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Martha Mae Amos Carpenter
October 18, 2017
Martha Mae Amos Carpenter, 75, of Oak Grove, FL, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017, at her residence. She was a License Practical Nurse and she also had worked as a substitute teacher at Ernest Ward School. She was born in Oak Grove, FL on July 18, 1942, to the late Russell and Grace Dunaway Amos. She was a member, organist and Sunday school teacher at Oak Grove Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Grace Amos Smith and JoAnn Amos Sanders.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, George V. Carpenter of Oak Grove, FL; one son, George “Pete” (Cathie) Carpenter, Jr. of Okeechobee, FL; one daughter, Martha Kaye (Chris) Terry of Atmore, AL; grandchildren, Nolan, Cole, Caitlyn, Grace, Elizabeth, John, Jorge “J.W”.
Services were held Tuesday, October 17, 2017, from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Butch Brown officiating.
Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Chris Terry, Jerry Shepherd, Shannon Peavy, Billy Darby, Steve Pugh, and Ellis Mason.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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