Gary K. Carpenter

Gary K. Carpenter, 73, of Cambridge, lost his short, courageous battle with pancreatic/liver cancer Thursday (December 11, 2014). He was born November 30, 1941 in Quaker City, son of the late Ernest Carpenter and Lucille (Knight) Carpenter. He was a 1959 graduate of Quaker City High School. He was a member of the Maranatha Bible Church of Zanesville, where he served as an usher and Junior Church Teacher. Gary was a US Army veteran, having served from 1961 to 1963. Gary retired from Ametek/March Electric and Quanex. He had worked as a shipping/receiving supervisor. Later, he enjoyed working part-time for Dunning Motors driving cars and delivering parts around the area. Gary enjoyed his service to the Republican Party over the years and his volunteer job at Salt Fork Golf Course the past several years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Jennifer Dee and Emma Elaine; and three brothers, Don, Bill, and Larry Carpenter. He is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Myrle (Watson) Carpenter, whom he married January 13, 1968; two sons, Gary David (Leslie) Carpenter of Summersville, WV and Joshua Jay (Catherine) Carpenter of Byesville; two brothers, Kenny (Connie) Carpenter of Cambridge and Ronnie (Linda) Carpenter of Quaker City; a sister, Nancy (Bill) Perkins of Navarre; and five grandchildren, Alexis Joy, Alyssa Faith, Annalise Hope, Andrew David Theodore, and Jayla Bliss. And those also to be blessed by his memories are his nieces, nephews, cousins, Myrle's family, his church family, his many friends, and his golf buddies. Visitation will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge, where funeral services will be held Monday (December 15, 2014) at 11 a.m. with Pastor Dale McCallister and Pastor Chris Brown officiating. Burial will be at Friends Cemetery, Quaker City. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Guernsey Inc., PO Box 1165, Cambridge OH 43725.