Gertrude Moore Carpenter went home to her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital as a result of a fall and heart attack. A resident of Asbury Retirement Center, she enjoyed crafts, rook and bingo with many dear friends. Her family was early settlers in Middlesettlements and Miser’s Station. She was a 1937 graduate of Friendsville High School, a member of the district championship basketball team and an avid Lady Vols fan. She was a member of St. John United Methodist Church and Naomi Circle. Mrs. Carpenter was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Ralph Carpenter; parents, Grinnell and Gertrude Miser Moore; sisters, Jessie Morton, Tillie Anderson, Kittie Quillen and Edith Moore. She will be sadly missed by son and wife, David and Sandra Carpenter of Ooltewah, TN; grandsons, Nathan and wife Jamie Carpenter of Ooltewah, TN, Aaron Carpenter, U. S. Navy Seabees. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard D. Mullan officiating. The interment will follow in Middlesettlements Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2:00 p.m. Saturday at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John United Methodist Church, 2201 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN 37804.
McCammon Ammons Click Funeral Home
McCammon Ammons Click Funeral Home
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