Carol was born on December 11, 1953 in Ft Oglethorpe, Ga. She was a 1971 graduate of Ider High School, Ider Alabama. In her senior year she was homecoming queen, FHA President, Miss FHA and received the FHA leadership award as well as receiving the Betty Crocker Award, and other recognitions.
After graduation Carol went to work for Gilman Paint Co where she met her husband Ron, the love of her life. They were married in 1974 and started their life together in Red Bank, Tennessee.
Not long after their marriage, Carol started her career in the land title business where she was loved and well respected by her customers and her coworkers alike. She worked in the business for over 30 years, and was Vice President and Tn Agency Sales Manager for First American Title, Old Republic Title, and Fidelity National Title, where she ended her career in 2008. She was a member of Red Bank Baptist Church.
Carol loved crafts and home decorating and was very talented. She was known for her wreaths, flower arrangements, and her love of plants. Her beautiful fern bed in her front yard was evidence of that. She was also a talented cook and always put her own touch to any recipe.
She was preceded in death by her parents CJ & Ruby Lea of Ider, Alabama.
Carol will be lovingly remembered by her husband Ron Humphrey of 49 years, her son Jeremy Humphrey, her in laws Jeanette (David) Walker, Norma (Larry) Webb, Gene Humphrey, Billie Humphrey, and special cousins Debbie (Lee Roy) Webb and Angie Horton.
To know Carol was to love her. She had the true gift of making all those around her feel better and very special. She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her family & friends.
The family will receive friends 4:00-8:00 pm on Monday, March 11, 2024 at Chattanooga Funeral Home, North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153 Hixson, TN 37343.
A celebration of life will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Leroy Webb officiating. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements entrusted to Chattanooga Funeral Home, North Chapel 5401 Hwy 153.
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