December 16, 2021, 81, Fremont –

Carolyn Kearney Goodwin, 81, of Fremont passed away peacefully Thursday morning, December 16, 2021 at her home.

Visitation will be held Saturday, December 18, 2021 from 10 until 10:45 a.m. at Shackleford-Howell Funeral Home in Fremont. A homegoing service will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will take place after the service at Stantonsburg Cemetery in Stantonsburg. 

Mrs. Goodwin was born in Wayne County on August 31, 1940 to the late Lonnie and Bessie Carlisle Kearney. She retired from being a beautician after 44 years of serving Fremont.  Mrs. Goodwin was a member of CrossPointe Baptist Church in Fremont and a lifetime member of the Fremont Rescue Squad Auxiliary.

She is survived by her loving husband, George “Buddy” Goodwin; one daughter, Phyllis Williams of Fremont; two grandchildren, Ashley B. Casey and Katie Bowyer and two great-grandchildren, Amelia Rose Casey and Micah Ray Casey.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Carson Kearney and two sisters, Pattie L. Long and Sandra Kearney.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her memory can be made to CrossPointe Baptist Church in Fremont. 

The family is in the care of Shackleford-Howell Funeral Home in Fremont.