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DEATHS/FUNERALS
Page 2A, Johnson City Press
■ Judith F. Cooper
Judith F. Cooper, 64, passed away
October 1, 2013, at Lakebridge
Healthcare Center
in Johnson City.
She was born
July 4, 1949, to
parents
Lois
Foster Leben &
the late Donald E.
Leben. Judith was
a
native
of
Bennington, VT,
but had lived in
the area for 41
Judith F. Cooper
years.
Judith Cooper
had worked at Giant Food Markets,
Fleming Food and Draughons Junior
College. She was a Jehovah’s Witness
of the Woodland Height congregation.
In her spare time, she enjoyed
painting, reading and riding the motorcycle with her husband, Doug.
In addition to her father, she was
preceded in death by a brother, James
D. Leben; grandfather, Louis Foster;
and grandmother, Catherine Foster.
Survivors include loving husband,
Douglas F. Cooper; sister, Rachel & husband, Scott Whitton; and brother,
Bradley & wife, Susan Leben; nieces,
Jennifer Kurth & Jessica Moody; and
nephew, Geoffrey Moody.
A Memorial Service will be held at the
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness,
5824 Fort Henry Dr., Kingsport, TN
37663 on October 12, 2013, at 2:00
p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made to Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s
Witness,
Woodland
Heights
Congregation, for world wide work.
Online condolences may be sent to
the family of Judith F. Cooper by signing
the online guest registry found on the
funeral home’s website (www.snydersmemorialgardens.com), or by sending
an e-condolence to snydersfuneralhome@hotmail.com.
Any other condolences may be mailed
to Snyder’s Memorial Gardens, 5913
Kingsport Hwy., in Gray, TN. 423-4777911
Snyder’s Memorial Gardens is proudly
serving the Cooper family.
■ Phyllis Cooper
ERWIN — Phyllis Anne Cooper, 76,
Erwin, died Wednesday, October 9,
2013, at the
Johnson
City
Medical Center.
She was born
in Wythe County,
Virginia, but lived
most of her life in
Erwin, Tennessee.
She
was
a
daughter of the
late Robert E. Lee
Snavely and Lillian
Phyllis Cooper
A r n e t a
Quesenberry
Snavely.
Ms. Cooper was a former employee
of Harris-Tarkett who retired after over
twenty-five years of service to the company.
She was a strong independent
Christian woman who, when unable to
attend church, enjoyed reading her
Bible and studying God’s word.
In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by: her daughter,
Wanda Gayle Casey; two sisters, Daisy
Lane and Agnes Scott; and a brother,
Talley Snavely.
Survivors include: two sons, John
Cooper and his partner, Debbie Reed,
of Unicoi, and Tim Tester and his wife,
Lucille, of Boones Creek; great-granddaughter, Arneta Casey, of Elizabethton;
friend to the end, Jean Kimery, of Erwin;
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Regional Deaths
■ Charles Addington, 79,
Kingsport
■ Nadean Anderson, 91,
Rogersville
■ Faye Brummitt, 74, Big
Stone Gap Va.
■ Danny Wayne Funk, 51,
Coeburn, Va.
■ Samuel L. Gray, 88,
Kingsport
■ Pattie W. Howell, 89,
Kingsport
■ Laura Jones, 87, Kingsport
■ Velma Jones, 97,
Appalachia, Va.
■ Willard D. Kilgore, 86, Wise,
Va.
■ Mike Littleton, 51, Kingsport
■ Tommy N. Lovell, Greenville,
S.C.
■ Norman Lee Mahan, 71,
Sneedville
■ Dorothy A. Morelock, 76,
Kingsport
■ Helen Ruth Ketron Neeley,
91, Kingsport
■ Hubert C. Orton, 85, Church
Hill
■ Mary Frances Patterson, 86,
Fall Branch
■ Jessie Amis Reeves, 92,
Rogersville
■ Lois Hickman Ryans, 80,
Kingsport
■ Joyce A. Salyers, Kingsport
■ Stella M. Sloan, 74,
Duffield, Va.
■ Cecil Lee Thompson, 65,
Kingsport
■ Diane Keith Williams, 53,
Roanoke, Va.
■ Lucille Mildred Williams, 91,
Gate City, Va.
■ Novell L. Wright, 79,
Kingsport
■ Blake Young, 16, Kingsport
These obituaries can be viewed in
today’s edition of the Kingsport TimesNews and online at www.timesnews.net.
and several nieces and nephews.
The family of Phyllis Cooper will
receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00
PM Friday, October 11, 2013, in the
Morris-Baker South Chapel.
The funeral service will follow at 8:00
PM with Pastor Todd McLaughlin officiating. Pallbearers will be: Mike Cooper,
Chris Cooper, Eddie Davis, Eddie Brewer,
John Cooper Sr. and Buddy Lane.
Graveside services will be conducted
at 1:00 PM Saturday in the Washington
County Memory Gardens. Family and
friends are asked to meet at the cemetery for those services.
Memories and condolences may be
shared with the family via www.morrisbaker.com.
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland
Avenue, Johnson City, is serving the
Cooper family. (423) 282-1521
■ Joseph C. Edwards
Joseph C. Edwards, Johnson City,
passed away October 3, 2013, at the
age of 48.
Preceded in death by wife, Robin D.
Edwards.
He is survived by his two sons, Drew
& Cody Edwards; daughter-in-law, Eriel
Edwards; mother, Billie Jo Townsend;
and brother, Steven Townsend.
A memorial service will be held at
3:00 PM Saturday October 12, 2013, at
Taylor Memorial United Methodist
Church, 3031 South Roan St.
■ John T. Little Jr.
KINGSPORT — John T. Little Jr. passed
away peacefully Sunday, September
15, at Wellmont
Holston Valley
Hospice House.
He was surrounded by his
loving wife of 60
years, Anna Ruth
Sanders Little;
and daughters,
Pam
Cox
(Kingsport) and
A n d r e a
John T. Little Jr.
Edmondson
(Elizabethton).
Born January 16, 1934, to John
Thomas Little Sr. and Leona Elizabeth
Fleenor in Kingsport, John spent the
majority of his life in Kingsport. In
recent years, he and Anna Ruth moved
to Elizabethton, Tenn., to be closer to
John’s beloved boys (grandchildren)
Lee and Max Edmondson.
John’s family had a long history in
Kingsport, with his grandfather, Jacob
Bean Fleenor, serving as Sullivan
County’s first magistrate. Jacob is the
man represented in Wes Venable’s
painting of the Kingsport Train Station.
John graduated from Dobyns-Bennett
High School in 1952, where he played
football. He attended ETSU, and he and
his brother-in-law, Doug Moles, enlisted
in the Army during the Korean Conflict.
They were stationed in Fairbanks,
Alaska, where Anna Ruth and John’s
sister, Pat Little Moles, joined their husbands. There John and Anna Ruth met
John and Mary Jane Bobbitt, Peoria, Ill.,
and became lifelong friends.
After returning from Alaska, John
worked a short time at Raytheon in
Bristol before joining Eastman Kodak in
Kingsport, Tenn. He retired in April
1996 after 35 years working as a
drafting engineer. Many folks at
Eastman will remember John as the
“Peanut” man because he bought and
sold boiled Virginia peanuts to his coworkers.
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classified advertising department, 722-0509.
John and his brother, Jack, were
huge jokesters and prided themselves
in scaring the daylights out of all their
children and nieces. John was forever
teasing his youngest daughter and her
friend, Carolyn Hobbs, that the RidgeRun-Bo-Alice (some monster) was going
to get them. He loved spending time
with his brother, Jack, and his family,
and they took many beach trips
together.
In his spare time, John loved to shoot
pool at the Kingsport Moose Lodge
921, where he was a lifelong member.
He also liked to dance; and, fortunately,
he and Anna Ruth enjoyed many years
of dancing together almost up to the
end of his life.
John was also the “Original American
Picker,” and he spent many years
roaming the back roads of Southwest
Virginia and Northeast Tennessee in
search of that “Honey Hole” as today’s
pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz refer
to as a great pickin’ spot. He had an eye
for antiques, and many of his pieces
ended up in museums like the
Smithsonian.
He was preceded in death by his
parents and brothers, Howard Little
(DeKalb, Ill.) and Jackson Sheryl Little
(Jackson, Tenn.); brother-in-laws, Doug
Moles and Glen Sproles (Kingsport),
beloved in-laws, Bass and Edna Sanders
(Kingsport); niece, Teri Moles Dedmond
(Ft. Smith, Ark.); and grand-niece, Ashley
Nicole Skelton (Kingsport.)
Left to cherish his memory and fun
times together are his wife, Anna Ruth
Sanders Little (Elizabethton); daughters, Pam Cox and husband, Keith
Wilson (Kingsport), and Andrea
Edmondson and husband, Glen Lee
(Butch) Edmondson Jr. (Elizabethton);
sisters, Pat Moles Baxter and husband,
Jim (Ft. Smith, Ark.), and Lilly Little Hash
and husband Eddie, (Walnut Creek,
Calf.); grandchildren, Jessica Cox
Osborne and husband, Patrick
(Knoxville), Max and Lee Edmondson III
(Elizabethton); step-grandchildren,
Carolyn Wilson and husband, Vance
Fraley (Cookeville, Tenn.), and Douglas
Wilson and wife, Kate (Richmond, Va.);
step great-grandchildren, Tate and
Logan Fraley (Cookeville) and Emery
Claire Wilson (Richmond, Va.).; and his
best friend, Bill Phillipe.
Also left to remember “Big Uncle
John” are nieces, Sherry Little Short
(Jackson), Robbin Sproles Metcalf and
husband, Rex (Kingsport), Chavela
Sproles Gragg and husband, Joe
(Kingsport), Lisa Moles Roland
(Fayetteville, Ark.), Janet Moles Crockett
and husband, Tony (Ft. Smith, Ark.);
nephews, John Charles (Chuck) Little
(Jackson), John Randall (John) Little
and wife, Amy, New York City, Jeff Little
(DeKalb, Ill.); Johnny Baxter and wife,
Melissa (Ft. Smith, Ark.); and John,
Sharla and Michael Hash (California).
John is additionally survived by several
grand nieces and nephews and greatgrand nieces and nephews, and also
his sister-in-laws, Patsy Bishop Little
(Jackson), Betty Sanders Sproles
(Kingsport) and Patsy Sanders Clonce
and husband, Sammy, (Kingsport).
The family would like to thank the ICU
staff at Holston Valley Hospital; ETSU
physicians Dr. David Guinn and, especially, Dr. Shadi Nakhla for never giving
up on John; ICU RN Hester Burns for the
care and attention given to John;
Holston Valley Chaplain Jeno Smith for
his beautiful spirit and for listening to
Anna Ruth’s stories for hours on end;
and Wellmont Holston Valley Hospice
nurses, especially Jennifer Cox, for their
compassion and commitment to serve
families of the dying.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests
donations be made to Wellmont Holston
Valley Hospice House or Hale Community
Ministries, Backpack Ministry, 1301
Arney St., Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643 in
memory of the John Little Family. You
may call Becky Brummitt at 423-5472560. This ministry feeds children at
risk of going hungry on the weekends.
A memorial service will be held
Saturday, Oct. 12, at 3 p.m. at Calvary
Baptist Church, 1238 Pine St.,
Kingsport, with the Rev. Dennis Wilson,
Lynn Valley Baptist Church, Elizabethton,
officiating. The family will receive friends
immediately following the service in the
Fellowship Hall of Calvary Baptist
Church; light refreshments will be
served.
As in life, John was always giving to
anyone in need; he donated his body to
ETSU Quillen Dishner College of
Medicine with the hope that someone
will be saved with the knowledge gained
from John’s earthly body.
■ Billy McKinney
Mr. Billy E. McKinney, age 76, Johnson
City, passed away Thursday, October
10, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical
Center.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home &
Cremation Services, Jonesborough,
753-3821
■ McKinley Mitchell
Mr. William McKinley Mitchell, age
86, Limestone, passed away
Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at the
Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital.
Mr. Mitchell was a native of
Washington County and son of the late
Hidie & Mary Estepp Mitchell. Mr.
Mitchell was also preceded in death by
granddaughter, Carol Robinson; five
brothers; two step-brothers; two sisters;
and two step-sisters.
He attended Limestone Free Will
Baptist Church.
Mr. Mitchell
retired from the
State Forestry
Service and was a
Farmer.
He
enjoyed
farming,
gardening, visiting
friends, riding in
the mountains,
laughing
and
watching others McKinley Mitchell
laugh.
Survivors
include his wife, Arlene Bailey Mitchell,
Limestone; children, Patsy Castor
(John), Dale Mitchell (Lana), Dwight
Mitchell (Debbie), Danny Mitchell
(Belinda), Peggy Dickerson (Roger),
Pam Keeton (Doug) and Paulette Potter
(Dan); grandchildren, Tina Lowe, Leah
Booker (William), Isaac Mitchell,
Danielle Mitchell, Brooke Dickerson
(Brandon Bledsoe), Caleb Dickerson
(Brittany), April Ausmus (Travis), Adam
Keeton (Julie), Krysten Baxley (Jeremy),
and Ryan Potter (Miranda Lilly); greatgrandchildren, Hannah, Zachary, Lucas,
Bailee, Sera, Christian, Kasey, Cody,
Haley, Ben, Easton, Katelyn, Weston,
Emery, Abby, Sutton, Avery, Ellie and
Molly; sister, Anna Margaret Bowers;
special friend, Bill McCurry; and several
nephews and nieces.
The family will receive friends at the
Limestone Free Will Baptist Church
Saturday, October 12, 2013, from 4:007:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be conducted at
3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 13, 2013, at
the Limestone Free Will Baptist Church
with Rev. Maurice Quillen and Rev. Tim
Roach officiating.
Interment services will follow at
Urbana Cemetery. Pallbearers will be
Grandsons & Great-Grandsons.
In honor of McKinley, memorial donations may be made to help with
expenses of a heart and double lung
transplant for his great-grandson,
Weston McKinley Keeton; make checks
payable to COTA for Weston Keeton
,2501 West Cota Dr., Bloomington, IN
47403 or online at www.cotaforwestonk.
com.
Condolences may be sent to the
Mitchell family online at www.dillowtaylor.com.
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home &
Cremation Services, Jonesborough,
753-3821
■ Anthony Delaine
‘Drill Bit’ Oscar
Anthony Delaine “Drill Bit” Oscar, 39,
of Jonesborough, TN, passed away
Friday, Oct. 4,
2013, at Asbury
Place in Johnson
City, TN.
Anthony made
his career as a
truck driver in the
transpor tation
industry and was
of Baptist faith.
He is survived
by
(Daughter)
Anthony Delaine
Sierra Oscar, of
“Drill Bit” Oscar
Erwin,
TN;
(Parents) Delmar (Debbie) Oscar, of
Harrisburg, VA, & Susan (Joe) Cole, of
Johnson City, TN; (Brothers) Jerry
Bowling (Sally) of IN, DeWayne Oscar
(Darlene), of Erwin, TN & Daniel Oscar
(Abbie), of Harrisburg, VA; (Sisters)
Kristen (Ben) Irby, of IN, Katrina Ray, of
VA & Melissa Oscar, of VA; (Very Special
Friend), Cliff Barnes, of Jonesborough,
TN; Host of Nieces, Nephews, Cousins,
Family and Friends. Special thanks to
Lester and Patricia Rogers.
A graveside service will be conducted
on Friday, October 11, 2013, at 1:00
p.m. in the Bumpass Cove Cemetery
under the direction of Rev. Rick
Chapman.
The family will receive friends from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the MorrisBaker Funeral Home. A procession to
the cemetery will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Online condolences are available at:
www.morrisbaker.com.
In charge of arrangements: MorrisBaker Funeral Home and Cremation
Services, 2001 E. Oakland Avenue,
Johnson City, TN 37601 or (423) 2821521.
■ The Rev. Ricky
Lynn Pate
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
— 2 Timothy 4:7
Reverend Ricky Lynn Pate, age 56, of
Johnson City, went to be with his Lord
and Savior after a
lengthy illness on
Wednesday,
October 9, 2013,
at his residence.
Born January
23, 1957, in
Erwin, TN, to the
late Dewey and
Irene Johnson
Pate, he was a
native of Yancey The Rev. Ricky
County.
Lynn Pate
Mr. Pate served
as pastor for West Park Street Free Will
Baptist Church, of Erwin, Union Hill Free
Will Baptist Church, of Tipton Hill, NC,
Odoms Chapel Free Will Baptist Church,
of Buladean, NC, Davistown Free Will
Baptist Church, of Old Fort, NC, and
Eastern Gate Free Will Baptist Church,
of Johnson City, TN. Reverend Pate was
a member of Eastern Gate Free Will
Baptist Church, of Johnson City, TN.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Mr. Pate was known to be a master
carpenter who could build anything.
Survivors include: His wife: Connie
Cooper Pate, of Johnson City, TN;
Sisters: Betty Jean Boone, of Burnsville,
NC, Twin Sister: Janet Sue McKeehan,
of Burnsville, NC; Brothers: Dewey Pate
Jr. and wife, Rebecca, of Burnsville, NC,
Melvin Louie Pate and wife, Patricia, of
Burnsville, NC; Sister-in-law: Jackie
Butler and husband, Rick, of Unicoi, TN;
Nieces: Heather Butler Davis and Tiffany
Butler; Nephews: Joe Pate, John Pate,
Rodney Boone, Randy Boone, Mark
Carroll and Matthew Carroll.
The life of Reverend Ricky Lynn Pate
will be remembered and honored in a
funeral service at 7:00 PM on Friday,
October 11, 2013, in the Chapel of
Valley Funeral Home. Pastor Louie Pate
and Reverend Jackie Cole will officiate.
Vocal selections will be provided by
Heather Butler Davis, Tiffany Butler,
McNeese Family and by the Johnson
City Free Will Baptist Duet.
A visitation period to share memories
and offer support to the family will
begin at 5:00 PM and continue until
service time at Valley Funeral Home
and at other times at the home of
Connie’s sister, Jackie Butler, 1005
Highway 107, Unicoi, TN 37692.
A graveside committal service will be
held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October
12, 2013, at Dewey Pate Family
Cemetery, Green Mountain, NC. Those
who will attend are asked to meet at
Valley Funeral Home by 10:00 AM to go
in procession to Dewey Pate Family
Cemetery on Saturday. Serving as active
pallbearers are Mark Carroll, Junior
Pate, Rick Butler, Joe Pate, John Pate,
Kevin Briggs, and Chris Davis. Honorary
pallbearers will be Rodney Boone,
Randy Boone, Matthew Carroll, Bill
Privette, Bill McPeters, Kaedan Davis,
Robert C. Allen, Harvey Carver, Steve
Carver and Dale Campbell.
Condolences and memories may be
shared with the family and viewed at
www.valleyfuneralhome.net.
These arrangements are made especially for the family and friends of
Reverend Ricky Lynn Pate through
Valley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main
Ave., Erwin. 423-743-9187
■ Terry A. Shaw
Terry A. Shaw, 64, of Limestone, died
Wednesday evening, October 9, 2013,
at Johnson City
Medical Center
after an extended
illness.
He was a lifelong resident of
Washington
County. Terry had
received a B.S.
Degree from ETSU
and
Physical
T h e r a p y
Terry A. Shaw
Registration from
the University of
Tennessee. He retired from Physical
Therapy after many years of service.
Terry attended Cherry Hill Baptist
Church.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Wayne and Pauline Shaw;
sister, Jewell Cooper; and three brothers,
Donnie, Ronnie and Stanley Shaw.
Terry is survived by his wife, Brenda
Shaw, of the home; daughter, Angela
Shaw Clark and husband, Mike, of
Elizabethton; son, Jeffrey Shaw and
wife, Mindy, of Spartanburg, SC; two
step-daughters, Kristy Baker, of
Jonesborough, and Patricia Miller, of
Gray; stepson, Jerry Miller; several stepgrandchildren; two brothers, Doug Shaw
and wife, Dian, and Max Shaw, all of
Limestone; and several nieces and
nephews.
The family will receive friends on
Friday from 6-8:00 p.m. at HamlettDobson Funeral Home, Fall Branch.
Funeral services will be conducted
on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at HamlettDobson Funeral Home, Fall Branch,
with Pastor Steve Wilson officiating.
Burial will follow the service in
Highland Church Cemetery in Gray.
Pallbearers will be Brad Shaw,
Christopher Shaw, Josh Riner, Shane
Riner, Gary Adkins and Tony Page. Jerry
Miller will be an Honorary Pallbearer.
The family would like to thank the
doctors and nurses at Johnson City
Medical Center for their exceptional
support and care.
Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com
to leave an online condolence for the
family.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Fall
Branch, is serving the family of Terry A.
Shaw.
■ Ivel Weaver
Ivel Janetta Weaver, 77, Johnson City,
passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013,
at Johnson City Medical Center.
Born in Harmon, VA, she was the
daughter of the late Arvil and Braxie
Compton Sykes. Mrs. Weaver was a
member of Sinking Creek Baptist
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Church.
After
the
passing of her
mother,
Mrs.
Weaver became a
caregiver to her
brothers and sisters. She was a
calm, caring and
compassionate
caregiver. Mrs.
Weaver gave of Ivel Weaver
herself
to
everyone
and
became a friend to anyone who met
her.
In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her husband,
Kenneth Weaver; two sisters, Darlene
(Nene) Amundson and Nell Cook; and
one brother, Hulan Compton.
Those left to cherish her memory
include a son, Steven Weaver and wife,
Debra, of Johnson City; a daughter,
Petra Weaver, of Johnson City; grandchildren, Cara Bowling and Jake Weaver;
siblings, Jerline Lopez, Irene Fuller, Peg
Mullins, Terry Sykes, Fay Sykes and an
honorary sister, Heather Mahoney; several nieces and nephews also survive.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to American Cancer
Society, 508 Princeton Rd., Johnson
City, TN 37601 or online at www.cancer.
org
The family will receive friends from
6:00 PM Saturday, October 12, 2013,
until a Celebration of Life Service at
8:00 PM at Tetrick Funeral & Cremation
Services, Johnson City. Pastor Mark
Herod will officiate.
A Graveside service will be held on
Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at Mountain
Home National Cemetery, Mountain
Home, at 10:45 AM. Family and friends
are asked to meet at the funeral home
at 10:15 AM to follow in procession.
Pallbearers will be selected from family
and friends.
Memories and condolences may be
shared with the family and viewed
online at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com
or faxed to (423) 610-7177.
Arrangements for the Weaver family
are in the care of Tetrick Funeral &
Cremation Services, 3001 Peoples
Street, Johnson City, TN 37604. (423)
610-7171
Astronaut
Carpenter
dies in Colo.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — Scott Carpenter, the
second American to orbit the Earth,
was guided by two instincts: overcoming fear and quenching his
insatiable curiosity. He pioneered
his way into the heights of space
and the depths of the ocean floor.
His wife, Patty Barrett, said
Carpenter died Thursday in a
Denver hospice of complications
from a September stroke. He
lived in Vail.
Carpenter followed John Glenn
into orbit, and it was Carpenter
who gave him the historic sendoff: “Godspeed, John Glenn.”
The two were the last survivors
of the famed original Mercury 7
astronauts from the “Right Stuff”
days of the early 1960s. Glenn is
the only one left alive.
In his one flight, Carpenter
missed his landing by 288 miles,
leaving a nation on edge for an
hour as it watched live and putting Carpenter on the outs with
his NASA bosses. So Carpenter
found a new place to explore: the
ocean floor.
He was the only person who
was both an astronaut and an
aquanaut, exploring the old ocean
and what President John F.
Kennedy called “the new ocean”
— space.
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