Hambleton Baxter Carpenter

Hambleton Baxter Carpenter Greenville, SC Hambleton Baxter Carpenter, resident Of Rolling Greenville Village, formally of 6 Trails End, Greenville, husband of the late Dorothy Tourtellotte Carpenter died Friday, May 4, 2012. Born in Greenville, Baxter was a son of the late Fredrick Garrison and Mary Hemsley Carpenter. A communicant of Christ Church and former member of the Vestry and Sunday School teacher. A graduate of Presbyterian College he worked as a CLU with Prudential Insurance Company for more than 45 years until his retirement in 1983. He also served as a past president of the Greenville Life Underwriters Association and the S.C. Association of Life Underwriters and President of Estate Planning Council. He was a member of The Cotillion Club, St. Andrews Society, Poinsett Club and past president of The Tarantella Club. He served in the U.S. Army as a Lt. Col. during WWII with tours in Germany, France and Czechoslovakia. Surviving are his children, daughter, Dorothy "Dusty" C. Brownell and her husband I.O. Brownell, Jr. of Greenville; Vicki C. Waters and her husband B.B. Waters III of Greer; son, H.B. "Bud" Carpenter, Jr.and his wife Mary Stewart Carpenter of Mt. Pleasant; 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his sister Helen C. Brady and brothers, Richard H., Davis F. and Walter B. Carpenter. A memorial service will held Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 2 o'clock at Christ Church Episcopal with The Very Rev. Harrison McLeod and The Very Rev. Bob Chiles officiating. Interment will follow in the churchyard. The families are at their respective homes. Special thanks to Baxter's Caregivers Doris Acosta, Rosa Torres, Tonya Johnson, Tracy Welchel, Carol Cole, Hospice Care of SC, especially Pam Campbell and the Nurses at Rolling Green Health Care Center. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Christ Church, 10 N. Church St., Greenville 29601 or to Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC. Arrangements by The Mackey Mortuary. Mackeymortuary.com