Richland-Franklin-Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Henrietta (Tucker) December 6, 2001 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Richard B. Tucker tuckarb701@aol.com January 5, 2006, 8:53 pm The Natchez Democrat, December 2001 Henrietta Carpenter April 16, 1920 - December 6, 2001 Services for Henrietta Carpenter, 81, of Roxie, who died Thursday, December 6, 2001, at her residence, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Roxie Baptist Church with the Revs. Van Windam and E.O. Smith officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery of Cranfield Baptist Church under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at the church. Mrs. Carpenter was born April 16, 1920, in Crowville,La., the daughter of Dennis "Dan" and Elsie Tucker. She was a high school graduate. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents. Survivors include one son, Charles Carpenter and wife Liz of Monterey; three grandchildren, Tony Carpenter, Danny and Ronnie Sims; four great-grandchildren; one brother, James Tucker; and three sisters, Ruthie Fuller, Adell Black and Odessa Johnson. Pallbearers will be Eddie Fuller, Tony Carpenter, Danny Sims, Doug Ballard, Mike Cook and Ray Simpson. Connection to Richland Parish as written by family member and submitter Richard Tucker: Henrietta Tucker Carpenter was born April 16, 1920 in Crowville,Franklin Parish,LA to Dennis "Dan" and Elsie Velma (Poland) Tucker. Dennis, Elsie and family moved to Dunn,Richland Parish,LA in 1923. Henrietta started to school in a little two room school house in Dunn,LA (don't know the name), in the third grade the school was later moved to Delhi.LA where she graduated in 1937. She married Horace Carpenter on December 4, 1938 at the Tucker home in Dunn,LA.