AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Pearl Stamey Carpenter, 14 Feb 2002
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PEARL STAMEY CARPENTER
NEWLAND – Pearl Stamey Carpenter, 83, of Prison Camp Road, died Thursday, 
February 14, 2002 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. She was the daughter of 
the late Roby and Flora Stamey, and wife of the late Elmer Carpenter. She 
began her nursing career at Sloop Memorial Hospital in Crossnore and retired 
in 1991 from Baxter’s Health Care.

Survivors include four sons, Lee Carpenter of Winston-Salem, Wayne Carpenter 
of Knightdale, Ralph Carpenter of Covington, KY, and Emerson Carpenter of 
Chandler, AZ; a surrogate daughter, Susan Clark of Newland; a brother, Boyd 
Lee Stamey of Pennington Gap, VA; four grandchildren; five great 
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Grandfather Chapel of 
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Burial followed in Pisgah Cemetery. The family 
received friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial donations 
may be made to: First Responders of the Green Valley Fire Department, 622 
Hanging Rock Road, Newland, NC 28657.