Patsy ‘Pat’ Stiles Carpenter

Patsy “Pat” Marie Binns Stiles Carpenter, age 81, of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, passed from this life on Wed n esday, March 30, 2022, at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born December 18, 1940, in Crossett, Arkansas to the late James Hubert and Virginia Ruth (Goyne) Binns.

Pat was a retired Drew County school teacher, teaching 2nd grade at Wilmar Elementary and 4th grade at Monticello Intermediate. She was renowned for her storytelling talents, having instructed and entertained countless children and adults alike.

She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Hamburg, Arkansas, where she truly loved serving in the nursery where the children called her Pat-Pat. She had a servant’s heart and was always willing to help out, whether it was through outreach, cooking pies and cakes or housekeeping and cleaning for those in need.

Anyone who was around her knew that she had an incredible love for people, music, and children. She was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend who will be greatly missed by all.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Kenneth Stiles; her second husband, Clifton Carpenter; two brothers, Charles Binns and Robert Binns; three sisters, Marion Head, Beatrice ( Beaty) Crosby, and Elizabeth Warren.

Those left to cherish her memory include three sons, Kenneth S. (Steve) Stiles and wife Tammie of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Eddie Stiles and wife Theresa of Farmington, Arkansas, and Todd Stiles and wife Laura of Athens, Georgia; one daughter, Kimberly Sanders and husband Rod of Bentonville, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Josh Stiles of Farmington, Jennifer Stiles of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jackie Cooper and husband Michael of Utica, Kentucky, Caleb Stiles of Farmington, Arkansas, Carson Bolding of Bentonville, Arkansas, Kenny Stiles of Athens, Georgia, and Ariana Stiles of Athens, Georgia; three great-grandchildren, Piper, Paige, and Josh, Jr. (J.J.) Stiles of Farmington, Arkansas; numerous other cherished extended family and friends.

Memorial celebration will be communicated at a later date.

Pat and her family request that memorials be made to the Prairie Grove Senior Center, 475 Ed Staggs Drive, Prairie Grove, AR, 72753 or to the Willard Walker Hospice Home, 325 E Longview Street, Fayetteville, AR 72703.

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