Lucy Davis Carroll, age 86

Lucy Davis Carroll, age 86 of Forest City, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019.

Lucy was born in Rutherford County on November 29, 1932 to her parents, the late Grover C. Davis and Elma Owens Davis. She was a member of Walls Baptist Church.

Lucy was a self-employed seamstress and worked many years for Tanner Company. Her talent for sewing was well known and she had a sewing shop in her home where she would make garments for the public.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, John Downey, her second husband, Bill Carroll and sister, Mary Ayers.

Left to cherish her memory are her cousin, Beverly Philbeck, close friends and caregivers, Rob Jolley, Christine Evans, Mary Wilkerson, Josephine Starling, Joan Conner, Pat Edwards, and countless others who loved her dearly. She loved each of them and will be genuinely missed.

The funeral was held in The Padgett and King Chapel. Interment was private in the Walls Baptist Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Carolina Foothills, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

The Padgett & King Mortuary is serving the family.