Retha Virginia Carpenter, 85, of Route 1, French Creek, the Etna community, and formerly of Hemlock, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, in United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.
She was born March 3, 1919, at Queens, the daughter of the late George Gooden and Ocie Lanham Gooden.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sullie Carpenter, on March 12, 2001.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by one daughter, Madeline Page and husband, Paul, of Gaines; three sons, Dwight Carpenter and wife, Carolyn, with whom she made her home at French Creek, Allen Carpenter and wife, Joyce, of Selbyville, and Michael Carpenter of Arlington; one brother, Marvin Gooden of Georgia; three sisters, Areta Wilfong, Leota Squires and Janice Tenney; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert Gooden.
She was a member of the Mt. Olive United Methodist Church at Hemlock.
Friends will be received from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Heavner & Cutright Funeral Chapel. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral chapel with Pastor Holly J. Hoover and the Rev. Robert Heavner officiating. Interment will follow in the Heavner Cemetery. The Heavner & Cutright Funeral Chapel Inc. is in charge of the arrangements for Retha Virginia Carpenter.
Retha Virginia Carpenter, 85, of Route 1, French Creek, the Etna community, and formerly of Hemlock, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, in United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.
She was born March 3, 1919, at Queens, the daughter of the late George Gooden and Ocie Lanham Gooden.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sullie Carpenter, on March 12, 2001.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by one daughter, Madeline Page and husband, Paul, of Gaines; three sons, Dwight Carpenter and wife, Carolyn, with whom she made her home at French Creek, Allen Carpenter and wife, Joyce, of Selbyville, and Michael Carpenter of Arlington; one brother, Marvin Gooden of Georgia; three sisters, Areta Wilfong, Leota Squires and Janice Tenney; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert Gooden.
She was a member of the Mt. Olive United Methodist Church at Hemlock.
Friends will be received from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Heavner & Cutright Funeral Chapel. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral chapel with Pastor Holly J. Hoover and the Rev. Robert Heavner officiating. Interment will follow in the Heavner Cemetery. The Heavner & Cutright Funeral Chapel Inc. is in charge of the arrangements for Retha Virginia Carpenter.
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