For 32 years, Kathryn Carpenter was director of the Woman’s Missionary Union in Louisiana, from 1955-’86.
BATON ROUGE – For 32 years, Kathryn Carpenter was director of the Woman’s Missionary Union in Louisiana, from 1955-’86.
She died Sunday, Aug. 10. Her funeral was Aug. 16 at University Baptist Baton Rouge.
“After her retirement she remained a faithful friend, teacher and mentor to WMU in this state,” said Janie Wise, LBC Women’s Missions and Ministry Strategist.
Carpenter began at the LBC in 1943 when she started working with the convention’s rural evangelism department.
A popular Bible teacher and speaker, she lead Bible studies and conferences in numerous states and taught Sunday school classes at her home churches of Emmanuel Baptist in Alexandria and University Baptist in Baton Rouge for more than 50 years.
At her request, the Kathryn Carpenter Missions Endowment has been established through the Louisiana Baptist Foundation, Wise reported.
Memorials may be sent to the Kathryn Carpenter Missions Endowment at the Louisiana Baptist Foundation, PO Box 311, Alexandria LA 71309. Income from the endowment is to be distributed to the Lottie Moon Offering for International Missions, the Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions and the Georgia Barnette Offering for State Missions.
Cards may be sent to the family in care of her sister, Sarah Corkern, 5323 Blair Lane, Apt. F-2, Baton Rouge LA 70809.