Background
Carpenter, Grace Herring was born on August 19, 1935 in Hazelton, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Harold Clayton and Mabel Virginia (Niner) Herring.
Carpenter, Grace Herring was born on August 19, 1935 in Hazelton, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Harold Clayton and Mabel Virginia (Niner) Herring.
A.Bus., Davis & Elkins College, 1957.
With accounting department Davis Memorial Hospital, Elkins, West Virginia, 1956—1961. Account executive Wyllie & Thornhill, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia, 1968—1971, Mason & Lee, Charlottesville, 1971—1976, Wheat First Securities, Charlottesville, 1979—1989, branch manager, 1983—1988. Vice president, associate manager Davenport & Company of Virginia, Inc., Charlottesville, since 1989.
President Charlottesville Family Y, 1974—1976, United Way Virginia, 1991—1992. Member advisory committee business technical Piedmont Community College, 1978. Secretary-treasurer Greater Charlottesville Area Development Corporation, 1980—1984.
Vice president Thomas Jefferson Area United Way, 1980—1983, president, 1986. Member advisory board, chair college foundation, chairman Piedmont Virginia Community College, 1993—1994.
Member of Society Advancement Management (president 1977-1978), Charlottesville Albermarle Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1980, chairman 1982), White Shrine Club, Order Eastern Star Club.
Married Norman Eugene Carpenter, April 1, 1956.