Born December 18, 1935 at Hemphill, WV, she was the daughter of the late Gaylord and Bessie Day Sammons. Carolyn was a homemaker, a member of Beckley Moose Lodge and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. She was 1953 graduate of Welch High School and lived in the Beckley area for almost fifty years. She loved playing bingo, camping and spending time with her family. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by sisters, Bonnie Cable and Catherine Runyon and by brothers, Franklin and Charles Sammons. Carolyn was of the Methodist faith.