Carolyn Aileen Davenport Wilson

Carolyn Aileen Davenport Wilson, 87, of Frankfort, Ky., died on February 23, 2024. Carolyn was born to George Claudius and Velma Aloise Davenport (née Ward) on February 8, 1937, in Pheba, Mississippi and was the youngest of their eleven children. Her parents had deep roots in Muhlenberg, Butler, and Logan Counties of Kentucky. In 1942, the family returned to Western Kentucky and Carolyn grew up on a farm near Crofton. She attended Sinking Fork High School, where she met her late husband, Albert, to whom she was married on December 25, 1960, in Hopkinsville. She graduated from Murray State College in 1959, where she studied Nursing. She worked as an RN in hospitals in Indianapolis, Ind., Elizabethtown, Hopkinsville, Ann Arbor, Mich., Versailles, Frankfort, and Lawrenceburg. For a time, she was a staff instructor in Nursing at Kentucky State University. She especially enjoyed working in pediatrics. Along with her husband Albert, she taught children’s Sunday School at First Baptist Church on St. Clair. She also led Bible study classes for women and was a dedicated volunteer in the church’s Clothes Closet ministry. Carolyn was an avid quilter and gifted seamstress throughout her life. She sewed clothing for herself and her daughters for many years, including her own wedding dress, formals, and more recently costumes and quilts for her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-two years, Albert Lee Wilson; a daughter Cara Lee Wilson; her sisters Barbara Davenport, Mildred Davenport, Margaret Floyd, Joan Strallow, and Pauline Freeman; and her brothers George Jr., William Sr., Hugh, and Jeff Davenport. She is survived by a sister, Peggy Davenport, of Frankfort, daughters Leslie Wilson Rice of Madisonville, Ky., and Lara Lee Mason (Stephen Mason) of Frankfort, four grandchildren: Marco Rice of Madisonville, Hallee Mason (Isaiah Cuevas) of Georgetown, Ky., Parks Mason of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Maria Rice, also of Madisonville, as well as many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at LeCompte Johnson Taylor on Tuesday, February 27th at 9:00 AM until the service at 10:30 AM. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Carolyn was a breast cancer survivor for nearly forty years. In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Cancer society in her memory would be appreciated.

Carolyn Aileen Davenport Wilson

February 8, 1937 - February 23, 2024