Frank & Bright Funeral Home
Carolyn Scott
Oct 4th, 1948 - May 20th, 2024Carolyn Twinkle Thompson Scott, 75, passed from the earthly world to heaven above early on Monday, May 20th, 2024.
Carolyn was born October 4th, 1948, in a small Quonset Hut her father had built on the west side of Flora. She would later pass away at home in the house her father had built just 100 feet away from where she started life. Whenever her dad first saw her, he said she was the Twinkle in his eye, so he gave her the middle name of Twinkle. Carolyn was welcomed into this world by a big brother, Ronnie, and her parents, Burrell and Carrie Thompson. At 9 years old, the family welcomed a baby brother, Marty. Growing up, her mother taught her many things, such as cooking, sewing, and writing poetry, while her dad taught her to be a hard worker and showed her what true love was by being an excellent husband to her mom.
She excelled in school and made many friends with her wonderful smile and kind heart. As she attended Flora High School, that smile and kind heart would attract the attention of a dark-haired boy with beautiful green eyes, Ronald William Scott. When she was 16, that older boy decided he couldn’t go through life without her, so he asked for her hand in marriage. Although she dreamed of being a nurse, Carolyn put that behind her to accept his offer, and they wed in the summer.
Unfortunately, there was a war going on across the globe in a small country, Vietnam. Therefore, after just a few years of married life, Ron got drafted, like many young men, and had to go and serve his country. When he had been granted some R&R to Hawaii, Carolyn flew out to see him. But she didn’t come home empty-handed; 9 months after the visit, their 1st of 3 boys was born, Tyler William Scott. After Ron's tour of duty ended, they started to make a life for themselves. Moving from Flora to Rockford, they kept plugging away at life, and on May 25, 1974, they brought Clayton Joshua Scott home from the hospital. Eventually, they moved back to Flora to be closer to family, welcoming Ryan Adam Scott into the family just a few years later. They worked and provided for their family as best they could. All was well until the fateful day in November of 1981. There had been an accident at the construction site Ronnie was working at, and Carolyn soon found herself a widow with three boys to take care of. Using the skills taught by her parents, she worked hard and tried to teach the boys all she could while showing them how to love and what real love looks like.
Carolyn did her best to provide these boys with as good a life as possible being a single parent. She took them to museums and on vacations all over America. All along, teaching them to respect the smaller things in life while going on nature hikes and watching a beautiful sunset. As time progressed, her love of the arts beckoned her to move to West Virginia to attend photography school. When they returned, she worked at a studio in Newton, and after Tyler had joined the Army, she moved to Olney. In 1991, an opportunity arose to own a small diner in Flora. Tyler, being out of the Army, discussed it with Carolyn and moved back to run Julians. Carolyn was right there helping her son in any way she could. During this time, Clayton would graduate and join the Army, and Ryan would graduate a few short years later and take over Julians.
Soon after, she teamed up with a friend in Olney and opened a bookstore. With the big chain stores and the internet selling books cheaper than she could buy them, she closed the bookstore and went to Julians, helping her children once again to live their dreams.
After her dad passed away, Carolyn decided she needed to come back to Flora and help her mother as she was getting older and needed someone to watch over her until she passed. Nevertheless, she still came to Julians every day and helped in whatever way was needed, eventually settling into the position of answering the phone and taking orders. Carolyn would continue holding this role until three weeks before her death. She loved talking to the customers and getting hugs from them; the customers all grew to call her mom and showered her with all the love she deserved.
At her passing, her three sons had granted her eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two bonus grandchildren, one from Brazil and one from Italy. Her love for books never subsided, and she had a collection that most book lovers would envy, eventually turning a storage building into a personal library. She loved anything that was the color red and often responded with ‘because it’s red’ when asked ‘Why did you buy that?’. She also enjoyed anything with stars on it and truly embraced her middle name, Twinkle. She will be missed by many, but those who loved her most know that she is back with the love of her life and her parents, and they take comfort in that.
She is survived by her three sons: Tyler (Carrie) Scott of Yale, Michigan, Clayton Scott of Olney, and Ryan (Angie) Scott of Flora; 8 grandchildren: Desirae (Chris) Cavataio, Blain (Kyrsti) Scott, Chase (LeeAnn) Scott, Olivia Scott, Drew (Mikaela) Scott, Christopher (Brianna) Scott, Paige Allison Scott, and Mariah Danielle Scott; 5 great-grandchildren: Aiden, Connor, Ulysses, Jaxton, and Laney; bonus grandchildren: Pedro Athayde Mendoza and Alessia Barborini; and a brother: Marty (Nancy) Thompson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and a brother: Ronnie Blanford.
A funeral ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 24, 2024, at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Orchardville. A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home. Memorial donations are preferred to either Elm Street Christian Church in Olney or Sew Nifty Sisterhood Quilt Guild, and these will be accepted through the funeral home. To share a condolence or memory, visit: www.frankandbright.com