LINCOLNTON, Ga. - Mrs. Edith "Carol" Carpenter, 73, entered into rest on Thursday, June 2, 2005 at St. Joseph Hospital, Augusta.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 6, 2005 at 1 p.m. at Lincolnton United Methodist Church with Rev. John Pike and Rev. Jane Brooks officiating. Interment followed at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Augusta.
Mrs. Carpenter was a native of Indianapolis, Ind. and the daughter of the late Monroe and Matilda McHenry. She retired from Fort Gordon where she served as a Property Book Officer for the Women's Army Corps during the Korean War. She was a member of the Alice Warren Eastern Star Chapter #483, Lincolnton United Methodist Church and active in the Guild both in Lincolnton and Salem United Methodist Church in Thomson.
Survivors include her husband, Rev. Leo B. Carpenter; one son, Monroe Lester Carpenter of Marietta; three daughters, Leona Carpenter Cook of Valdosta, Patricia Ann Carpenter Yount of Evans, and Christina Lynn Schumann of Greensboro, N.C.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Tom McGee, Kinnie May, James Freeman, J.D. Hardway, Roger Whittaker, B.G. Smith, Jason Cook and Christopher Cook. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Alice Warren Eastern Star.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lincolnton United Methodist Church Library Fund, P.O. Box 85, Lincolnton, GA 30817, or St. Joseph Hospice, 2260 Wrightsboro Rd., Augusta, GA 30904.
Rees Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
