Skip Carpenter
Graveside services for Skip Carpenter, 31, of Jacksonville, will be held
at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at Gossett’s Chapel Cemetery in
Jacksonville, with the Rev. Rudy Bond officiating, under the direction
of Boren-Conner Funeral Home of Jacksonville.
Skip was born Dec. 23, 1975, in Jacksonville, to Preston Lee Carpenter
and Billie Bush Carpenter. Skip was killed in a car wreck in Longview on
Thursday afternoon, Aug. 16, 2007. He was preceded in death by his
mother, Billie; and grandmother, Thelma Carpenter.
Skip is survived by his father and step-mother, Preston Lee and Carolyn
Carpenter of Jacksonville; grandfather, Buddy Carpenter of Corsicana;
brothers, Rickey Cawthon and his daughter Brittney Cawthon of
Jacksonville; Scotty Cawthon and wife Tamela of Anatone, Wash. and his
children Miranda and Bruce Cawthon; step-brother, Neal Mayo of
Jacksonville; step-sisters, Sherry Carpenter and Billie Stinson of
Jacksonville; nieces, nephews, other family members and many, many
friends.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Little, Nick Gilbert, Emmitt Waller,
Kevin Chambless, Zach McDaniel and Zach Taylor.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Boren-Conner
Funeral Home.
Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress