George Kenyon Carpenter Jr.

CARPENTER, JR., George Kenyon, M.D.Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Baptist Hospital, after a long illness. Preceded in death by his parents, Ida Oke, M.D. and George Carpenter, Sr., M.D.. Dr. Carpenter is survived by his devoted wife of 55 years, Fay Osment Carpenter, and his son and daughter-in-law, George Carpenter III, M.D. and Lavenia Buchanan Carpenter, M.D., and two grandchildren, George Kenyon Carpenter IV, called Kenyon, and Lavenia Katherine Carpenter, called Kate, all of Nashville, and his sister, Florence Carpenter Beall of Cincinnati and her four children, Ann Meyer (Paul) of Cincinnati, John Beall (Karen) of Ridgefield, WA, Carolyn Booker (Stuart) and David Beall (JoAnn) of Cary, NC. He is also survived by his cousin, Phillys May Scruggs (Julian) of Nashville and two god-daughters, Amy Scruggs McKelvey (Tommy) of Nashville and Elizabeth Maury Hackett of Chicago. A true family man, he adopted his wife's sisters and their children as his own, Emme Norvell's daughters, Elizabeth Norvell Hackett (Bill) and Emme Norvell Templeton (John) of Nashville; Jo Osment Evans of Scottsdale, her daughter, Laura Evans Perin (Dan) of Scottsdale; Cathreen Osment Hopkins (Walter) of Atlanta, her son, William Benton Carlen III (Linda) of Cookville, her daughter, Cathy Carlen Johnson (Biff) of Van Nuys. For 30 years, Dr. Carpenter practiced with Nashville Orthopaedic Associates (now Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance), which was founded by his father, serving many terms as President until his retirement in 1992. Dr. Carpenter was born in Nashville January 13, 1930, graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy in 1948 and from Vanderbilt University 1952. He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1955, did his internship at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, the New York Hospital, and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York in 1962. His formal training was interrupted by service in the United States Army as Regimental Surgeon, 21st Infantry Regiment, Korea, 1957, and Assistant Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, 121st Evacuation Hospital, Inchon, Korea, 1957-59. Prior to resuming his training in New York, Dr. Carpenter also served as Assistant Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY. During his years of practice, Dr. Carpenter served on the clinical faculty for orthopaedic surgery at Vanderbilt for many years, having held the similar position at Cornell Medical School in New York City. He served on the staffs of Baptist, where he was Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1973-76, and President of the Medical Staff, 1983, and at Vanderbilt, St. Thomas and General Hospitals. For over 20 years, he served as orthopaedic consultant for the Clover Bottom Home and for the Junior League Home for Crippled Children, being chief of staff there in 1970. For many years, also, he was consultant to United Cerebral Palsy of Tennessee. Despite his busy medical career, Dr. Carpenter still found time to devote as much time as possible to his family. Fishing and travel were loves he shared first with his wife and son, and, in later years, with his loving daughter-in-law and two grandchildren as well. His family will receive friends at his home, 805 Wessex Towers on Friday, September 19th, from 5-8 p.m., for a Memorial visitation. His family requests that in lieu of flowers, any donations be made to the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, 6300 North River Road, Suite 700, Rosemont, IL 60018-4261; the Bill Wilkerson Hearing and Speech Center of Vanderbilt University; or to the school of one's choice. A family graveside service will be conducted on Friday, September 19th, 2008 at 10:30 a.m., at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. WOODLAWN-ROESCH-PATTON FUNERAL HOME, (615) 383-4754.