Barbara Carson, age 81, of Rising Sun, MD passed away at her home on Monday, June 10, 2013 surrounded by her family and friends. Barbara was born in Rising Sun, MD on May 10, 1932 to the late William and Dorothy (Bell) Cox. Barbara was a graduate of Rising Sun High School. In her earlierContinue Reading
Barbara Carson, age 81, of Rising Sun, MD passed away at her home on Monday, June 10, 2013 surrounded by her family and friends. Barbara was born in Rising Sun, MD on May 10, 1932 to the late William and Dorothy (Bell) Cox.
Barbara was a graduate of Rising Sun High School. In her earlier years, she was a licensed beautician and worked at a beauty shop in Oxford and later out of her home. Barbara was a bookkeeper at Southern States in Rising Sun for over ten years. After leaving there, she and husband Jacob owned and operated Greenhurst Farm, an award winning Guernsey farm.
They were chosen 2005 Cecil Soil Conservation District Cooperator of the Year and received a similar award from the Maryland Department of Agriculture. After they sold their cows, she went to work for Floral Plant Growers as a grower. Barbara was a member of Janes United Methodist Church. Hobbies were reading, gardening, bird-watching, and doing puzzles of all sorts.
She is survived by her loving husband Jacob B. Carson of almost 60 years of Rising Sun, MD; daughter, Carolyn Fletcher and husband Wayne of Galena, MD; sisters, Madolyn Harris of Rising Sun, MD, Evelyn White of Colora, MD; brother, William H. Cox, Jr. of Plantation Florida; step-grandsons, Thomas Fletcher and family of Rock Hall, MD and Robert Fletcher and family of Crumpton, MD and so many loving nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her daughter, Dottie Ann Carson; son Steven Carson; sister Mary Lou Mitchell; and brother Richard Cox.
A service honoring her life will held at R.T. Foard Funeral Home, P.A., 111 S. Queen St., Rising Sun, MD 21911on Monday June 17 at 11:00 a.m. Friends and family may call at the funeral home Sunday, June 16 from 6-8 p.m. or one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery.
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