Church service for Iva Jewel Carpenter, age 103, of Magnolia, Texas, is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Central Baptist Church in Magnolia with A.J. McGuirt of Magnolia officiating. Burial will be in Restland Cemetery in Olney, Texas, at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, September 21, 2016. There will be a viewing from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Central Baptist Church in Magnolia before the service. Iva died Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in Shenandoah, Texas. She was born October 10, 1912 in Olney, Texas to James Richard and Mary Francis (Ewing) Jackson. She married James Deboe Carpenter in Walters, Oklahoma on February 28, 1937.

Iva was a farmer’s wife in the Lazbuddie, Texas community for many years before moving to Magnolia in 1997. She had been a member of the Lazubuddie United Methodist Church from 1940 until 1997, when she joined Central Baptist Church in Magnolia. Iva is preceded in death by her husband, J.D. in 1989; her parents; two brothers; and three sisters.

Iva is survived by her son, James Henry Carpenter and his wife, Shirley of Houston, Texas; her daughter, Shirley Ann Howard of Magnolia, Texas; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

The family suggests memorials be sent to Central Baptist Church, 37135 FM 1774, Magnolia, Texas, 77355 or Vitas Hospice, 18550 I-45 South, Conroe, Texas, 77384

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