Location: O-Davis

Born: May 25, 1917 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas

Died: July 19, 1982 Clifton, Bosque County, Texas

Parents:
Arthur Young Carpenter (1882 – 1947)
Mittie Rebecca Andrews Carpenter (1891 – 1979)

Spouse:
Lois Wynona Crawford Carpenter (1918 – 2002)

Siblings:
Alice K. Carpenter Rozell (1904 – 1975)
Ruby Young Carpenter Saffle (1914 – 2013)
Coke Cleo Carpenter (1917 – 1982)
Addis Arthur Carpenter (1919 – 1983)
Homer Harrell Carpenter (1921 – 1959)
Attie Lee Carpenter Gilliam (1924 – 2013)

Coke Carpenter, 65, of China Spring, a longtime area farmer, died Monday at at Clifton hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wilkirson-Hatch Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Bob Wimberley officiating.
Mr. Carpenter was born in China Spring and attended schools there. He was a member of First Baptist Church and was married to Wynona Crawford in 1936.
He was a verteran of World War II and operated Carpenter’s Grocery at China Spring for several years.
Survivors include his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Saffle of Waco and Mrs. Attie Lee Gilliam of China Spring; and a brother, Addis Carpenter of China Spring.