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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Cody Carpenter, 41 years old, born on April 26, 1972, and passed away on May 31, 2013. We will remember him forever.
May 31, 2015
Two years and it still seems like yesterday. Time does not heal all wounds, you just learn to live with it till we see you again. I would love to talk with you one more time. Not good-bye but see you later. I love you big, brother!!!!xoxoxoxo. Forever and always our hero.
October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014
As deer season approaches we anxiously await opening day. Even though you are not here in person, you are here in spirit with us and we know that you will be overlooking us on that mountain as we hope to bring the big one home. Oh how you are missed so much! We love and miss you much brother.XOXOXO
June 1, 2014
Yesterday was a year since you left us. It hurts just as much as it did the day you left. You are loved and missed everyday and there is a piece of our hearts in heaven. I know that you are right where you want to be and one day we will be reunited with you. Until then, you will be remembered, loved, and missed until we see you again. I love and miss you big, really big xoxoxoxo forever!!!!
May 31, 2014
May 31, 2014
It has been a year since you were called home.I miss being able to talk to you and hear you say " I have your back". I knew you always did.I wish you could see the love and respect that is your legacy to your family. I miss you.!!!!!
April 26, 2014
Happy Birthday, Brother!! We miss you every day and love you much!! I ran my first half in honor of you and I know that you was with me each step of the way. See you later brother. XOXOXO
January 18, 2014
January 18, 2014
I thought of you and my mother this morning. The attending nurse when she passed told mother a chariot would be coming by soon and when it does jump up and hang on. I know without a doubt when the dam broke and the house imploded that chariot came by and you jumped up and held on and they carried you home. Love and prayers for all those you left behind.
January 18, 2014
January 18, 2014
I thought of you and my mother this morning. The attending nurse when she passed told mother a chariot would be coming by soon and when it does jump up and hang on. I know without a doubt when the dam broke and the house imploded that chariot came by and you jumped up and held on and they carried you home. Love and prayers for all those you left behind.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014
Wow, you leaving for awhile has been a real heartbreak for many. The memories flood my heart like a river. Yes, you were special from the time you were born because of the heart defect and we spoiled you wrotten. I know there was never a day in your short life that you didn't feel the love of many. I think the reason you were such a great sherriff was because you could identify with them and I don't think you could have treated any person with anything but sympathic dignity. May peace like a river attendeth our souls, when sorrow like sea billows roll, let it be well with our souls.
January 15, 2014
January 15, 2014
Well Cody, still so hard to believe and it's not gotten any easier. But I know you are not "gone" but just moved on to a very beautiful place! A place where we will all be together again someday. We love you Lots!! See ya soon Cuz!!
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
I never dreamed something like this would happen to our family. But that's what everyone thinks, huh? Seems like just yesterday in so many ways. I love you lots and miss you dearly cousin! Til I see you again...
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
I miss your smile.I miss talking to you.I miss my friend. You were like one of my own.Love you always and your family.
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
Miss you big guy, you are forever young.
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
Wow!!! Where has time gone? It's hard to believe that God took you from us 8 months ago. There is not a day goes by that a memory of you doesn't come to mind. I hear that Heaven is a beautiful place.... I can't wait to see it someday and walk the streets of gold with you. I love and miss you Cuz!!
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
We will always miss you, Cody.
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
Our lives have forever changed since that terrible stormy night , my memories will never fade and I'll carry you with me for all time
January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
To a great friend, you have left a void that is hard to fill. Till we meet again! Thoughts and prayers for your family.

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May 31, 2015
Two years and it still seems like yesterday. Time does not heal all wounds, you just learn to live with it till we see you again. I would love to talk with you one more time. Not good-bye but see you later. I love you big, brother!!!!xoxoxoxo. Forever and always our hero.
October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014
As deer season approaches we anxiously await opening day. Even though you are not here in person, you are here in spirit with us and we know that you will be overlooking us on that mountain as we hope to bring the big one home. Oh how you are missed so much! We love and miss you much brother.XOXOXO
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You have to be what??!!!

January 13, 2014

When I was a little girl, I gave my heart to Jesus at Cody's church during VBS. I was so excited. It didn't take me long to come to the conclusion that I needed to be baptized. So I talked with Cody about it. I always looked up to him. He was my cool, older cousin and I thought he knew everything. He told me "Yea, it's a good thing to do. And it really aint that bad. The water is nice, not too warm and not too cold. He also told me the worse part of it was you had to be naked. You couldn't be baptized in your clothes." I said, "NAKED??" He said, "Yep! But its not so bad because these are church folk and they don't mind." I  told him that I didn't know if I wanted to do this now or not and he told me I had to because the Bible said so. He had me scared to death about being baptized. LOL.. I did get baptized, but it wasn't until I married Wilson years later.. and no, I wasn't naked..lol.

Mom's buddy

January 13, 2014

I think anyone that knows my Mom, knows how she felt about Cody. She never made it a secret, and if you didn't ask she would tell you!

But what I want to tell is our trip to Waldron last year. It was about the middle of May (you can do the timing). Someone, somewhere, had gotten something mixed up with her taxes, and she had gotten a notice from Cody's office about it.  She called Cody up and said "don't you let them put my name in the paper!" (he didn't......LOL)

Well, we were down there the next morning, checkbook in hand. I asked her if she wanted me to go in and take care of it, and my polite offer was refused. "No, Cody told me to come get him and he'd take care of it." Well, we pulled up and got out, they had to call Cody and he came out. He took her by the arm and away they went. And as usual when Cody was around, she forgot that I was even there!!  LOL

So I went on out to the car and waited. In a few minutes here they came, arm in arm. I'm not sure who had the biggest grin on their face. But I think we all do! I remember Mom saying, "Cody I have one more favor to ask you". She said "you have to promise me that you will be one of my pallbearers one of these days." And his reply was, "Ms. Nelson, I'd be honored but we sure hope that's going to be a long time from now". We would never have dreamed that would be the last time we got to talk to Cody.

I remember the morning I got to work and found out they were calling out our SAR team to come to Scott Co., and that Cody and Joel were missing. My heart sank, but I still had hope. I didn't want to go tell Mom because she tends to worry herself sick when something is wrong with one of her "kids". When I finally heard that Cody had been found, I went straight there to tell her. I didn't want anyone else to have to. Her reaction was exactly as I had expected. It's hard to see your Mother with her heart totally broken.......

I'm not sure a day has passed that she hasn't thought about him.

Cody I know you can read this, and I want to thank you for the legacy you left. I want to thank you for the respect you showed my Mother. You were, and always will be special to her, and she will be proud of you till the day she dies. I also did, and always will, count you my brother.

I'll close with this, because this is the first thing that came to my mind on May 31st, 2013. And nobody has ever lived this more than you did my friend.......

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." -John 15:13

January 13, 2014

Last year at deer camp we were sitting around the fire and just talking and as the night went on. My brother stood up and proceeded to show us all the constellations in the sky. Now he has the best view of each of them and he is with the Creator of the stars . You will be missed at camp this year brother.

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