Wilma Carolyn Pace Johnson, 81, died on December 31, 2022, at her residence in Hardin.
Carolyn lived in Houston, TX for 28 years before moving back to her birthplace of Hardin, KY where she lived for 13 years. She was a member of the University Church of Christ in Murray, KY.
After graduating from Benton High School in 1959, she received her AD from Freed-Hardeman University in 1961 and graduated with a BA in psychology from Abilene Christian University in 1963.
She spent more than 30 years with the Girl Scouts of America, where at the time of her retirement, she was Vice President of Membership with the San Jacinto Girl Scout Council in Houston, TX.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Douglas Einar Johnson and her parents, Dwight Bernard Pace and Wilma Alice Gardner Pace.
She is survived by her daughter Annette Carolyn Johnson Hand, son-in-law Charles Hand, and grandchildren Brennan and Sophia Hand of Cincinnati, OH; brother Douglas Dwight Pace and brother-in-law Corey Brooks Pace of Washington, DC; niece Elizabeth Pace Buckingham and great-nieces Savanna and Scarlet Buckingham of Houston, TX; niece Amanda Pace and husband Mike Corl of Nashville, TN; aunt Janice Pace Miller and husband Ron Miller of Cincinnati, OH; cousin Leslie Miller McManus and husband Dan of Cincinnati, OH; cousin Matthew Miller and wife Wendy of Atlanta, GA and many other loving cousins, extended family, and friends.
A funeral service for Carolyn will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Collier Funeral Home in Benton, KY.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Friday, January 13, 2023, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Eastern European Missions fund at www.eem.org.