Carolyn Sue Gamble Lee
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Walhalla- Peacefully resting at her home in Walhalla, South Carolina, Carolyn Sue Gamble Lee, age 77, passed away on February 11th, 2022, returning to her heavenly home after a six-year battle with Parkinson's disease.
Born in Natchitoches Parish, LA, on January 6, 1945, Carolyn's formative years took root in the small community of Marthaville, surrounded by a loving family and quality friends. After graduating from Mathaville High School in 1962, Carolyn prepared to follow her lifelong passion- teaching. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Northwestern State University in 1965, both master's and master's +30 degrees from Nicholls State University, and a specialist degree in education from Lincoln Memorial University, TN, in 2006. Carolyn devoted forty-eight years of her adult life to teaching public school. She taught elementary, middle school, and hospital homebound in St. Mary Parish, LA, later teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and serving as a Parent Coordinator in Gwinnett County, GA. Carolyn's strong faith in Christ led her to many opportunities to share Him using her gifts. Countless children and adult lives have been influenced and nurtured by her teaching the scriptures and truths of God in Sunday School classes, Vacation Bible School, Women's Missionary Union groups, and nursing homes. What service! Carolyn was a wife, mother, grandmother, Christian, teacher, singer, fighter, encourager, helper, friend, and to several... the Love of their lives. She is preceded in death by her grandparents Travis Wright Durr and Amanda Mallet Durr; James Gamble and Bernice Gamble; her parents Henry Ross Gamble Sr., and Rommeiss Vivian Durr Gamble; and two brothers Circe Travis Gamble and Nolan Ross Gamble. Immediate survivors include her husband Hardy Lee; sister, Kathleen Ann Boswell; brothers, Henry Ross Gamble, Jr. and wife Cheryl; and Irby Stuart Gamble and wife Judy; a daughter, Kathleen Elise Mancil and husband Keith; a son, Herman Lee Albritton, Jr. and wife Tammy; five beautiful grandchildren, Andrew Michael, Ross Henry, and Madeline Grace Albritton, Kelli Mancil Theriot, and Samuel Kullen Mancil; two great grandchildren, Jude Theriot and Gianna Mancil; and a former spouse, Herman Lee Albritton, Sr. Extended family survivors include, stepdaughter, Rebecca Johnson and husband Adam; stepson, Benjamin Lee and wife Sarah; step-grandchildren Ellie, Isaac and Silas Johnson and Adelyn, Aubrey and Asher Lee; special thanks to sister-in-law Janet Gillis and husband Vernon, her angels in disguise.
Carolyn has taken her Heavenly reward! Rest easy to our beloved "Little Bit", "Little Lady", "Lady Bug", "Coralyn", "Carolina", "Sweet Girl", "Grammy", "Mama", and "Mamaw". A memorial service will be held at a later date at Beulah Methodist Church in Mathaville, LA. Memorial gifts may be made to Beulah Methodist Church Cemetery Fund or Kindred Hospice, at 1704 E. Greenville Street, Suite 1C, Anderson, SC 29621. A message of condolence may be written to the family by visiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com.
SANDIFER FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE LEE FAMILY