Carolynn Bradley Mohney, 86, passed away peacefully in Chattanooga, Tennessee surrounded by her family on December 4, 2019.
She was a much-beloved and treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as a fiercely intelligent, wise, funny, and capable woman. Born in Norwood, Ohio, in 1933, she was the youngest of seven siblings. She also lived in Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, and Alabama before moving to Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health in 1956 and worked as a nurse for many years, retiring in 1994. She loved bird watching and growing African violets, was an avid tennis player and reader of everything from hard science fiction to the romance novels her family teasingly called 'castle books' for the covers so often portrayed a gown-clad young woman fleeing from a castle. She made ceramics on a wheel and freehand, and dived both scuba and snorkel. She encouraged her children in their jobs and hobbies, from forestry, nursing, journalism and computers, to guitar, competitive swimming, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, role playing games and so much more. She and her husband were so devoted to each other that it is hard to find a picture of just one of them. They were together from the time they were teenagers until her last moment on this earth.
Carolynn is survived by her husband of 65 years, her four children and their spouses, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
She was a much-beloved and treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as a fiercely intelligent, wise, funny, and capable woman. Born in Norwood, Ohio, in 1933, she was the youngest of seven siblings. She also lived in Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, and Alabama before moving to Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health in 1956 and worked as a nurse for many years, retiring in 1994. She loved bird watching and growing African violets, was an avid tennis player and reader of everything from hard science fiction to the romance novels her family teasingly called 'castle books' for the covers so often portrayed a gown-clad young woman fleeing from a castle. She made ceramics on a wheel and freehand, and dived both scuba and snorkel. She encouraged her children in their jobs and hobbies, from forestry, nursing, journalism and computers, to guitar, competitive swimming, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, role playing games and so much more. She and her husband were so devoted to each other that it is hard to find a picture of just one of them. They were together from the time they were teenagers until her last moment on this earth.
Carolynn is survived by her husband of 65 years, her four children and their spouses, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Carolynn Bradley Mohney, 86, passed away peacefully in Chattanooga, Tennessee surrounded by her family on December 4, 2019.
She was a much-beloved and treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as a fiercely intelligent, wise, funny, and capable woman. Born in Norwood, Ohio, in 1933, she was the youngest of seven siblings. She also lived in Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, and Alabama before moving to Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health in 1956 and worked as a nurse for many years, retiring in 1994. She loved bird watching and growing African violets, was an avid tennis player and reader of everything from hard science fiction to the romance novels her family teasingly called 'castle books' for the covers so often portrayed a gown-clad young woman fleeing from a castle. She made ceramics on a wheel and freehand, and dived both scuba and snorkel. She encouraged her children in their jobs and hobbies, from forestry, nursing, journalism and computers, to guitar, competitive swimming, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, role playing games and so much more. She and her husband were so devoted to each other that it is hard to find a picture of just one of them. They were together from the time they were teenagers until her last moment on this earth.
Carolynn is survived by her husband of 65 years, her four children and their spouses, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
She was a much-beloved and treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as a fiercely intelligent, wise, funny, and capable woman. Born in Norwood, Ohio, in 1933, she was the youngest of seven siblings. She also lived in Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, and Alabama before moving to Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health in 1956 and worked as a nurse for many years, retiring in 1994. She loved bird watching and growing African violets, was an avid tennis player and reader of everything from hard science fiction to the romance novels her family teasingly called 'castle books' for the covers so often portrayed a gown-clad young woman fleeing from a castle. She made ceramics on a wheel and freehand, and dived both scuba and snorkel. She encouraged her children in their jobs and hobbies, from forestry, nursing, journalism and computers, to guitar, competitive swimming, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, role playing games and so much more. She and her husband were so devoted to each other that it is hard to find a picture of just one of them. They were together from the time they were teenagers until her last moment on this earth.
Carolynn is survived by her husband of 65 years, her four children and their spouses, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
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