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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Jessie Elmina Carpenter
Jessie Elmina
Carpenter
Jun 29, 1918 — Jun 23, 2013
Jessie Elmina Carpenter's Obituary
The SERVICE will be held at Hill and Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
The MINISTER will be Reverend Mark Wilkerson.
VISITATION will be at Hill and Son Funeral Home on Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - one hour prior to service.
INTERMENT will be at Harmony Cemetery, Rural Appleton City, Missouri.
The family suggests that MEMORIALS can be made to Harmony Baptist Cemetery or First Baptist Church, Appleton City.
Jessie Elmina Carpenter, 94, daughter of Chester Herbert and Effie Jane (Marsh) Ambrose was born June 29, 1918 in East Pangburn, Arkansas. She departed this life on Sunday, June 23, 2013 in Appleton City, Missouri.
Jessie's family moved to Missouri when she was 8. She has lived in the Round Prairie area, Taberville area and near Harmony Church. On October 12, 1940, she was united in marriage to Murlen Edward Carpenter in Rockville, Missouri and to this union, two children were born. Jessie was a housewife and worked alongside her husband on their farm near Johnson City, Missouri. In 1969 she and Murlen moved to Appleton City, Missouri.
Jessie enjoyed quilting and belonged to the Quilting Club. She also enjoyed working in the yard and earned "Yard of the Year" for several years. She taught Sunday School for many years and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church before transferring her membership to First Baptist Church in Appleton City. Jessie loved children and her family; grandchildren and great-grandchildren were very important to her.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Murlen in 1992; sister, Ethel Pickens; brothers, Mayburn and Odie Epperson and foster brother, Thelman Palmer.
She is survived by: son, Herb Carpenter (Marsha), Kansas City, Missouri; daughter, Joyce Wolfe (Neil), Holden, Missouri; five grandchildren: Jennifer Franze, Kimberly Noel, Leanna Sage, John Wolfe and Stephen Wolfe; nine great-grandchildren: Emma Shy Wolfe, Elijah Wolfe, Lily Wolfe, Laurel Wolfe, Gabriel Wolfe, Arthur Wolfe, Teddy Noel, Violet Noel and Luke Franze.
The MINISTER will be Reverend Mark Wilkerson.
VISITATION will be at Hill and Son Funeral Home on Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - one hour prior to service.
INTERMENT will be at Harmony Cemetery, Rural Appleton City, Missouri.
The family suggests that MEMORIALS can be made to Harmony Baptist Cemetery or First Baptist Church, Appleton City.
Jessie Elmina Carpenter, 94, daughter of Chester Herbert and Effie Jane (Marsh) Ambrose was born June 29, 1918 in East Pangburn, Arkansas. She departed this life on Sunday, June 23, 2013 in Appleton City, Missouri.
Jessie's family moved to Missouri when she was 8. She has lived in the Round Prairie area, Taberville area and near Harmony Church. On October 12, 1940, she was united in marriage to Murlen Edward Carpenter in Rockville, Missouri and to this union, two children were born. Jessie was a housewife and worked alongside her husband on their farm near Johnson City, Missouri. In 1969 she and Murlen moved to Appleton City, Missouri.
Jessie enjoyed quilting and belonged to the Quilting Club. She also enjoyed working in the yard and earned "Yard of the Year" for several years. She taught Sunday School for many years and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church before transferring her membership to First Baptist Church in Appleton City. Jessie loved children and her family; grandchildren and great-grandchildren were very important to her.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Murlen in 1992; sister, Ethel Pickens; brothers, Mayburn and Odie Epperson and foster brother, Thelman Palmer.
She is survived by: son, Herb Carpenter (Marsha), Kansas City, Missouri; daughter, Joyce Wolfe (Neil), Holden, Missouri; five grandchildren: Jennifer Franze, Kimberly Noel, Leanna Sage, John Wolfe and Stephen Wolfe; nine great-grandchildren: Emma Shy Wolfe, Elijah Wolfe, Lily Wolfe, Laurel Wolfe, Gabriel Wolfe, Arthur Wolfe, Teddy Noel, Violet Noel and Luke Franze.
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