Janie Madalyn Hasty Carroll McCabe
My grandmother was born in Camden, South Carolina, the eldest of the five children of James Alton and Emmie Young Hasty. She was the paternal granddaughter of William Thomas Hasty and Susan Ann Young; and the maternal granddaughter of James Roderick Young and Janie Camilla Young.
Though she would always be "Lally" to the family, she was named Janie for her maternal grandmother, Janie Camilla Young. And her friends would know her as Madalyn, the middle name she preferred to use.
Growing up during the Great Depression could not have been easy for anyone - and with three sisters and a brother, I'm sure she carried a lot of early responsibility, helping her mother care for her younger siblings.
In December of 1942, Lally married Harlan Lett Carroll, a Tennessee native and Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. When they married, he was
23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born, who was named for his father.. and just in time, because Harlan shipped out to Europe a little over an hour after the birth, leaving his wife and newborn, to serve his country in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
But Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, at 31 years of age. For my grandmother and our entire family, his death was devastating.. and Lally became a young widow faced with raising her sons alone.
With the help of her parents and siblings, she managed to survive and go on with her life, and on 14 December 1956, was married to Patrick McCabe in Orangeburg, SC. He was also serving in the military, and was a native of Nebraska.
Lally and Pat lived in several places during his military career, including Mississippi in 1969. She always said that living through Hurricane Camille was one of the scariest events of her life.. and she was extremely worried when her grandson faced Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
After Pat left the military, they moved to California and made a home in Sepulveda. Although they had no children together, they were delighted to have their grandchildren visit them.
Lally would fly to South Carolina to visit her parents and would take my sister and me back with her for the summer. She never allowed us to fly alone. And there were always exciting things to do when we went.. trips to Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Sea World and spending long afternoons on Malibu Beach.. I remember being afraid at first of the seaweed in the Pacific.
Then, after over 20 years of marriage, Lally and Pat separated. She returned to South Carolina in 1978, and they were divorced in 1980.
She lost her youngest son, Phillip, in 1979. He was killed in an auto accident at the age of 32, and his death was a terrible blow to her and all our family. I remember that she locked herself in her bedroom in grief and refused to come out for several days.. and when she did emerge, she was never the same again.
Her remaining years were spent in Camden, where she volunteered for the hospital and kept up with several hobbies. She was an avid gardener, and she always had tomatoes and hot peppers each summer. They were as spicy as she was.. and daisies were her favorite flowers.
Her other main hobby was genealogy.. an interest she nourished for over 30 years. Eventually, she passed the family history and the love of research on to me, and I am honored to be the one to continue this tradition.
Lally was a strong and often irascible woman in later life, and she was opinionated and steadfast in her beliefs. She never shied away from telling you what she thought of something, and she rarely showed how vulnerable she could be.
We are grateful that she passed away peacefully in her sleep on 16 July 2009, and though we mourn her death, we are blessed that she was among us for so long.. that she guided us and influenced us to be who we are.. that she taught us strength and endurance, and unwavering loyalty to family.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Harlan Lett Carroll; son, Phillip Hasty Carroll; sister, Kathryn H. Stalvey and brother, James A. Hasty, Jr.
She is survived by her son, H. Lett Carroll, Jr. and his wife Peggy of Camden; grandchildren, Blake T. Carroll of Long Beach, MS; Abra Carroll Zimmer and her husband Michael of Rendsburg, Germany; Wendee Carroll Davis and her husband Ernie, of Camden, and H. Lett Carroll, III of Camden; great grandchildren, Zachary and Noah Davis of Camden, and Emmalee Carroll of Long Beach, MS.
Rest in eternal peace, dear grandmother, and know that you are loved.
Postscript: She now has another great granddaughter to carry on her memory - Hadley Zimmer - born in 2013.
My grandmother was born in Camden, South Carolina, the eldest of the five children of James Alton and Emmie Young Hasty. She was the paternal granddaughter of William Thomas Hasty and Susan Ann Young; and the maternal granddaughter of James Roderick Young and Janie Camilla Young.
Though she would always be "Lally" to the family, she was named Janie for her maternal grandmother, Janie Camilla Young. And her friends would know her as Madalyn, the middle name she preferred to use.
Growing up during the Great Depression could not have been easy for anyone - and with three sisters and a brother, I'm sure she carried a lot of early responsibility, helping her mother care for her younger siblings.
In December of 1942, Lally married Harlan Lett Carroll, a Tennessee native and Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. When they married, he was
23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born, who was named for his father.. and just in time, because Harlan shipped out to Europe a little over an hour after the birth, leaving his wife and newborn, to serve his country in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
But Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, at 31 years of age. For my grandmother and our entire family, his death was devastating.. and Lally became a young widow faced with raising her sons alone.
With the help of her parents and siblings, she managed to survive and go on with her life, and on 14 December 1956, was married to Patrick McCabe in Orangeburg, SC. He was also serving in the military, and was a native of Nebraska.
Lally and Pat lived in several places during his military career, including Mississippi in 1969. She always said that living through Hurricane Camille was one of the scariest events of her life.. and she was extremely worried when her grandson faced Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
After Pat left the military, they moved to California and made a home in Sepulveda. Although they had no children together, they were delighted to have their grandchildren visit them.
Lally would fly to South Carolina to visit her parents and would take my sister and me back with her for the summer. She never allowed us to fly alone. And there were always exciting things to do when we went.. trips to Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Sea World and spending long afternoons on Malibu Beach.. I remember being afraid at first of the seaweed in the Pacific.
Then, after over 20 years of marriage, Lally and Pat separated. She returned to South Carolina in 1978, and they were divorced in 1980.
She lost her youngest son, Phillip, in 1979. He was killed in an auto accident at the age of 32, and his death was a terrible blow to her and all our family. I remember that she locked herself in her bedroom in grief and refused to come out for several days.. and when she did emerge, she was never the same again.
Her remaining years were spent in Camden, where she volunteered for the hospital and kept up with several hobbies. She was an avid gardener, and she always had tomatoes and hot peppers each summer. They were as spicy as she was.. and daisies were her favorite flowers.
Her other main hobby was genealogy.. an interest she nourished for over 30 years. Eventually, she passed the family history and the love of research on to me, and I am honored to be the one to continue this tradition.
Lally was a strong and often irascible woman in later life, and she was opinionated and steadfast in her beliefs. She never shied away from telling you what she thought of something, and she rarely showed how vulnerable she could be.
We are grateful that she passed away peacefully in her sleep on 16 July 2009, and though we mourn her death, we are blessed that she was among us for so long.. that she guided us and influenced us to be who we are.. that she taught us strength and endurance, and unwavering loyalty to family.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Harlan Lett Carroll; son, Phillip Hasty Carroll; sister, Kathryn H. Stalvey and brother, James A. Hasty, Jr.
She is survived by her son, H. Lett Carroll, Jr. and his wife Peggy of Camden; grandchildren, Blake T. Carroll of Long Beach, MS; Abra Carroll Zimmer and her husband Michael of Rendsburg, Germany; Wendee Carroll Davis and her husband Ernie, of Camden, and H. Lett Carroll, III of Camden; great grandchildren, Zachary and Noah Davis of Camden, and Emmalee Carroll of Long Beach, MS.
Rest in eternal peace, dear grandmother, and know that you are loved.
Postscript: She now has another great granddaughter to carry on her memory - Hadley Zimmer - born in 2013.
Janie Madalyn Hasty Carroll McCabe
My grandmother was born in Camden, South Carolina, the eldest of the five children of James Alton and Emmie Young Hasty. She was the paternal granddaughter of William Thomas Hasty and Susan Ann Young; and the maternal granddaughter of James Roderick Young and Janie Camilla Young.
Though she would always be "Lally" to the family, she was named Janie for her maternal grandmother, Janie Camilla Young. And her friends would know her as Madalyn, the middle name she preferred to use.
Growing up during the Great Depression could not have been easy for anyone - and with three sisters and a brother, I'm sure she carried a lot of early responsibility, helping her mother care for her younger siblings.
In December of 1942, Lally married Harlan Lett Carroll, a Tennessee native and Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. When they married, he was
23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born, who was named for his father.. and just in time, because Harlan shipped out to Europe a little over an hour after the birth, leaving his wife and newborn, to serve his country in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
But Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, at 31 years of age. For my grandmother and our entire family, his death was devastating.. and Lally became a young widow faced with raising her sons alone.
With the help of her parents and siblings, she managed to survive and go on with her life, and on 14 December 1956, was married to Patrick McCabe in Orangeburg, SC. He was also serving in the military, and was a native of Nebraska.
Lally and Pat lived in several places during his military career, including Mississippi in 1969. She always said that living through Hurricane Camille was one of the scariest events of her life.. and she was extremely worried when her grandson faced Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
After Pat left the military, they moved to California and made a home in Sepulveda. Although they had no children together, they were delighted to have their grandchildren visit them.
Lally would fly to South Carolina to visit her parents and would take my sister and me back with her for the summer. She never allowed us to fly alone. And there were always exciting things to do when we went.. trips to Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Sea World and spending long afternoons on Malibu Beach.. I remember being afraid at first of the seaweed in the Pacific.
Then, after over 20 years of marriage, Lally and Pat separated. She returned to South Carolina in 1978, and they were divorced in 1980.
She lost her youngest son, Phillip, in 1979. He was killed in an auto accident at the age of 32, and his death was a terrible blow to her and all our family. I remember that she locked herself in her bedroom in grief and refused to come out for several days.. and when she did emerge, she was never the same again.
Her remaining years were spent in Camden, where she volunteered for the hospital and kept up with several hobbies. She was an avid gardener, and she always had tomatoes and hot peppers each summer. They were as spicy as she was.. and daisies were her favorite flowers.
Her other main hobby was genealogy.. an interest she nourished for over 30 years. Eventually, she passed the family history and the love of research on to me, and I am honored to be the one to continue this tradition.
Lally was a strong and often irascible woman in later life, and she was opinionated and steadfast in her beliefs. She never shied away from telling you what she thought of something, and she rarely showed how vulnerable she could be.
We are grateful that she passed away peacefully in her sleep on 16 July 2009, and though we mourn her death, we are blessed that she was among us for so long.. that she guided us and influenced us to be who we are.. that she taught us strength and endurance, and unwavering loyalty to family.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Harlan Lett Carroll; son, Phillip Hasty Carroll; sister, Kathryn H. Stalvey and brother, James A. Hasty, Jr.
She is survived by her son, H. Lett Carroll, Jr. and his wife Peggy of Camden; grandchildren, Blake T. Carroll of Long Beach, MS; Abra Carroll Zimmer and her husband Michael of Rendsburg, Germany; Wendee Carroll Davis and her husband Ernie, of Camden, and H. Lett Carroll, III of Camden; great grandchildren, Zachary and Noah Davis of Camden, and Emmalee Carroll of Long Beach, MS.
Rest in eternal peace, dear grandmother, and know that you are loved.
Postscript: She now has another great granddaughter to carry on her memory - Hadley Zimmer - born in 2013.
My grandmother was born in Camden, South Carolina, the eldest of the five children of James Alton and Emmie Young Hasty. She was the paternal granddaughter of William Thomas Hasty and Susan Ann Young; and the maternal granddaughter of James Roderick Young and Janie Camilla Young.
Though she would always be "Lally" to the family, she was named Janie for her maternal grandmother, Janie Camilla Young. And her friends would know her as Madalyn, the middle name she preferred to use.
Growing up during the Great Depression could not have been easy for anyone - and with three sisters and a brother, I'm sure she carried a lot of early responsibility, helping her mother care for her younger siblings.
In December of 1942, Lally married Harlan Lett Carroll, a Tennessee native and Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. When they married, he was
23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born, who was named for his father.. and just in time, because Harlan shipped out to Europe a little over an hour after the birth, leaving his wife and newborn, to serve his country in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
But Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, at 31 years of age. For my grandmother and our entire family, his death was devastating.. and Lally became a young widow faced with raising her sons alone.
With the help of her parents and siblings, she managed to survive and go on with her life, and on 14 December 1956, was married to Patrick McCabe in Orangeburg, SC. He was also serving in the military, and was a native of Nebraska.
Lally and Pat lived in several places during his military career, including Mississippi in 1969. She always said that living through Hurricane Camille was one of the scariest events of her life.. and she was extremely worried when her grandson faced Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
After Pat left the military, they moved to California and made a home in Sepulveda. Although they had no children together, they were delighted to have their grandchildren visit them.
Lally would fly to South Carolina to visit her parents and would take my sister and me back with her for the summer. She never allowed us to fly alone. And there were always exciting things to do when we went.. trips to Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Sea World and spending long afternoons on Malibu Beach.. I remember being afraid at first of the seaweed in the Pacific.
Then, after over 20 years of marriage, Lally and Pat separated. She returned to South Carolina in 1978, and they were divorced in 1980.
She lost her youngest son, Phillip, in 1979. He was killed in an auto accident at the age of 32, and his death was a terrible blow to her and all our family. I remember that she locked herself in her bedroom in grief and refused to come out for several days.. and when she did emerge, she was never the same again.
Her remaining years were spent in Camden, where she volunteered for the hospital and kept up with several hobbies. She was an avid gardener, and she always had tomatoes and hot peppers each summer. They were as spicy as she was.. and daisies were her favorite flowers.
Her other main hobby was genealogy.. an interest she nourished for over 30 years. Eventually, she passed the family history and the love of research on to me, and I am honored to be the one to continue this tradition.
Lally was a strong and often irascible woman in later life, and she was opinionated and steadfast in her beliefs. She never shied away from telling you what she thought of something, and she rarely showed how vulnerable she could be.
We are grateful that she passed away peacefully in her sleep on 16 July 2009, and though we mourn her death, we are blessed that she was among us for so long.. that she guided us and influenced us to be who we are.. that she taught us strength and endurance, and unwavering loyalty to family.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Harlan Lett Carroll; son, Phillip Hasty Carroll; sister, Kathryn H. Stalvey and brother, James A. Hasty, Jr.
She is survived by her son, H. Lett Carroll, Jr. and his wife Peggy of Camden; grandchildren, Blake T. Carroll of Long Beach, MS; Abra Carroll Zimmer and her husband Michael of Rendsburg, Germany; Wendee Carroll Davis and her husband Ernie, of Camden, and H. Lett Carroll, III of Camden; great grandchildren, Zachary and Noah Davis of Camden, and Emmalee Carroll of Long Beach, MS.
Rest in eternal peace, dear grandmother, and know that you are loved.
Postscript: She now has another great granddaughter to carry on her memory - Hadley Zimmer - born in 2013.
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