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Subject: Effie W. Carpenter
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 17:28:00 EDT

You never know where you will find information. When my grandmother died, I
moved many of her things to my house. Among them, were some quilt blocks
that she had pieced in the way they did 50 years ago, on newspaper. My
mother decided she wanted to have these quilted for me and my siblings. I
picked one up this morning to put in a bag to take to my mother. When I
looked down, there on the newspaper that was still attached to the quilt
block was the following obituary:

The Anniston Star, Anniston, AL, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1979
Carpenter - Wedowee [Randolph Co., AL]
Services for Mrs. Effie W. Carpenter, 82, of Wedowee, Rt. 2, will be Friday
at 2 p.m. at Roanoke Church of Christ with Gerald Romine and Sam W. Carpenter
officiating. Burial will be in Wedowee Masonic Cemetery with Benefield
Funeral Home of Wedowee in charge. The body will be at the funeral home
until one hour prior to services.
Mrs. Carpenter died Wednesday at Wedowee Hospital.
Survivors include eight daughters, Miss Louise Carpenter, Mrs. Mildred
Hester, Mrs. Sarah Turner and Mrs. Joyce Davis, all of Wedowee, Mrs. Ermis
Wingard of Birmingham, Mrs. Ione Herren of Woodland, Mrs. Sue Andress of
Brewton and Mrs. Ruth Childress of Roanoke; a son, Sam W. Carpenter, Jr. of
Wedowee; three brothers, Gilbert Washington of Bowdon, GA., Doc Washington
and George Washington, both of Carrollton, GA.; two sisters, Mrs. Lois Daniel
of Carrollton and Mrs. Oleta Suddeth of Roanoke; 25 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Mrs. Carpenter was a lifelong resident of Randolph County and a homemaker.
She was a member of Roanoke Church of Christ.

I'm not sure to which branch of Carpenters this belongs, but I did want to
pass it on. Needless to say, my mother did not get the quilt blocks.
Sharon

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