Obituary for Ruth Willison Carpenter; Allegany County, MD From the Cumberland Times News: File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Connie Beachy. Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* Ruth Willison Carpenter, 90, of Frost Avenue, Frostburg, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born 8/3/1906, in Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence David and Dora (Evans) Willison. She also was preceded in death by her husband, D. Varner Carpenter, and one brother, Lawrence D. Willison, Jr. Mrs. Carpenter was an eighth generation Allegany County resident, and was a 76 year member of Frostburg United Methodist Church. She was a charter member of the Frostburg Museum Association. She was very interested in history, particularly in the history of Allegany County. She was a 1926 graduate of Beall High School; the Maryland College for Young Women; and Margaret Morrison College of Carnegie Tech University. ***>Her grandfather, Andrew Jackson Willison, and her father were well known builders and built many of the private and public buildings in Frostburg. Her maternal grandfather, Wm. H. Evans, was the person who brought electricity to Frostburg. Mrs. Carpenter's childhood home is now the Frostburg Elks Home. Surving are one daughter, Carol Gross and husband Gerald M., New York City; one son, Don Carpenter, Lancaster, Pa.; 3 grandchildren, Katherine Ruth Carpenter, Nancy E. Carpenter and Andrew C. Carpenter, all of Lancaster. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, on Sunday from 1 to 2 PM. Services will be conducted at the funeral home.....etc. Submitted by Connie Beachy This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/c/carpenter.txt