Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rollings, Carol Crosby, 2012 

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CAROL CROSBY ROLLINGS 

  Carol Crosby Rollings, 84, of Surry, passed away on March 11, 2012 after 
a long illness.  She was born in the Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN on 
February 1, 1928.  At six months of age, her family relocated to Jackson, MS 
where she grew up and went to school.  She furthered her education at Ward 
Belmont Junior College, Nashville, TN where she graduated with honors.

  She also attended Farmville State Teachers College, now known as Longwood 
University.  Following her college years, she married Marion Rollings and 
moved to Surry where she made her home and raised her family.  Carol was an 
active member of Surry United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school 
and was a member of the United Methodist Women.

  She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Oliver and Letha Virginia 
Eley Crosby; her husband, William Marion Rollings; her brother, James Martin 
Crosby; a granddaughter, Jaime Lynn Rollings.  She leaves to cherish her 
memory, her children, William M. Rollings, Jr. and wife, Lynn of Surry, Letha 
R. Hite and husband, Jack of Spring Grove, and Ida R. Lowrie and husband, 
Lynn of Marietta, GA.  She is also survived by her brother, Reverend Thomas O. 
Crosby, Jr. and wife, Wilma of Baton Rouge, LA; stepbrother, Larry Johnson; 
and sisters-in-law, Casey Crosby, and Clarice Rollings; grandchildren, Jeff 
Hite and wife, Tabitha, Melissa R. Keckler and husband, Jason, Michelle R. 
Keckler and husband, Brian, Richard Hite and wife, Rebecca, Joseph Rollings, 
Jonathan Lowrie, Heather Lowrie and Madison Lowrie; six great grandchildren, 
Dylan Hite, Peyton Keckler, Dawson Keckler, Tanner Keckler, Jackson Hite and 
Drake Keckler.; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

  The funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 
Surry United Methodist Church with Reverend Raymond Rowland officiating.  The 
burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Surry.  The family received friends on 
Wednesday evening, March 14, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Wakefield 
Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
contributions may be made to the Surry United Methodist Church, attn.: Sherry 
Baxter, 966 Pleasant Point Rd., Surry, VA 23883.


Carol (CROSBY; Mrs. Wm. Marion Sr.) ROLLINGS, of Surry, 
b. 1 Feb 1928, Memphis, TN, d. 11 Mar 2012, Sussex Co., 
interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Surry, 15 Mar 2012, 
"The Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Wakefield, VA), Mar. 21, 2012 

*Her parents are buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. 
   A clipping showing most of her father's 1967 obit - with two lines of text 
   reversed - is posted with Find a Grave Mem. #93481366. 

Her husband's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1978) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/r452m4ob.txt 

Carol & Marion m. 20 Mar 1948 in Oxford, Granville Co., NC. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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