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Mark Carpenter

Published Wednesday, October 13, 2004 in the Gurdon Times

Mark R. Carpenter, 89, of Gurdon, died on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004.

He was a pot tender for Reynolds Metal Company, and an Army Veteran of World War II, where he received the Purple Heart, Silver Star and Bronze Star.

Survivors include his daughters: Marsha Lynne Dixon of Cooksville, Maryland; Marlene Childers, Redfield; and Clara Stroud of Cabot;

sisters, Ludie Edwards of Orange, Calif. and Barbara "Sally Culliver of Elk City, Okla.; and grandchildren: Christina Dixon of Baltimore, and Drew Childers of Redfield.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Estelle, and son-in-law, Jerry Stroud.

Funeral services were to be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14, in the Horne Chapel. Burial will to be at the Rockport Cemetery, Malvern, by Horne Funeral Home of Gurdon.


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