Satyra (Davis) Carpenter

CARPENTER, Mrs. Satyra LaFawn (Davis) - Age 46, made her transition from this world to heaven, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Five-Fold Ministries, 8041 McKinley Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Pastor Juanita Crump officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Carpenter will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Satyra LaFawn (Davis) Carpenter was born August 5, 1963 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Paul Clark and Maxine (Thomas) Davis. Later her family moved to Flint, Michigan, where Satyra attended and graduated from Northwestern High School. She received her Bachelor degree from University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff and her Masters from Oakland University in Oakland County, Michigan. Satyra was employed with the Flint Board of Education as a teacher. She married Eli Carpenter, Jr. June 26, 1999. This union was blessed with two daughters, Shelby Nysia Carpenter and Dylann Phenice Carpenter. Surviving to carry on her legacy are beloved husband of 10.5 years, Eli Carpenter, Jr.; 2 daughters, Shelby and Dylann; father, Paul Clark of Pine Bluff, AR; mother, Maxine Davis of Flint; adopted father, William T. (Mary) Davis of Hot Springs, AR; sisters, Nanette Davis (Herve’) Shillingford of Atlanta, GA, Tonia (Clark) George and Paula (Clark) Copeland; brother, Paul Clark, Jr.; father and mother-in-law, Eli and Hazel Carpenter; brothers-in-law, George Carpenter, all of Pine Bluff, AR and Tyra (Shawn) Carpenter; sister-in-law, Annette Carpenter, both of Olive Branch, MS; a host of other relatives and friends including special niece and nephew, Marley and Micaela Shillingford. Mrs. Carpenter was preceded in death by her grandparents, Arthur (Maleda) Thomas and Sidney (Lucy) Clark; 4 uncles, Marshall and Willard Thomas, Frank and Robert Clark; 2 aunts, Pearlie Humphrey and Mae Frances Clark; several cousins including, Wiley and Ricelor Humphrey, John “John-John” Harris and Aisha Thomas. The family would especially like to thank the Medical Staff at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Lake Side Assembley of God Church, Lester Wilkerson, Danielle Hampton, Howard (Lisa) Taber, Yonna Gallman, Rod Martin, Tim and Debbie, all of Elizabethtown, KY, Five Fold Ministry Christian Center, Flushing, MI, Renee Smith of Flint and Camber Corporation of Fort Knox, KY.

Satyra (Davis) Carpenter

August 5, 1963 - March 24, 2010