Ruby G. Carpenter, 85, a retired operating room technician for 25 years at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, died December 31, 2023, at home.
Visitation is Friday January 5, 2024, 10 to 11 a.m. at Oakhurst Baptist Church in Clarksdale. Funeral services are at 11 a.m., at Oakhurst Baptist Church in Clarksdale. Burial is in the Oakridge Cemetery. Meredith Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include sons, Glen (Ruth) Carpenter of Porum, Okla., Curtis (Beth) Carpenter of Lyon and Ricky Carpenter of Covington, Tenn.; daughters, Debbie (Eddie) Simmons of Clarksdale and Donna Collins of Millbrook, Ala.; sisters, Bobbie Pritchard and Jeannie Knight both of Saltillo; eight grandchildren; and 19 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Harvey Gene Carpenter; grandsons, Jason Carpenter and Brandon Carpenter; brothers, Robert Harmon, James Harmon and Michael Harmon; and sister Julie Williams.
