Information regarding Troy Carpenter.

Birthday 5/23/66

High School Graduate of Lancaster High School, Lancaster, OH 1984

Draftsman graduate of Ohio University Lancaster 1987.

Father of 3: Tabitha-13, Justin-9 and Lila-4

I am the father of 3 healthy, beautiful and intelligent children. I am aslo the owner of a prosperous concrete company, which I have been running for 11 years. Currently, I have fallen into a serious pit, to say the least! I am very, very remourseful and sometimes baffled with how my life has taken such a turn into sheer hell. I am most of all sorry for disrupting my children's life as I have. They presently live with my mother until I can return home in approximately five years.

I was married faithfully to my ex-wife for 13 years. This my drug addiction was too much for her to handle and I really cannot blame her for getting out.

I believe my drug addiction began as a result of trying to cope with the death of my father. I was no doubt a changed person upon his passing. I was horribly depressed and used drugs to escape the pain. I NO LONGER WANT DRUGS IN MY LIFE! I have learned to begin to deal with the loss of my father and now I am concentrating on trying to parent my children the best that I can and make restitution for my mistakes.

I miss my children terribly.

I really need to talk with someone that is easy going and easy to talk with/to.

Thank you,

Troy Carpenter
EF 503178 F-18
GD&CP
P O Box 3877
Jackson, GA 30233

i read your post on the prison talk online. im sorry that these things happened to you, but at least you realize that drugs are what took it all away and your doing something about it. i too lost much because of drugs, and i too began to when my mother passed. i was 12 years old, i think i made it till i was 13 before i began my long road to drug addiction, and alcoholism. i've been sober a few times in my life, and i am now sober again, going on a month. preety sad huh? im doing real good tho' every night i read my bible, it comforts me as i once again travel this rode of being clean. i too had two daughters, one is now 20, the other is 18. long ago i released them to be adopted, because i was not fit to be a mother. there has been much guilt for this although in my heart i believed i did the right thing for them. well, my reward is that they both found me, and are a part of my life again, the 20 year old has even made me a grandmother. i know the guilt and pain of drug addiction, and i know how hard it is to deal with it and every thing else without the self- medication of drugs. so i will keep you in my heart, as a fellow human being to is trying to accomplish the goals of freedom from the things that have taken our lives away. the good things is we are both striving to take our lives back, and i believe it is possible completely. let me know how your doing, i'll check in with you now and then, ok? i hope you recieve this, bye for now magic

Hello there,
I'm new to all this but I've had two brothers that have been in the prison system in Texas. Nothing major just stealing and basically getting into trouble too many times. I don't write letters and mail them often but I would write to you or at least post messages here for you to read. I also can e-mail you because I'm really not familiar with this forum so I'll leave my e-mail with you and you may write to me anytime. I live in Pennsylvania, I'm 48 and a female. My e-mail addy is and I did add you to my buddy list, and I'm guessing that it's MSN. I'm on MSN as gretchenadria also. You take care and maybe somehow we can talk again. Blessed Be!

hi,
im sending you this post to let you know that i e-mailed you. iwould love to talk back and forth. my email is bye for now
love, magic

Dear Mr. Carpenter,

I am terribly sorry to hear of the turn of events that have occurred in your life, but everything will work out in the end! Just think.. only 5 more years. Honestly that is not that long If you think about the age of your daughter Tabitha.. where did all of her 13 years go? They flew right past you, just like the five years you are currently serving. I only wish the best for you and your family! Your children will come to terms and realize that they have a great father, espescially since he can admit he had a drug problem, yet he has overcame them. Personally, I would be much more proud of you, than disappointed. Thanks for taking time to read my post! I hope to hear from you.. my e*mail address is if you are interested in writing me back! Thank you!

*~*Stephanie*~*

Hi Troy,
I am so sorry to hear about your situation, it just goes to show that things can happen to anyone :( It seems we get caught up in things we can't deal with at the time, and sometimes those things go wrong.
Your kids will be ok, they are so adaptable it's amazing. I have a 2 year old, plus grown kids, one of which is in prison in Nebraska, so I know how much the missing them hurts. It doesn't matter if their 2 or 32. Plus they are with your mom, what better place could they be except with you :)
Maybe you can take the time you have there to look deep inside and really get to know yourself and what made you do what you did. It's so hard, but if you can do it you will never have to worry about that problem again.
Enough of my rambling on, take good care of yourself.
Deb

Dear Troy (or would you rather it be Mr. Carpenter)?

All I wanted to let you know for now is that I have a good listening ear (two of them in fact) and some pretty quick fingers on the keyboard. Sounds like you are currently very self-aware of your situation; something a lot of us cannot say. Seems like you are following one of my sister's mottos: The ten most powerful two-letter words -- If it is to be , it is up to me.

Bear in mind that we are so much more than our worst acts. Like the author, Maya Angelou, says: I did the best I could with what I had. Now I know better, so I'll do better. Don't worry. I won't be quoting someone else all the time, but tonight these wise words came to mind.

Well, it's after 2:00 a.m. here in Phoenix, AZ, and this non-night owl needs to hit the sack. If you want to reply, I'll be here and, hopefully, will not ramble like tonight.\\

Take care,

Linda Borger
:) :)

Troy's address is changed. New info: Troy Carpenter 503178 D2 Bed 22 Lee State Prison 153 Pinewood Road Leesburg, GA 31763.