Sunday
November 17th, 2024
4:41AM
As of May 27, 2015 Heaven became a lot more interesting with the passing of Carolyn Virginia Darby Medlin, 73, of Clayton, Georgia at her residence surrounded by her family after a two and a half year battle with cancer. She is there now with her humor and unforgettable laugh.
She was born in Albany, Georgia, on October 8, 1941, to the late William Edd and Dixie Jewel Darby. Carolyn graduated from Albany High School in 1959. She would later attend Tallahassee Community College where she would receive her Cosmetology license. She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles Richard Darby and his wife, Diane.
Her survivors include her husband Roy Medlin of Clayton, Georgia; her daughter Wendy Allen and her fiancé Travis Barber of Leesburg, Georgia; a sister Frances Darby Edwards and her husband Dewey of Clemmons, North Carolina; a brother-in-law Russell Medlin and his wife Toby of Albany, Georgia; two grandsons, Douglas Allen of Tallahassee, Florida and his girlfriend Myrtrice Grier of Atlanta, Georgia and Nathan Allen and his fiancée Clara Grace Coker of Athens, Georgia; four nieces, Melissa Avent and her boyfriend Ken Millwood of Mocksville, North Carolina and Lisa Cranfill and her husband Jeff of Advance, North Carolina, Dani Darby of Washington, D.C. and Stephanie Franks and her husband Ken of Leesburg, Georgia; and three nephews, Chip Darby and his wife Rachel of Albany, Georgia and Dewey Edwards III and his wife Jodi of Walkertown, North Carolina and Jim Medlin and his wife Jan of Albany, Georgia.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at The Chapel of Sky Valley with the Rt. Rev. Dr. John S. Erbelding officiating.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Winship Cancer Center of Emory University at 1365 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Beck Funeral Home, in Clayton, Georgia, is in charge of the arrangements. If there are any questions, please call 706-782-9599. An online Memorial Register Book is available at www.beckfuneralhome.com.
