CAROL CARPENTER, 79, a lifelong resident of Spencer, West Virginia, was call home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on July 4, 2019, after a brief battle with bone cancer. Born in Spencer, she was the daughter of the late William Eli and Addie Geneva Carpenter Hively. Carol loved spending time with her family, tending her flower gardens, and feeding birds. She was a caring and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She worked at Angel Care Personal Care Home, Glenmark Nursing Home, Committee on Aging, and First National Bank of Spencer as custodian, and also was a secretary at church and a dedicated church nursery worker. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Edmund D. Carpenter; a sister, Karen Hively; two brothers, Earl and her twin brother Carl; her grandson, Tyler C.W. King; and her step-son, David A. Carpenter. She is survived by a sister, Rosell Faye Wayne; four children, Diane (Randy) Lane, Mike (Denise) King, Gail (Tim) Samolitis, and Kevin (Holly) King; two step-daughters, Terry Stotts and Jennifer Moore; two step-sons, Mike and Joe Carpenter; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; as well as a special friend, Charles (Butch) Shaffer. Service will be at 1:00pm, Monday, July 8, 2019 at the Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home in Spencer, with Pastor Danny Whited officiating. Burial will follow in the Ward/Gandee Chapel Cemetery near Spencer. Visiting will be one hour prior to the service on Monday.