Jim Riffe Carpenter, 67, of Montgomery, formerly of Beaumont/Sour Lake, died Monday, May 23, 2016. He was born on September 14, 1948, in Throckmorton, to Dorothy Condron Carpenter and John William Carpenter. Jim was a physical therapist for a total of forty-four years having always been a Director of Physical Therapy and Rehab Department. In 1984, after living in Rogers, Arkansas, for ten years where he worked as Director of St. Mary’s Rogers Memorial Hospital, Jim accepted the position as the Director of the Physical Therapy Department at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Ten years later, he transferred to Christus Orthopedic Specialties/Beaumont Bone and Joint Institute where he worked for the past twenty-one years.
Jim is survived by his wife, Chry Carpenter, of Montgomery; sons, Travis Carpenter and his wife, Rachel, of Grand Prairie and Jonathan Carpenter and his wife, Mari, of Richmond; daughter, Amber Eaves and her husband, Wes, of Spring; grandchildren, Audrey Carpenter, Alanna Eaves, Isabella Eaves, Dawson Carpenter, David Carpenter, and Daphne Carpenter; sister, Diana Hayley and her husband, Joe, of Wichita Falls; and mother, Dorothy Carpenter, of Archer City.
A gathering of Mr. Carpenter’s family and friends will begin at 10:00 a.m., with his memorial service at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2016, at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church, 6220 Westgate Memorial Drive, Beaumont.
Cremation arrangements were handled by Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Westgate Memorial Baptist Church, 6220 Westgate Memorial Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77706.
