Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  REX LEE CARPENTER

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REX LEE CARPENTER

OCNS - June 11, 2001 - Mr. Rex Lee Carpenter, 75, lifetime resident of 
Barnsdall, Oklahoma, died Thursday, June 7, at his home.

Mr. Carpenter was born June 10, 1925 at Barnsdall, the son of Franklin 
David and Thelma Viola (Lytle) Carpenter and graduated with the Barnsdall 
High School 1946 graduating class.

He married Patsy Ann Grider September 27, 1947 in Barnsdall and worked for 
the Phillips Petroleum Company and the Railway Express Company. He later 
was driector of the family planning program of the Community Action 
Program before going to work for the State Department of health as an 
inspector, retiring in 1986.

he was the first president of the Barnsdall Jaycee's, was a past member of 
the Barnsdall Masonic Lodge and a member of the Barnsdall First Christian 
Church.

Survivors are: his wife, Patsy of the home; three sons, Stuart Carpenter 
and his wife, Gail of Coweta, Oklahoma; Timothy D. Carpenter, Jeffrey L. 
Carpenter and his wife Juanita all of Barnsdall; one daughter, Tammy L. 
Keene and her husband, Ron of Barnsdall; eight grandchildren, five great 
grandchildrena nd one nephew.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Nova Hendrix.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 10, at the Barnsdall First 
Christian Church with Mr. Jim inglett officiating. Interment was in the 
Ethel Reece Cemetery, Barnsdall, under the direction of Stumpff Funeral 
Home.

Memorials have been established with the Jane Phillips Hospice c/o the 
Bluestem Regional medical Development Foundation, 3500 S.E. Frank Phillips 
Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74006 or the First Christian Church, P.O. Box 725, 
Barndall, OK 74002.