Mary Rebecca Carpenter

Mary Rebecca Carpenter (“Becky”) gained her wings to enter the gates of heaven on Sunday, October 4, 2020 passing peacefully away at home in Granite Shoals, Texas surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her children Mary Jane Johnson and husband Rick of Portland, Oregon, Melonie Jean Weyland of Granite Shoals, Texas and Thomas Dwayne Cox and Brandi Vannoy of Fort Worth, Texas, by her brother Willie Frank TIner, Jr. and wife Valorie of New Caney, Texas.

Becky is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and her many grandchildren including Amanda Lorainne Chavez, Alexandra Catalina Johnson, Becky Elizabeth Malina , Sarah Jane Starke, Phillup Cody Weyland, Sommer Nicole Crutchfield, Jennifer Denise Johnston, Thomas Bradley Cox, Nicole Marie Cox, and Byron Allen Cox, and by 16 great-grandchildren, William Cole Johnson, Jackson Elias Chavez, Cregory Malina, Valorie Pearson, Larceno Pearson (JR), Jaelyn Burton, Desmond Burton, Jordyn Nicole Scott, Jesse David Scott, and Pyper Francine Johnston, Matthew Thomas Cox, Sarah Annabelle and Hannah Bailey Cox, Karlee Marie Jones, Gabriella Denise Perez and Zoila Nicole Perez and by her 3 great great-grandchildren Arieanna Neveah Malina, Braeden Curtis Paul Malina, and Ronan James Taylor.

She was preceded in death by her first husband Elvert Elmon Cox and by her second husband Alfred Curtis Carpenter, her son Johnny Wayne Cox, her brother Marion Wayne Tiner, and sisters Louise Charles, La Vetra Burge, and Halle Darlene Jones.

Becky was a lifelong grocery checker having worked at Weingarten’s in Houston for 15 years, and at HEB/Lakeland Mall in Marble Falls for 31 years. She was well-loved by her employers and her customers and retired in 2014 and will forever be greatly missed at her register #5. Her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren were her world and the light of her life. She loved her flowers, to go see the bluebonnets and to travel the hills of the Hill Country. Becky had the gift of hospitality and loved to cook and feed friends and family. She had a lifelong love of sewing and also loved football, bowling and rodeos. She will be greatly missed by all of those that ever crossed her path as she is truly unforgettable