Mary E. Carpenter

Died: March 18, 2010

Mary E. Carpenter, 82, of Johnson City, died Thursday at Four Oaks Healthcare Center in Jonesborough.

She is survived in Chuckey by a daughter, Frankie Denton.

Mrs. Carpenter was a native of Hawkins County and had lived in Johnson City since her teenage years. She was a daughter of the late Samuel Blevins "Blev" and Ollie Mae Johnson Bass.

She was a homemaker.

Ms. Carpenter was of the Baptist tradition of faith.

Additional survivors include two daughters: Polly Carpenter of Jonesborough and Kim Fletcher of Danbury, Conn.; five grandchildren: Mary Ann "Sissy" Lewis, Tommy Joe "P-nut" Denton, Allison Elliott, Carrie Frye, and Jamie Tipton; six great-grandchildren; one sister: Edith Ward of Rogersville; one brother: Hugh Lee Bass of Rogersville; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by one son: Doug Carpenter; and two brothers: Carl Bass and Robert Bass.

The family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Morris-Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Ave., Johnson City.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the South Chapel of the funeral home. The Rev. Kenneth Kyker will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Monte Vista Memorial Park.

Pallbearers will be Dean Lewis, Randy Lewis, Jerry Baker, Mark Pelletier, Sean Elliott, Alex Capps, and Andy Frye.

Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Joe "P-nut" Denton and Eric Lewis.

Condolences may be sent to the Carpenter family online at http://www.morrisbaker.com