James was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and employed as a warehouse lead supervisor in the logistics department at MXD.
James is survived by his wife, Katherine Dale (Peters) Carpenter; daughters, Lucille Mae Carpenter and twins, Allison Dale and Ashley Rose Carpenter; father, Donnie Jay (Karen) Carpenter and mother, Janet Louise Greene (Ed) Batchelor; five sisters, Angela, Emma, Heather, Amie and Heidi and two brothers, Bruce and Robert; in-laws, Kenneth Dale and Rita Peters; grandfather, James Duffy Carpenter; grandmother, June Giles. James is preceded in death by his grandmother, Elva Mae Carpenter and grandfather.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, October 11th at 10:00 A.M. at St. David Catholic Church, 3900 South University Drive, Davie, FL. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. James' cremated remains will interred in Ohio.