Joyce E. Carpenter

Parsons, Kansas - Joyce E. Carpenter, 79, formerly of Asheville, died Sunday, Decemeber 29, 2002 at the Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born July 6, 1923 in Hickory to the late Arthur A. and Alda Wise Saine and was a 1940 graduate of Hickory High School. On April 21, 1946 she married Charles H. Carpenter in Hickory. The family lived in various places before moving to Asheville where they resided for 25 years before moving to Parsons in May of 1998. Mrs. Carpenter was a member of the Salvation Army in Pittsburg, Kansas. Surviving are her husband, Charles H. Carpenter of the home; sons, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. of Raleigh, Craig A. Carpenter of Morristown, TN, Calvin P. Carpenter of Asheville and Clinton A. Carpenter of Mt. Gilead; daughters, Cheryl Dawson of Parsons, Charlene A. Bickers of Charlottesville, VA and Carol S. White of Seligman, AZ; six grandchildren; brother, Kenneth Saine of Hickory; sister, Gwyn Cumberland of Alexandria, VA. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at the Salvation Army Citadel, 750 Haywood Road with Col. Ernest Miller officiating. Burial will be in Shepherd Memorial Park. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, 750 Haywood Road, Asheville, N.C. 28806.