Walter Carpenter, Emily Coyner Wed, Jan. 5, 1921

Mr. Walter Carpenter, former manager of the Hickory Electric Company and now one of the stockholders in the Lenoir Telephone Company of which he is manager, was united in marriage to Miss Emily Coyner on Saturday night at 9 o’clock at the residence of Rev. L.D. Miller, Lutheran pastor in Lenoir, in the presence of a few friends. The bride was bookkeeper for the company. Mr. Carpenter made numerous friends during his residence here. He is not only a splendid young man in every respect, but possesses fine business qualities. His bride is an accomplished young woman. (From the Hickory Daily Record, January 5, 1921)