Miss Carolyn King

Carolyn King, 94, died Nov. 17, 2006. Services were Sunday at 
Nowell Funeral Home in Louisville, with the Revs. Ron McDougald 
and Howell G. Mims officiating. Interment followed at Memorial 
Park Cemetery in Louisville. Miss King was born Sept. 19, 1912, in Louisville. 

In 1941, she moved to Caledonia where she served as a teacher and 
administrator at Caledonia Elementary School until her retirement in 1986. 
She continued to be affiliated with the school performing various duties 
until 2000. One of her many accomplishments was to raise money and 
build an elementary school gymnasium. 

She was inducted into the Lowndes County Educators Hall of Fame 
in 1993. She was a member of Caledonia Methodist Church where 
she also taught Sunday School with 21 years of perfect attendance. 

Pallbearers were Farris Jr. and Gage Gibbs, Jimmy Davis, Roger Hill, 
Robert Lee Loftis, Pruitt Calvert and Bill Darnell. Memorials may be 
made to Caledonia Methodist Church or to the Caledonia Elementary 
School Gymnasium Renovation Fund.

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