Ray Carver

Mr. Ray A. Carver, age 74, of Cartersville, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at his residence. Born in Black Mountain, North Carolina on March 23, 1934, he was the son of the late Joseph M. Carver and the late Rachel Allen Carver. He was a member of Emerson Baptist Church and the Emerson Masonic Lodge. He retired from Lockheed Martin as an aircraft mechanic. He is predeceased by his parents and his wife, Barbara Smartt Carver.



Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Julie Carver of Ellijay; his daughter, Joyce Miller of Cartersville; his grandchildren, Michael Waddell and his wife, Kelly, Mary Ann Molton and her husband, Rich, Tammy Smith and her partner, Dee, Jennifer Powell and her husband, Steve, Wesley Smith, Rachel Koeheler and her husband, John; twelve great-grandchildren; his sisters, Louise O�Neal and Lorraine Love; and numerous nieces and nephews.



Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008 in the chapel of Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services with Rev. Rich Molton officiating. Interment will follow in Cassville Cemetery.

Pallbearers are asked to meet at Parnick Jennings Funeral Home on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. and will include: Carey Evans, Frankie Duren, Bill Popham, Larry Smith, David Machowski and Steve Powell. Ray McAloney will serve as honorary pallbearer.



The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6 � 9 p.m. Please join Mr. Carver�s family in honoring his life by visiting www.jenningsfuneralhome.com to share memories and to post tributes.

Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 430 Cassville Road, Cartersville is in charge of the arrangements.