Obituary of Kenneth Carpenter

Services for Kenneth Ray Carpenter, 77, Troup, will be at 3:00 pm, Saturday, January 12, in the Cottle Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Pinecrest Cemetery. Mr. Carpenter died Thursday, January 10, 2013, in a hospice facility in Tyler. He was born June 3, 1935 in Sierra County, New Mexico to the late Ray L. and Radie Kington Carpenter He is a veteran of the US Army and married Billie Nell Foirriestior January 26, 1995, in Henderson. He is a longtime resident of Troup, where he owned and operated CM Plastics, Inc. Survivors include his wife, Billie Carpenter, Troup; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Bob and Gail Carpenter, Dell City, Byron and Heather Carpenter, Jacksonville, Boyd Carpenter, Palestine, and Ed and Regina 'Dinky' Jackson, Vista Flora, New Mexico; two cousins, Larry Kingston and Kathaleen Kingston, both of Pecos; three grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Pallbearers will be Kevin McElroy, Edwin Earl Northcutt, Rodney Stratman, Vester Tennison, Joseph Carpenter, and Michael Tipton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Friday, January 11.