Dorothy Mitten Carpenter

CARPENTER Mrs. Dorothy Mitten Carpenter died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at her home at Arbor Acres. She was 103. She was the widow of Dr. Coy C. Carpenter, founding dean of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (now Wake Forest University Medical School) and vice president for medical affairs of the university. Mrs. Carpenter was also the widow of Dr. W. Leonard Howard of North Muskegon, Mich., who was a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis and a former medical director of the Detroit Municipal Tuberculosis Hospital, the nation' s largest. Mrs. Carpenter was a graduate of Peace College in Raleigh and Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. She had been a member of the Philocalian Book Club and the Old Town Club. She had been a member of the Board of Visitors for Peace College, on the boards of the YWCA, the Red Cross and the Wake Forest Board of Visitors. She is survived by a son, Coy C. Carpenter Jr; three grandchildren, David Carpenter and wife Michelle of Van Nuys, Calif.; Laura Carpenter Potter of Richmond, Va.; and Margaret Carpenter of Silver Spring, Md.; and four great-grandchildren, Austin and Ellodee Carpenter and Sara and Kenan Potter. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, in the Fellowship Hall at Arbor Acres. The family appreciates the exceptional care given by the staff of the Grousbeck Special Care Unit of Arbor Acres Fitzgerald Health Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dorothy Carpenter Archives of the Coy Carpenter Library at the Wake Forest University Medical School, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157; Peace College, 15 E. Peace St., Raleigh, NC 27604; or Arbor Acres, 1240 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104. Salem Funeral and Cremation Services is assisting the Carpenter family.