- Date Of Birth: May 7, 1922
- Date Of Death: June 11, 2021
- State: New Mexico
Toms was born May 7, 1922 to Archie and Alice Hart Carpenter in Peninsula, OH.
Tom is survived by his wife of 75 years, Faye Carpenter; his children, Richard L. Carpenter of Waco, TX; Dan Carpenter (Kris) of Odessa, TX; Dianne C. Williams of Roswell, NM; Kay Srader (Dean) of Roswell, NM; and grandchildren, Sherry Ellis, David Carpenter, Jonathan Carpenter, Heather Golden, Melissa Steen, Justin Noles, Lindsey Irish, Hannah Watson and 21 great-grandchildren and 3 great great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Tom enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He was in the 373 Fighter Group, 410th Squadron flying a P47 in tactical ground support and medium bomber escort over Germany. He was a Flight Instructor for the Air Force at Hondo Air Base, Texas. Tom became an air traffic controller for the FAA in 1958 and retired in 1978.
