore County.
The Greenwood Commonwealth
Greenwood, Mississippi
14 Dec 1990, Fri • Pages 1 & 2
Meredith was a wonderful piano player. Her brothers would come home humming the lastest tune and before they knew it, she was tickling the ivories playing that very song. She died at age 82 of GI cancer.
Besides her daughter. Mrs. Meredith Saunders, she is survived by a son, Robert F. Carpenter III, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; two brothers, Earl P. Davis and Tanner C. Davis, both of Memphis two sisters, Virginia Lawo and Catherine D. Ingram, both of Memphis; and two grandchildren.
The Rev. Larry Maze will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, with Wilson and Knight Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers will be Louie L. Walker III, Matt Dale, Johnny Kearney, Fisher Southworth, Walley Stuckey, Frank Stainback and Frank Abbott Jr.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, at Nativity-Church, where she was a communicant and had been a Sunday School teacher. She was a recent president of St. Hilda's Guild of the church. Mrs. Carpenter also was a board member of the Southern Debutante Assembly, which she helped to establish. She became a member of Kappa Delta Sorority at her alma mater, Southwestern College in Memphis, now called Rhodes College. She was a member of the Hall of Fame and Miss Southwestern in 1931. She was a graduate of Central High School in Memphis, and she pursued postgraduate studies in English at the University of Wisconsin. Memorials may be made to Rhodes College, the Church of the Nativity or the Humane Society of Leflore County.
The Greenwood Commonwealth
Greenwood, Mississippi
14 Dec 1990, Fri • Pages 1 & 2
Meredith was a wonderful piano player. Her brothers would come home humming the lastest tune and before they knew it, she was tickling the ivories playing that very song. She died at age 82 of GI cancer.
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