Carole Mayfield Garrison passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 8, 2021 after an extended illness. Carole was born February 17, 1941. She was raised in Troutman, North Carolina by her mother Lois Brown Mayfield. She graduated from Iredell County High School in 1959 and then attended Appalachian State where she earned an Associate’s Degree. While attending Appalachian State, she met the love of her life, George (G.W.) Garrison who was attending N.C. State at the time. They were married on June 10, 1961 and moved to Tullahoma, Tennessee from Raleigh, North Carolina in 1966. They have been married for nearly sixty years. While raising children, Carole decided to go back to school to become a nurse. In 1981, she earned her R.N. degree from Motlow State Community College. She worked as a nurse at Harton Hospital and worked in Home Health. After retiring, Carole and George traveled all over the world and enjoyed traveling throughout the United States in their RV. In addition to traveling, Carole always enjoyed gardening and cooking. Throughout her life, she was dedicated to the health and wellness of others. She researched and studied nutrition and diet as a preventive medicine. She and George could be seen walking in their Estill Springs neighborhood on a daily basis. She rarely missed a sporting event that her grandsons participated in while they were growing up. Carole had been a member of First Christian Church in Tullahoma then Owens Chapel Church in Franklin County. For years, she volunteered for Meals on Wheels. Carole was preceded in death by her mother, Lois Brown Mayfield; and brother, Gordon Mayfield. She is survived by her loving husband, George Garrison of Estill Springs; children, Renee (Glen) Hyde of Estill Springs, and Walker (Nita) Garrison of Bulverde, Texas; grandchildren, Hunter Culbertson of Portland, Oregon, Kenton Culbertson of Atlanta, Georgia, Camille Garrison of Bulverde Texas, and Gavin Garrison of Bulverde, Texas; and sister, Betty Brawley of Mooresville, North Carolina. Carole was also blessed to be a grandmother to Mary Hyde (Travis) Langdon of Midland, Texas, Corrine Hyde (Chuck) Plumhoff of Houston, Texas, and Alan (Jenson) Hyde of Chattanooga; and great-grandchildren, Sally, Kate, and Connor Langdon, George, Louisa, and Mae Plumhoff, Glen Harper, and Hart Hyde. Private family services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Motlow State Community College Nurse Scholarship Fund, c/o Sharon Bateman, P.O. Box 8500 Lynchburg, Tn 37352, or Alzheimer’s Tennessee, 207 North Jackson Street, Tullahoma, TN 37388.
“To Those I Love”
by Isla Paschal Richardson
If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the silent way,
Grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears,
But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there.
(I’d come – I’d come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song
Or see a bird I loved,
Please do not let the thought of me be sad
For I am loving you just as I always have
You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still to do
So many things to say to you
Remember that I did not fear
It was just leaving you that was so hard to face
We cannot see beyond
But this I know;
I love you so
‘twas heaven here with you!
Moore-Cortner Funeral Home, 300 First Ave NW, Winchester, TN 37398, (931)-967-2222
