Obituaries: Mrs. Pete C. Carpenter, 1948, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 28, 1948 Winn Parish Enterprise


Rites Conducted Oct. 24 For Mrs. Pete Carpenter

Funeral services for Mrs. P. C. Carpenter, 72, of Route 4, Winnfield, were
held at the Bethlehem Baptist Church at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October
24, with the Rev. R. Hancock, church pastor, and Rev. C. M. Robinson of
Winnfield officiating.  Burial was in the Bethlehem Cemetery.

Mrs. Carpenter, known as "Aunt Mary" to her many friends in Winn and
surrounding parishes, died at her home at 1 a.m. Sunday after an illness of
about a year.

She was born in Alabama, July 3, 1876, and came to Louisiana at the age of
three.  She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church and for many years
had taken a leading part in community activities.

Surviving are her husband, Pete Carpenter, of the Bethlehem Community; five
sons, Wilburn, Sherman, and Virgil of Rt. 4, Winnfield; Fred of Rt. 1,
Goldonna; and Austin, of Cullen, La.; two daughters, Mrs. Lee Allen of
Winnfield, and Mrs. Ed Barridge of Rt. 4, Winnfield; one brother, William
Carrol of Dodson, and a sister, Mrs. Sis Lambert of Texas.  She is also
survived by twelve grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were G. B. Carter, Sadie Weeks, Gilbert Carpenter, Douglas
Garrett, Deloy Green, and Joe Carpenter.