- ELIZABETHTON - Melody Dawn Carpenter, 66, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Maynard Floyd & Sara Johnson Bowers. Melody was a graduate of Hampton High School. She was a teacher’s assistant with special needs at Valley Forge Elementary School. Melody was a member of New Hope Ministries but attended Hampton First Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years: Phillip Carpenter who passed away May 10, 2018 and by a brother: Jerry Bowers, Jr.
Survivors include her sons: Phillip & Breelyn and Patrick & Pam. Six Grandchildren who called her Nanny and she took care of them until they were in school: Sara, Gracie, Phillip, Chandler, Robbie & Rachel. Her niece: Tina Brown and nephew: Jerry Bowers, Jr. Her special cousins and friends: Sharon Culler, Suzanne Berry, Debra Elliott Wade, Connie Meade, Ginger Montgomery and her special neighbors.
Graveside Service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, July 2, 2021 in Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Larry Montgomery and Rev. Norman Markland. Active Pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 12:20 p.m. Friday will be: Tim Timbs, Dennis Berry, Jeff Carpenter, Chad Carpenter, Benny Montgomery, and Jeremiah Bowden. Honorary pallbearers will be her close friends.
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Abt 1955 - 2021 (~ 66 years)
