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Jetty E. Carpenter
Jetty E. Carpenter, 76, of Spencer, died Nov. 24, 2007, at Roane General Hospital, Spencer, surrounded by his family.
He was born Oct. 18, 1931, in Harmony, a son of the late Johnny Hoyt and Beulah Cobb Carpenter.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, George and Ferris Carpenter.
He was a tool and die maker, a businessman and a farmer. He was also an ordained Baptist minister and had pastored at several local Roane County churches. He was an active member of the Harmony Baptist Association for many years with his church membership being at Henry's Fork Baptist Church in Tariff. He had more recently been attending the Boggs Fork Community Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean War.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Naomi Jewell Nichols Carpenter; one daughter, Stephanie Carpenter of Spencer and her fiancé Steven Bolte of Spencer; three sons and daughters-in-law, Steve and Janifer Carpenter of Spencer, Ron and Caroline Carpenter of Knoxville, Tenn., and Josh and Kim Carpenter, also of Spencer; five grandsons, Adam, Solomon and Jacob Carpenter, Kyle and Alec Crihfield and an honorary grandson, Lewis Bolte; and two granddaughters, Ally Rey and Naomi Jo Carpenter. Also surviving are two brothers, Johnny H. Carpenter Jr. of Gandeeville and Gerald Carpenter of Harmony; six sisters, Irene Harris of Cicerone, Pauline Bee of Parkersburg, Maxine Lilly of Hardeeville, S.C., Erline Tolley of Canton, Ohio, and Octavia "Toots" Cox and Mary Lou Hargus, both of Harmony.
The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home, Spencer, with Pastor Charles Davis and the Rev. Smith Epling officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery on the Carpenter farm on Boggs Fork Road near Spencer with graveside military rites conducted by several area Roane County veterans groups.
Visiting hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home
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West Virginia Pioneers
1931 - 2007 (76 years)
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