Ginger Carpenter

1948 - 2025

Ginger Carpenter

April 6, 1948 - June 22, 2025

Ginger Grace Cooper Carpenter, age 77, died June 22, 2025. She was the daughter of the late M. Thornton Cooper and Virginia Burt Cooper. She was born April 6, 1948, in Columbus, Ga., and moved to Dothan, Ala., with her family at the age of 10. She graduated from Dothan High School, attended Samford University in Birmingham, and graduated from Auburn University. She lived in Atlanta, Ga., for 14 years and moved to Claremont, N.C., when she married Earl Herman (Hum) Carpenter in 1985.

She worked at Peoples Bank for five years and then joined BB&T as an Assistant Vice President in Claremont, Conover, Springs Road and Valdese. While at the bank, Ginger served as Chairman of the Claremont Area Council of the Chamber of Commerce and on the board of Catawba County Chamber. In 2002, she won the BB&T Sterling Performance Club for her excellent work. She was a member of the Catawba Valley Rotary Club, serving on various committees, was a Paul Harris Fellow and in 2007 was recognized as Rotarian of the Year. Ginger was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Claremont where she sang in the choir, served on the board of the Women of the ELCA as Treasurer, was part of the Altar Guild, on the tabulating team, served on the Church Council and Finance Committee, and was an Assistant Minister and a Communion Assistant. In 2012, she was recognized as St. Mark's Woman of the Year. She loved life, her Church, her family and friends, especially two friends who cared for her needs when she entered Abernathy Laurels, Elaine Simmons and Cathy Sigmon.

Ginger was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, George B. Cooper; her in-laws, "Coon" and "Mott" Carpenter; and her beloved husband, Earl Herman Carpenter. She is survived by her brother, Marion H. Cooper and wife, Celeste, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and stepson, Eric Todd Carpenter. Also surviving are several nieces and a nephew, Callie Cooper Fold (Eric), Tommy Cooper (Amanda), Anna Catherine Cooper, and Emma Grace Cooper. Ginger is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Linda Cooper and Gail Carpenter

The Funeral Service will be held Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 11 a.m., at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Claremont. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10 to 10:45 a.m., in the Family Life Center.

Memorials may be made to St. Mark's Lutheran Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 550, Claremont, NC 28610.

Burke Mortuary & Crematory in Newton is serving the Carpenter family.

Burke Mortuary

P.O. Box 1449 Newton, NC 28658