Poem written by Bobby Daryl Carpenter on 2/29/1992:
"I,m staring out this window
asking you to tell me why
I,ve been given this sentence
but commited no crime.You gave me no answer
so I took it on by own
to think that sometime
somewhere I,d done somebody wrong.Suddenly this feeling rushed over me
easing my aching heart
as if to say I,m not punishing
but showing you the way.This is your road in life
take care to do it right
It's just your turn and
someday you'll understand.I can't say where it came from
but I know the feeling's right
so I'll make do with my life's road
until my turn is thru."Bobby Daryl attended Marietta City Schools and was an Air Forceveteran. He was employed by Northwest Plumbing Co. for seven yearsand attended Northside Baptist Church in Marietta.
11668. Richard Henry Carpenter
Richard Henry Carpenter was buried in Marshall County Cemetery inAlbertville, Alabama.
References - 1) Social Security Death Index, 2) Memorial Obituary,dated 19 January 1979--The Huntsville Times.
Richard Henry Carpenter, 33 of Waldorf, Md died Sunday (January 14,1979) at a Maryland Hospital. Burial was to be in Marchall MemorialGardens, in Marshall Co., Albertville, Alabama, with Adams BrownService Funeral Home of Albertville in charge. The burial site islocated on Highwat 205 just north and west of Albertville.
Social Security State of Issuance - Alabama. Note:In the Social Security Records for his death, his name is recorded asDickie Carpenter, not Richard Henry Carpenter.
THE WASHINGTON POST Thursday, January 18, 1979 (page 13)
Richard Carpenter, 33, Chemist
Richard H. Carpenter, 33, who joined the U.S. Public Helath Serviceabout six months ago as freedom of information officer, died of cancerSunday at the Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton. Prior tojoining the Public Health Service, Mr. Carpenter has worked as achemist for the Naval Ordance Station at Indian Head. he also hadbeen a chemist and a a consumer safety officer for the Food and DrugAdministration in Rockville. Mr. Carpenter was born in Chattanooga,Tenn. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Universityof Alabama in 1968. He moved to this area about 10 years ago and wasa resident of Waldorf. he was amember of the Alexandria Coin Club andhad served as club president. In 1978, he received the club's"Numismatist of the Year" award. Mr. Carpenter had attended the FirstBaptist Church of Gaithersburg. Survivers include his wife, theformer Sarah Stephens, and a daughter, Richelle, of the home inWaldorf; his parents, George B. Carpenter and Eudora Carpenter, ofSummerville, Ga.; five brothers, James B., of Marietta, Ga., Bob L.,of Lompoc, Calif., Stanley L., of Jacksonville, Ala., George R., andJesse R., both of Summerville; and a sister, Nellie C. Blocker, ofAtlanta. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in theform of contributions to the American Cancer Society.