Carol was one of the "foundling" children that the Shaw family kept at their Shaw's Crossroads residence during the devastation of the Great Depression. But Carol caught Bertha's eye right away with her blond hair and blue eyes. They loved Carol just as they did Will & Bertha Shaw's own 7 year old daughter (Annie May Shaw Eaddy Prevatte of Columbia) & the two boys. Her daughter, Vicki, is pretty sure that they adopted Carol at a very early age. Black neighbor, "Aunt" Sallie White, was vital help to her & her older sister (just as she'd also been vital help with the 2 older brothers after their mother died).
Links to many family photos are on her half-brother's memorial, HERE.
Carol was born in Wilmington, N. C. She graduated from Sumter's Edmunds High School in the class of 1948 (https://www.edmundshigh.com/alumni.html?x=info&c=48) and went to Winthrop College. After she and Billy married in 1951, I remember them living out near where Billy grew up on Carter Road. Later, they moved into their new home in Paisley Park. She owned a business, "Carol's Heritage".
Around Christmas time, family looked forward to Carol's famous hand-made (homemade by Carol) "pulled mints".
Links to many family photos are on her half-brother's memorial, HERE.
Carol was born in Wilmington, N. C. She graduated from Sumter's Edmunds High School in the class of 1948 (https://www.edmundshigh.com/alumni.html?x=info&c=48) and went to Winthrop College. After she and Billy married in 1951, I remember them living out near where Billy grew up on Carter Road. Later, they moved into their new home in Paisley Park. She owned a business, "Carol's Heritage".
Around Christmas time, family looked forward to Carol's famous hand-made (homemade by Carol) "pulled mints".
Carol was one of the "foundling" children that the Shaw family kept at their Shaw's Crossroads residence during the devastation of the Great Depression. But Carol caught Bertha's eye right away with her blond hair and blue eyes. They loved Carol just as they did Will & Bertha Shaw's own 7 year old daughter (Annie May Shaw Eaddy Prevatte of Columbia) & the two boys. Her daughter, Vicki, is pretty sure that they adopted Carol at a very early age. Black neighbor, "Aunt" Sallie White, was vital help to her & her older sister (just as she'd also been vital help with the 2 older brothers after their mother died).
Links to many family photos are on her half-brother's memorial, HERE.
Carol was born in Wilmington, N. C. She graduated from Sumter's Edmunds High School in the class of 1948 (https://www.edmundshigh.com/alumni.html?x=info&c=48) and went to Winthrop College. After she and Billy married in 1951, I remember them living out near where Billy grew up on Carter Road. Later, they moved into their new home in Paisley Park. She owned a business, "Carol's Heritage".
Around Christmas time, family looked forward to Carol's famous hand-made (homemade by Carol) "pulled mints".
Links to many family photos are on her half-brother's memorial, HERE.
Carol was born in Wilmington, N. C. She graduated from Sumter's Edmunds High School in the class of 1948 (https://www.edmundshigh.com/alumni.html?x=info&c=48) and went to Winthrop College. After she and Billy married in 1951, I remember them living out near where Billy grew up on Carter Road. Later, they moved into their new home in Paisley Park. She owned a business, "Carol's Heritage".
Around Christmas time, family looked forward to Carol's famous hand-made (homemade by Carol) "pulled mints".
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