Carolyn Herring Chason passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022. A service celebrating her life was held Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Cairo First United Methodist Church. Visitation occured after the service. Private interment was at Piedmont Cemetery.

Carolyn was born on May 6, 1930, in Calvary, Georgia, to the late Hanson William Herring and Elizabeth Jackson Herring. She graduated from Attapulgus High School and attended LaGrange College, where she obtained a degree in history. Carolyn later attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Florida State University.

Carolyn taught school in Panama City and Jacksonville in Florida and in Georgia at Moultrie, Whigham and Cairo. She married Willard H. Chason on July 18, 1954, who preceded her in death. Carolyn left the classroom to raise her children, but she remained active in the community. She played piano for her Sunday School Class at Cairo First United Methodist Church for over fifty years and for many years for the Cairo Rotary Club. She was a master flower show judge, and she also volunteered weekly as a staff person in the genealogy section of Roddenbery Memorial…