100th Anniversary

Background about this blog

My mother, Martha Virginia Greenwaide Carpenter, was born on November 6, 1914.  This year is the 100th anniversary of her birth.  She was a beautiful and gracious lady, a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.  I have created this blog to honor her memory and her life.

Take a few minutes to remember her through the pictures that I have posted here.  You can add your own comments at the bottom of this blog.

If you have any pictures that you would like to include, please email them to me and I'll add them to the site.

In loving memory of her,

Kay Carpenter DiBianca

Thank you to my parents

I thank God for having had good parents and I pray that God will bless them generously for the wonderful life they gave to me.  James Faust may have put it best:

"To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself."

Mother's Background

Baby Virginia

She was born Martha Virginia Greenwaide on November 6, 1914.  She was the third child born to Effie Daisy (Thompson) Greenwaide and Lionel Bascomb (L.B.) Greenwaide.  She and her two older sisters, Bobbie and Imogene, stayed close all of their lives.

Mother's parents

She became a beautiful young woman.

With Mrs. Peterson in Savannah

Marriage

And in 1937, she married the love of her life, Arthur Lawrence Carpenter.



















They bought the house at 1115 Skidaway Road
 and lived there until my father's death in 1979.

Family

My brother, Larry, was born in 1943 and I was born in 1945.
She was a loving and caring mother.  My first memories of her were her teaching me to write my name and the kindergarten that I attended and which she taught at.

My wedding to Frank DiBianca in 1970

One of many wonderful Christmases at 1115 Skidaway Road.  Mother made every holiday special.

The three Greenwaide girls with their husbands.  Aunt Imogene and Uncle Charlie, Mother and Daddy, Aunt Bobbie and Uncle John.

Mother and Daddy were a great couple.  Here they are at Daddy's 65th birthday party.

Mother with Larry and his family: Jency, Jay, Casey and Dottie.

Mother with Frank , Arthur, and me

"Memom" with Arthur

In Seattle

"Charm is deceptive
And beauty is fleeting,
But a woman who fears the Lord
Is to be praised."  

                                --Proverbs 31:30


Thank you, Mother.