Mrs. Carolyn Sue Walker Carver, age 73, of Blackshear, passed away early Saturday morning (1/24/2026) at South Georgia Health System in Brunswick following an extended illness.
Born August 12, 1952, in Talladega, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Claude Franklin and Mary Daisy Grizzell Walker. She lived in Ohatchee, Alabama before moving to Baxley, Georgia as a child and attended Appling County High School. She lived most of her adult life in Blackshear.
She had been a longtime housewife but also helped her husband as the secretary and bookkeeper for their family business, Way Car Enterprise. She was a member of Miles Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a great grandson, Gatlin W. Robles; and a brother, Claude Pate Walker.
Survivors include her husband of 30 years, Wayne Robert Carver, Sr. of Blackshear; 2 children, William Franklin Lowman of Browntown and Suzanne Lowman Barber (husband Jerry) of Blackshear; 3 stepchildren, Angela Carver Dryden (husband Chris) of Douglas, Kristie Garber of Blackshear, and Wayne Robert Carver, Jr. (wife Holly) of Douglas; 16 grandchildren, Brenna George, Britna Lowman, Alexandria Jones, Billy Lowman, Cody Robles, Tyler Boatwright, Cole Boatwright, Will Barber, Elaina Willis, Brittany Burch, Katelynn Jones, Wayne “Bud” Carver III, Eli Smith, Paige Bowers, Sydney Dryden, and Tyler Dryden; 42 great grandchildren; 3 sisters, Frankie Walker Jackson, Elizabeth Walker Davis, and Corliss Walker Warren; and a brother, Rickey Walker (wife Jackie); and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will take place Wednesday (1/28/26) at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Hart Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the High Bluff Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.hartfh.com.
Hart Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
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