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