Felix Reese Carpenter

Farrar Funeral Homes Corporation 1806 Main Street White Pine, TN 37890 Phone (865) 674-2441 Fax (865) 674-0612 farrarfuneral1@bellsouth.net OBITUARY: FELIX REESE CARPENTER, age 83, of Leeper Ferry Road, White Pine, TN went home to be with the Lord Friday, May 19, 2006 at Morristown Hamblen Health Care Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Felix Houston Carpenter and Zorah Amos Carpenter; seven brothers; five sisters; and son-in-law, Dr. James L. Chambers. Mr. Carpenter, a World War II veteran, served in the Fifth Army in North Africa and Italy. He was a beloved deacon of Point Pleasant Baptist Church in Newport and retired from American Enka after forty years. Survived by wife of 63 years, Janet Reed Carpenter of White Pine; daughter, Linda Chambers of Morristown; son, Ronald Reese Carpenter of White Pine; grandsons, Mark Timothy Rice and wife, Rita Fowler Rice, Dana Christian Rice and wife, Lenora Klemstra Rice, Ronald Scott Carpenter and wife, Frances Collins Carpenter; great grandsons, Alex Christian Rice, Timothy Christian Rice and Ethan Scott Carpenter, all of Jefferson City; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 22, 2006 at Point Pleasant Baptist Church with Reverend James Hance officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military graveside honors. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. Sunday, May 21, 2006 at Farrar Funeral Home in White Pine. Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home in White Pine, TN (865) 674-2441 www.farrarfuneralhome.com