Linda Kathryn “Kathy” Smith Carpenter, of Ponca
City, OK, passed away on November 28, 2021 at the
age of 78 years. A Celebration of Life will be held
at 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 2, 2021, at Grace
Episcopal Church, Ponca City.
Kathy was born in Okemah, Oklahoma to parents
William “Earl” Smith and Goldie Kathryn “Kay” (née
Blackman) on September 19, 1943. When Kathy was very
young the family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma where
she attended school and graduated Ponca City Senior
High School Class of 1962. She went on to earn an
Associate Degree from Northern Oklahoma College, and
she also attended classes at University of Central
Oklahoma. Kathy lived for a short time during the
mid1960s with her mother and step-father in Houston
working at Sharpstown Hospital.
Kathy married Thomas Logan Carpenter on July 14,
1967. Kathy and Tom enjoyed a 46-year union and made
their home in several Oklahoma cities including
Perry, Norman, Ponca City, Blackwell, and
Stillwater. Kathy always felt most at home in Ponca
City and welcomed the opportunity to retire there
with Tom.
Kathy had an eye for numbers and worked at several
different jobs over the years. She served her family
as a homemaker; worked alongside Tom as a bookkeeper
at Carpenter-Cannon Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC in
Ponca City; worked at Frontier Federal and Heartland
Federal in Ponca City; and as the manager of a loan
office for Pioneer Bank in Perry.
Kathy is preceded in death by her father, Earl
Smith, her mother Kay Blackman Smith Stansbury,
step-father Max E. Stansbury, and step-brother
Thomas Stansbury.
She is survived by one brother Lynn Smith and his
wife Lou Ann of Enid, Oklahoma, and one
sister-in-law Sharon Bentley of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
a step-brother Michael Stansbury of Monterrey,
California. She is also survived by daughter Tiffany
Mann and husband Brett of Prosper, Texas; daughter
Patricia Long and husband Mark of Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma; and two grandchildren Patrick Mann and
Claire Mann of Prosper, Texas.
Kathy was a woman of deep faith and she enjoyed a
lifetime of worshiping at Grace Episcopal Church in
Ponca City. She served on various ministries at
Grace Church including serving as a Sunday School
teacher, a member and past president of ECW, and as
a member of Daughters of the King. She was also
happy to serve God at St. Mark’s Episcopal, Perry,
Oklahoma and the First Presbyterian Church in
Blackwell, Oklahoma.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Grace
Episcopal Church, 109 N 13th St, Ponca City, OK
74601.
Final Resting Place
Red Rock Cemetery
Noble County
Red Rock, OK 74651
