Carpenter, Shannon James

Passed: 2007-08-09

Age: 17

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 2007-08-11

Obituary Date:

Information: Shannon James Carpenter, 17, of Kenna, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident.  He was born March 13, 1990 at Teays Valley, a son of Randy Glenn and Alice Kathleen Morrison Carpenter of Kenna.  He was a former employee of Burger King at Fairplain and a member of the Gateway Church of Christ in St. Albans. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Andrew Blake Carpenter; grandparents, Charles and Barbara Morrison of Kenna and Martha June Eastes of North Carolina; great-grandparents, Dempsey Morrison and his wife, Shirley and Virgie Dawson.  He is also survived by uncles, Charles Matheny Morrison and Brian Keith Morrison; niece, Kirstin McKenzie Carpenter; and nephews, Austin James Wilson and Beau Daniel Thaxton.  He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Ernest James Carpenter; a great-grandmother, Hattie Morrison; and uncles, Paul Micah Morrison and Joey Lee Morrison.  The funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, with Pastors David Stauffer and Steve Harley officiating.  Burial will follow in the Parsons Cemetery, Kenna.  Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, the fmily requests donations be made to the Asa Bess Fund, in care of City National Bank, Ripley WV.