Warren D and Carol E (Palmer) Carpenter

These grandparents met during World War II. Warren D Carpenter (1919-2000) was born in Wisconsin, the eighth of nine children born to William Henry and Carrie Nell (Ives) Carpenter. He served over seas in Africa, Italy, and Normandy invasion in the 82nd Airborne, he was a Paratrooper. Carol E (Palmer) Carpenter (1919-2007) was born in Illinois and raised in Arkansas she was the eldest of three children born to Taylor W and Maud H (Smith) Palmer. Warren and Carol married in Arkansas after World War II and were the parents of four child one of whom is my mother.

Whitfield Family

 

The Whitfield Family bet. 1914-1916
Front Row: Quinton (My Grandfather) and brother Ofus
Second Row: George Washington and Emma J (Moore) My Great Great Grandparents
Third Row: George Willie and Dona Jane (Smith) My Great Grandparents.
They were all from Perry County, Arkansas.

Quinton and Vaudie (Gage) Whitfield

This is where my search began. I sometimes wonder how they managed to get together. They married in June of 1937. He was the son of George Willie and Dona Jane (Smith) Whitfield from Perry County Arkansas. She was the daughter of John Henry and Alice Lenora (Harrington) Gage from Faulkner County Arkansas. He was born in 1913 and she in 1915 they had one child my father Larry Quinn Whitfield (1950-2002).

(L-R) Paul and Quinton Whitfield

Sometime before 1950 possibility

(L-R) Vaudie (Gage) Whitfield and granddaughter 1970