Elberton - James Fortune Carpenter, age 84, of Elberton, husband of the late Lois Vivian Womack Carpenter, passed away on Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Landmark Hospital in Athens.Born in Rutherford County, N.C., on September 9, 1925, he was a son of the late Davie Greenberry Carpenter and Georgia Ellen Short Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter attended the University of Indiana and Notre Dame. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He retired from Bryant Electric Company and was a member of Union Baptist Church, Iva, S.C.Survivors include a son, James David Carpenter and his wife, Becky; daughters, Caroline Carpenter, Betty Webb and her husband, Ronnie, and Lisa Baggett and her husband, Lloyd; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Everett, Ernest, J.D. and Walter "Bub" Carpenter; and two sisters, Ruby Bridges and Ethel Mae Robbins.The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 5, 2010, at Union Baptist Church, officiated by Revs. Jim Osteen and Gary Purvis. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.The family will be at the home of Betty and Ronnie Webb, 2579 Nickville Road, Dewey Rose, GA.Flowers are optional. Memorials can be made to Union Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 703 Barnes Station Road, Iva, SC 29655.A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com.The McDougald Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.