CHANDLER, INDIANA, PASTOR
CLAIMED BY DEATH MAR. 28

Rev. Ralph I. Carpenter, 65, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Chandler, Ind. died March 28. He had been ill since last fall.

The funeral service was conducted at Chandler by Rev. Ray Wigginton, Rev. J. L. Mitchell, and Rev. Frank Sanders. Interment was at Fairfield, Ill.

Surviving him are his wife, and one son, George, of Pine Bluff, Ark.

He was ordained in 1938 by Ewing-McLin Presbytery and had served pastorates in Cumberland Presbyterian churches at Bethany, Ill., Arrington Street, Nashville, Tenn., Springhill, Beecher City, Ill., Sturgis, Ky., and at Chandler where he has been for four and one half years.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 12, 1960, page 3]

[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1961, page 153]