Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at Hathorn Funeral Home in Columbia for Carolyn Elaine Boyles, 74, of Columbia, who passed away Sunday, November 24, 2024. Interment will be at Foxworth Cemetery. Rev. Reed Houston will officiate the services. Visitation will be held from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at Hathorn Funeral Home.

Maw Carol, as she was affectionately known by family, was a longtime resident of Marion County. She worked in the cafeteria at Marion General Hospital and also for several years at the West Marion Primary School. Carolyn never met a stranger and was a "people person." Her welcoming spirit always extended an open door for people in her home, her church, or any other place in her life. A longtime member of Kokomo Baptist Church, Carolyn will be remembered as a loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Friend.

She was preceded in death by her Father, William O. Moody; and one Brother, Alan Duane Moody.

She is survived by her Son, William Clay Boyles, of Columbia; her Daughter, Sharon Kuykendall (Mike), of Columbia; her Mother, Ruby Lee Johnston Moody, of Columbia; five Grandchildren, Kayla Hill (Steven), of Columbia, Brandan Barber, of Columbia, Amber Barber, of Columbia, Meranda Terry (Chris), of Kokomo, and Braylon Boyles, of Lexington, Ohio; two Brothers, William Earl Moody, of Texas, Thomas Oliver Moody (Elaine), of Foxworth; one Sister, Elizabeth Moody Thompson (Larry), of Byram; seven Great Grandchildren, Cadence Terry, of Kokomo, Mikah Terry, of Kokomo, Weston Hill, of Columbia, Brayleigh Barber, of Columbia, Melanie Polk, of Columbia, Holden Hill, of Columbia, and Layla Barber, of Columbia.

Pallbearers will be Shawn Moody, Mikah Terry, Cadence Terry, Steven Hill, Brandan Barber, and Chris Terry.

Hathorn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Friends may sign an online guest register book at www.hathornfuneralhome.com