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Kathryne Margaret Carpenter rode the Roswell Railroad to shop in Atlanta, traveled in a Model T, worked at Sears on Ponce de Leon Avenue and graduated from Chamblee High School in 1928. Thanks to an interview conducted by Lenore G. Whitley for the Dunwoody Crier in 1995, her memories are preserved. Carpenter was 85 years old and lived until 2004. (Dunwoody Crier archives held by Dunwoody Preservation Trust)
Kathryne Carpenter is pictured standing in the center of the back row in this photograph of the Chamblee High School 1928 graduating class.
“I’ve only lived on this spot of ground,” Carpenter shared with Whitley. The family home was on the southeast corner of Tilly Mill Road and Mount Vernon Road. Carpenter’s parents were Effie Spruill Carpenter and Ambrey Carpenter Sr. She also lived with her grandmother Amanda Carpenter and older sister Lucy. Her younger brother, Ambrey Jr., was born six years later. All three children were born at home and deliver ....

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