Carolyn Kester Paschall, age 81, went on to be with our Lord on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
Carolyn was born in Wilmington, NC on September 11, 1931. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Ocean Springs, MS and has been active in church life for a lifetime.
Carolyn is preceded in death by her parents, Dr. John Marcus and Anna Elizabeth Kester (former Pastor, First Baptist Church in Wilmington, NC); her son, James Edward McFadyen; her siblings, Gwen (Stanley) Warren, Jack (Lura) Kester and Marilyn Craig, all of Charlotte, NC, Howard (Elaine) Kester of Altamonte Springs, FL, Evelyn (Bud) Maupin of Matthews, NC and Kathryn (Perry) James of Raleigh, NC.
Survivors include her husband, Commander William D. Paschall, U.S. Navy (Retired); her children, Samuel Joshua McFadyen of Jasper, GA, Victoria (David) McFadyen of Key West, FL, Sandra Gail McFadyen of Mableton, GA, Beth McFadyen (Kevin) Moore and Deborah Lynn McFadyen, both of Biloxi, MS; her step-children, Cynthia Susan (Brad) Carl of Oxnard, CA, Teresa Ann Welter of Greenville, NC and Kathryn Lee (Jack) Hudson of Wilmington, NC; and her brothers, Robert Kester and Truett Kester, both of Wilmington, NC.
The family would like to thank Drs. Benca, Kempenich and Roberts at Keesler AFB Medical Center, Biloxi MS and Nurse Denise Burrows of Camellia Hospice for their loving care and comfort prior to her death.
Funeral Services will be held at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, 675 Howard Ave., Biloxi, MS on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Friends may visit from 11:00 a.m. until service time. She shall be taken home to Wilmington, NC for burial.