Frances Carpenter Bernhard
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, December 19, 2016, Mrs. Frances Carpenter Bernhard, 101, wife of the late Mr. Herbert Leo Bernhard.
Mrs. Bernhard was a native of Wrens, GA. She was a graduate of Middle Georgia College. Mrs. Bernhard was an active sportswoman, loved to dance, play golf and bowl.
Family members include her son: James Erik Bernhard and wife Shirley; step-grandson: Stephen Bell; and many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents: Dr. George L. and Alice Weltch Carpenter; brother: Jack Carpenter; sisters: Dorothy Carpenter, Virginia Carpenter Long, Helen Carpenter Richardson and Kathryn Carpenter Brinson.
A Mass of Christian Resurrection will be Thursday, January 5, 2016, 11:00 A.M. at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church with Fr. Michael Hull officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers please make charitable contributions to the American Diabetes Association, 225 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 550, South Tower, Atlanta, GA 30303.
The family will receive friends in the narthex 30 minutes prior to the service beginning at 10:30 A.M.
Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484. Please sign the guestbook at www.thomaspoteet.com