- Frances Ellis Carpenter, age 82, of Kingsport joined her mother on what would have been her mother’s 100th birthday, after a lengthy illness.
She was a member of Ketron Memorial United Methodist Church. She attended Emory and Henry College, where she met her husband, “Jack” and they both graduated together in 1949. As a school crossing guard she became a member of the Kingsport Police Department. She was very active with Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, PTA and Sunday school classes. She was a dress maker, ceramics teacher, enjoyed painting pictures and many other crafts.
Frances was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Howard J. “Jack” Carpenter; her parents, Edgar Eugene and Nina Lee Hackler Ellis; brothers, Raymond Lynn Ellis and Donald Curtis Ellis.
She is survived by her sons, Richard Carpenter of Gatlinburg, TN and Steven Carpenter of the home; daughter, Mary Stokes and husband Bill of Knoxville, TN; grandchildren, Wesley and Daniel Stokes; sister, Maude Smith and husband Homer of Kingsport; brothers, James Ellis and wife Janie of Kingsport and Reverend E. Lee Ellis and wife Evelyn of Kernersville, NC; sisters-in-law, Frances Ellis of Mount Carmel, Bernice Ellis of Mount Carmel, Louise Carpenter of Kingsport and Christine Carpenter of Clintwood, VA. She is further survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and grand-nieces and nephews
Visitation will be held on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM in the J. Wayne Hamilton Memorial Chapel of Oak Hill Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow with Reverend E. Lee Ellis officiating.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 1:00 PM in Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood, VA.
Friends and family will serve as pallbearers.
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1928 - 2010 (82 years)
