Carolyn White, 84, retired teacher
May 16, 2024
Carolyn Ann White of Chattanooga, Tenn., a former Pawleys Island resident, died April 27. She was 84.
She was born in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Col. Claude Benjamin White and Margaret Ferratt White.
Carolyn can be described as a soul that loved with a wonderful sense of humor. She loved her parents, sons, daughter in-laws, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters, nieces, friends, and students; as well as her four husbands, at least in the beginning.
She was passionate about teaching, cooking, gardening, antiquing, traveling, writing poetry and appreciating art.
She attended Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., where she was a class president, and graduated from Greenville High School in 1958. She attended Hollins College and earned a bachelor’s degree cum laude at Furman University in 1971. She earned a master’s degree in English and education at Converse College in 1973.
Ms. White taught English, French, journalism, math, debate and adult education during a career that spanned more than 30 years in South Carolina, Georgia and Tennesssee.
After teaching, she was a real estate agent and antique broker.
After getting her marriages annulled, she converted back to the Catholic faith.
She was a member of the Heritage Garden Club, Heritage Book Club, Cleveland Symphony Guild, Ocoee Garden Club and Cleveland Book Club, as well as a volunteer for Hobcaw Barony and Bellefield Plantation.
She is survived by her sons: James E. Lipscomb IV (Shan) of Greenville, Claude Benjamin Lipscomb (Pam) of Atlanta and Christopher M. Trainor (Molly) of Chattanooga; her grandchildren, Jackie Masters (Jeremiah), Owen M. Trainor, Caroline Trainor and May May Trainor; her great-grandchildren, Hughes Howard Masters and Hampton James Masters; and her sisters, Judy McDonald (Henry Leland) and Sally Herche.
Another grandson, James Wilkins Lipscomb, died before her. She also outlived three of her four husbands, James E Lipscomb III, Fred M Trainor and Paul E Bryant. Information about the fourth, Harold Tilley, was not available.
A graveside service was held May 10 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk.
Memorials may be made to FAVOR Upstate, 355 Woodruff Rd., Suite 303, Greenville, SC 29607.
