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.