Funeral services for Carolyn Amy Lorentzen Wheeler have been scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Tuesday July 21, 2020 at Baxter Baptist Church with Bro. Jim Duncan officiating, under the direction of Autry’s Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home.
Carolyn Amy Lorentzen Wheeler was born on November 7, 1940 in Bell, California. She was the daughter of George and Emma Buckner Lorentzen. She graduated from Compton High School in 1958. She graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Master’s Degree in Library Science. She worked at TVCC in Athens in the library for 19 years. She served as Librarian at Jacksonville College for 9 years and also worked at Frankston Depot Library. She retired in 1990. She volunteered at the Thrift Store in Athens which she loved very much. She loved to travel. Carolyn also hosted foreign exchange students, Hildey Eving of Norway, Fran Ziska of Germany and Shirley of Hong Kong. She loved her kid and grandkids and really enjoyed the times when they were around.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her four sons, Tim Wheeler and wife Janine of Athens, Tom Wheeler and wife Wendy of Florida, John Wheeler and wife Stacie of Marshall, Tony Wheeler and girlfriend Vicki Moore of Athens, daughter; Jodie Hicks and husband James of Florida, brother; Don Lorentzen of California, her most treasured dog “Mercy”, grandsons; Tommy, Seth, Robert, Josh, Jordan, Sean and Andrew, granddaughter; Abigal, great-grandsons; Hunter, Elan and Riley, great-granddaughters; Candase, Katie, Anna, Hayden and Kymber, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Wheeler, Robert Wheeler, Seth Thurston, Josh Wheeler, Charles Melton.
Carolyn Amy Lorentzen Wheeler was born on November 7, 1940 in Bell, California. She was the daughter of George and Emma Buckner Lorentzen. She graduated from Compton High School in 1958. She graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Master’s Degree in Library Science. She worked at TVCC in Athens in the library for 19 years. She served as Librarian at Jacksonville College for 9 years and also worked at Frankston Depot Library. She retired in 1990. She volunteered at the Thrift Store in Athens which she loved very much. She loved to travel. Carolyn also hosted foreign exchange students, Hildey Eving of Norway, Fran Ziska of Germany and Shirley of Hong Kong. She loved her kid and grandkids and really enjoyed the times when they were around.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her four sons, Tim Wheeler and wife Janine of Athens, Tom Wheeler and wife Wendy of Florida, John Wheeler and wife Stacie of Marshall, Tony Wheeler and girlfriend Vicki Moore of Athens, daughter; Jodie Hicks and husband James of Florida, brother; Don Lorentzen of California, her most treasured dog “Mercy”, grandsons; Tommy, Seth, Robert, Josh, Jordan, Sean and Andrew, granddaughter; Abigal, great-grandsons; Hunter, Elan and Riley, great-granddaughters; Candase, Katie, Anna, Hayden and Kymber, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Wheeler, Robert Wheeler, Seth Thurston, Josh Wheeler, Charles Melton.
Funeral services for Carolyn Amy Lorentzen Wheeler have been scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Tuesday July 21, 2020 at Baxter Baptist Church with Bro. Jim Duncan officiating, under the direction of Autry’s Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home.
Carolyn Amy Lorentzen Wheeler was born on November 7, 1940 in Bell, California. She was the daughter of George and Emma Buckner Lorentzen. She graduated from Compton High School in 1958. She graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Master’s Degree in Library Science. She worked at TVCC in Athens in the library for 19 years. She served as Librarian at Jacksonville College for 9 years and also worked at Frankston Depot Library. She retired in 1990. She volunteered at the Thrift Store in Athens which she loved very much. She loved to travel. Carolyn also hosted foreign exchange students, Hildey Eving of Norway, Fran Ziska of Germany and Shirley of Hong Kong. She loved her kid and grandkids and really enjoyed the times when they were around.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her four sons, Tim Wheeler and wife Janine of Athens, Tom Wheeler and wife Wendy of Florida, John Wheeler and wife Stacie of Marshall, Tony Wheeler and girlfriend Vicki Moore of Athens, daughter; Jodie Hicks and husband James of Florida, brother; Don Lorentzen of California, her most treasured dog “Mercy”, grandsons; Tommy, Seth, Robert, Josh, Jordan, Sean and Andrew, granddaughter; Abigal, great-grandsons; Hunter, Elan and Riley, great-granddaughters; Candase, Katie, Anna, Hayden and Kymber, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Wheeler, Robert Wheeler, Seth Thurston, Josh Wheeler, Charles Melton.
Carolyn Amy Lorentzen Wheeler was born on November 7, 1940 in Bell, California. She was the daughter of George and Emma Buckner Lorentzen. She graduated from Compton High School in 1958. She graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Master’s Degree in Library Science. She worked at TVCC in Athens in the library for 19 years. She served as Librarian at Jacksonville College for 9 years and also worked at Frankston Depot Library. She retired in 1990. She volunteered at the Thrift Store in Athens which she loved very much. She loved to travel. Carolyn also hosted foreign exchange students, Hildey Eving of Norway, Fran Ziska of Germany and Shirley of Hong Kong. She loved her kid and grandkids and really enjoyed the times when they were around.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her four sons, Tim Wheeler and wife Janine of Athens, Tom Wheeler and wife Wendy of Florida, John Wheeler and wife Stacie of Marshall, Tony Wheeler and girlfriend Vicki Moore of Athens, daughter; Jodie Hicks and husband James of Florida, brother; Don Lorentzen of California, her most treasured dog “Mercy”, grandsons; Tommy, Seth, Robert, Josh, Jordan, Sean and Andrew, granddaughter; Abigal, great-grandsons; Hunter, Elan and Riley, great-granddaughters; Candase, Katie, Anna, Hayden and Kymber, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Wheeler, Robert Wheeler, Seth Thurston, Josh Wheeler, Charles Melton.
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