Individual Details

William Oliver Carpenter, 87, of Hamburg, died Monday, February 22, 2021. Mr. Carpenter was a native and lifelong resident of Hamburg and a graduate of Hamburg High School. He worked for the Arkansas Highway Department for over 20 years and a member of the Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Carpenter loved to hunt and fish and was a lifelong member of the Mist Deer Camp.
He is preceded in death by his parents, John F. & Lala Emory Carpenter; three brothers, Clifton Doyle Carpenter, Glynn “Poe” Carpenter and Quinton F. Carpenter; four sisters, Hazel Emogene White, Mattie Ruth Threlkeld, Mary Louise Thomas, and Marjorie Nathlee Moore.
He is survived by his brother, James Edwin Carpenter of Crossett; his life-long friends and care-givers, Charles “Bull” & Betty Wells of Hamburg, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are 10 a.m., Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at the Promise Land Cemetery Pavilion with Bro. Josh Luellen and Bro. Trey Emory officiating. Burial will be in the Promise Land Cemetery.

Birth	28 Jul 1933	Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas
Census (family)-shared	9 Apr 1940	(John Freeman Carpenter and Lala Emory) Prarie, Ashley County, Arkansas
Death	22 Feb 2021	Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas
Burial		Promise Land Cemetery, Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas

Father	John Freeman Carpenter (1899 - 1977)
Mother	Lala Emory (1900 - 1992)
Sibling	Quinton Freeman Carpenter (1921 - 1995)
Sibling	Glynn Hope "Poe" Carpenter (1923 - 2011)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Mary Louise Carpenter (1927 - 2007)
Sibling	Hazel Emogene Carpenter (1929 - 1979)
Sibling	Mattie Ruth Carpenter (1931 - 2009)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Clifton Doyle Carpenter (1940 - 2017)

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