Richard Leo Carpenter, son of the late Herbert Carpenter and Catherine Walker Carpenter, was born on February 25, 1944, in Royal Oak, Michigan, and departed this life on September 10, 2024, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 80 years.

Mr. Carpenter had worked for a printing company and was a former truck driver. He attended Thousand Hills Cowboy Church and Ash Hill General Baptist Church in Fisk, Missouri. He enjoyed playing golf, tinkering with old cars and watching the Dallas Cowboys play football, and he was an avid Trump supporter.

On April 13, 1985, in Dexter, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Sharon James. Mrs. Carpenter survives of their home in Dexter.

Along with his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Angela Dodson of Ellisville, Missouri, Paula Boyd of Joplin, Missouri, and Tammy Hood of Union, Mississippi; by eight grandchildren, Christopher, Mariah, Kyson, Chelsea, Austin, Paul, Amber, and Alison; and by eight great-grandchildren, Jayden, Evelyn, Audrey, Rhainey, Banks, Hunter, Colton, and Peyton.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Kerby Carpenter, Mike Carpenter, and Phil Carpenter, and by his sister, Eileen Ruth Carpenter.

Graveside services will be held at Dudley Cemetery in Dudley, Missouri on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 12:00 p.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.