Carolyn Ruth Smith Carroll, age 84, of Vanceburg, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2026, at Hospice of Hope Care Center in Maysville, Kentucky, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born March 24, 1941, in Lewis County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Charles “Buster” and Nina Kilgore Smith.
Carolyn retired from the US Shoe Factory and was of the Pentecostal Faith. She enjoyed cooking, watching Hallmark movies, working word search puzzles, and going out to eat. She loved being a GG, decorating for Christmas, buying for everyone and most of all spending time with her family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 35 years, Lonnie Ray Carroll; one brother, Charles “Buddy” Smith; one sister, Freida Smith.
She is survived by one son, Michael (Tracey) Carroll of Lexington, Kentucky; her only granddaughter, Robyn Carroll, of Lexington, Kentucky, who she loved with all of her heart; one sister, Edith (Dave) Kochanek of Farmington Hills, Michigan; one very special sister-in-law, Janice Smith of Black Oak, Kentucky, and many other family and friends that will sadly miss her.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at Dickerson Funeral Home, 110 W Second Street, Vanceburg, Kentucky, with Brother Jerry Blevins officiating. Burial will follow at Lewis County Memory Gardens in Vanceburg, Kentucky.
Friends may visit after 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2026, until the service hour at Dickerson Funeral Home.
Dickerson Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Carolyn Ruth Smith Carroll.
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