Carol Kay Pope Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Carol Kay Pope, 73, of Salisbury passed away peacefully on Friday, January 28, 2022 at the Glenn A Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury after a courageous seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. Carol was a wonderful person and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She had an infectious personality that always made the people around her smile. Born on September 12, 1948, she was the daughter of Ivan Hoyt Pope, Sr. and Narvis Kluttz Pope. She was a 1966 graduate of West Rowan High School and a graduate of Salisbury Business College. Carol worked first at Celanese and then spent many enjoyable years working in the labs at Proctor Chemical and later National Starch where she formed lasting friendships with her coworkers. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother, Ivan Hoyt Pope, Jr. Carol is survived by two sisters, Janet Hill of Woodleaf, NC and Betty Joan Coulthard, of Salisbury, NC, and seven loving nieces and nephews with whom she shared a strong loving bond: Heather Beeker, Jennifer Caton, Robin Pope, Andy Pope, David Coulthard, Kim Coulthard, and Lisa Weikel. Carol also shared a special relationship with her great nephews and great nieces, notably Mason and Morgan Leonard, Devin and Logan Caton, and Jax and Drew Pope. Carol loved life and lived it to the fullest. She enjoyed playing softball for many years, going to football, baseball and basketball games, traveling all over the US in a motorhome with her parents and later with other family and friends, and going camping and fishing. She loved going to concerts and museums, to the beach and mountains, having cookouts and going out to eat with family, friends and coworkers. She was devoted to Lebanon Lutheran Church and its members and served on the church council and worked on many projects including Rowan Helping Ministries and the Angel Tree. In addition, she planted flowers at the church each spring and helped with the renovation of the church parsonage. Carol was inquisitive and she loved learning new details and she remembered many things that others forgot. Because of the pandemic and of her weakened immunity, she had to turn to the tv for education and entertainment and she watched many hours of the History Channel, Smithsonian, documentaries, ballgames, war movies, HGTV, old black and white movies, and cowboy shows, especially Gunsmoke. She commented that she hoped that she would get to meet Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) in Heaven! Carol and her family have been very grateful to Dr. Brent Seifert and to Dr. William Brinkley, both in Salisbury and to Dr. Cristina Gasparetto and to Taylor Andis, NP at the Duke Cancer Center in Durham for their superb care, expertise and compassion for the last seven years. Service: A celebration of Carol’s life will be held on Saturday, February 12, 1:00, at Lebanon Lutheran Church, 1200 Thompson Road, Cleveland, NC 27013 with the Rev. Carroll Robinson and the Rev. Walter Weikel officiating. Visitation: Due to ongoing COVID infections and out of respect and concern for our vulnerable family, friends, and church congregation, there will be no visitation and masks must be worn at the service. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Carol’s name to: Lebanon Lutheran Church, 1200 Thompson Road, Cleveland, NC 27013 or to the Duke Blood Cancer Center, Duke Myeloma Program, 2400 Pratt Street, Suite 5000, Box 3961, Durham, NC 27701. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Pope family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

Carol Kay Pope

September 12, 1948 - January 28, 2022