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Notes for WILLIS WILLARD CARPENTER:
Willis never married. He spent his life on the family farm on Mudlick Run, near Fairmont, West Virginia. His father and brother Herman were living on the farm at the time of Willis' death. Willis was fatally injured when his gun accidently discharged as he was crossing a fence to go hunting. The following is the obituary from The Fairmont Times, Wednesday August 31, 1977:
Willis W. Carpenter, 59, of Route 6, near the head of Mudlick Run, was fatally injured when his gun discharged while he was crossing a fence yesterday evening. He was planning to go groundhog hunting and was only a short distance from his home when the accident occurred.
He was born on Bunner's Ridge, May 2, 1918, a son of Clyde Carpenter and the late Bessie May Lake Carpenter, who died in 1969. Survivors include his father, four brothers: Wayman Carpenter, Winfield; Leslie Carpenter, and Glenn Carpenter and Herman Carpenter, all of Bunner's Ridge; five sisters: Mrs. Phillip (Vivian) Coombs, Mudlick; Mrs. Bernard (June) Robe, Bunner's Ridge; Mrs. James (Audra) Heston, Catawba; Mrs. Arnold (Lucille) Brady, Piney Run; and Mrs. Walter (Doris) Carpenter, Graham Heights.
Willis was a farm worker and was a veteran of World War II, having served four years with the U.S. Army. Friends may call at the Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.
Willis was buried at the Pride Cemetery on Bunner's Ridge, near Fairmont, West Virginia.
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