Carolyn Patricia Lovell Girling

Carolyn Patricia Lovell Girling passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Lakeview Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana, at the age of 84. She was born on Sunday, February 13, 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana and was a resident of Folsom, Louisiana. Carolyn spent her youth in Ponchatoula, graduated from Ponchatoula High School, then attended LSU for a year with a concentration in Interior Design.  At the age of 19, she married the love of her life, Louis, whom she had known since childhood. Carolyn and Louis then moved to Lancaster, Ca where they started their family with their first child, Susan.

Life took them then to Cocoa Beach, FL where their second child Linda was born, then on to Pascagoula, MS, completing their family with the birth of Louis, Jr. Eventually they made their way back to Louisiana where their families and hearts were.

As a young mother, Carolyn taught kindergarten, served as Girl Scout leader, and played songs at the piano for her children.  When her children were grown, she served as an executive secretary at an engineering firm in New Orleans, working until her retirement.  Carolyn taught her children to value family, faith, curiosity, honesty, mutual respect and hard work.  She instilled in them an abiding love for music, nature, and all things beautiful.

Carolyn was a lifelong Episcopalian and, together with her late husband, remained an active member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Amite, Louisiana.  She and Louis achieved their long-held dream of retiring to a home in the country and were very proud of their family.

Carolyn is survived by her beloved family: daughter and son-in-law, Susan Elizabeth Canal and George Marcus Canal of Slidell; son and his life partner, Louis Edwin Girling, Jr., MD and Alejandro Crespo Lajes of San Francisco, California; seven grandchildren and spouses, Sarah Diane Warren Poole and Timothy Poole, Kelly Nicole Warren Landry and Joshua Keith Mayeux, Lauren Elizabeth Canal Waller and Brandon Matthew Waller, Michelle Louise Warren Warwick and John Sterling Warwick, Marla Grace Canal Bartlett and William Travis Bartlett, Matthew Joseph Warren and Magen Kringlie Warren, Scott Barry Charleville, Jr.; 15 great-grandchildren: Ebin Michael, Coby Blaine, Ashlyn Elise, Jacob Adam, Ethan Joseph, Avielle Louise, Brinley Mae, Weston Owen, Brent Sterling, Ronny Wayne, William Jameson, William Caleb, Cadence Lane, Mason Joseph, and Cohen Matthew; brother and his wife, Uel LeRoy Lovell, Jr. and Geraldine Lovell of St. Rose, Louisiana; niece, Laurie Ann Lovell Ehrmann and David Ehrmann of Poplarville, Mississippi; and nephew, Edmund L. Leckert, III of Boise, Idaho.  Also, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and family members.

Preceded in death by her beloved husband of 56 years, Louis Edwin Girling, Sr.; daughter, Linda Louise Warren Charleville; parents, Ola Juanita Bernucho Lovell and Uel LeRoy “ Roy ” Lovell; brothers, Robert “Butsy” Pierre Morton and William Andrew Lovell; sisters-in-law, Helen Elizabeth Girling O'Keeffe and Marie Anastasia “ Nesta ” Girling Leckert.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 113 East Olive Street, Amite, Louisiana 70422 on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at 12:00 pm with Father Seamus Doyle officiating.  The visitation will be held in the parish hall from 11:00 am until 12:00 pm.

Interment will follow in the Ponchatoula Cemetery, Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

Flowers are welcome or donations may be made to Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, P.O. Box 722, Amite, LA 70422.

Serving as pallbearers are Matthew Joseph Warren, Scott Barry Charleville, Jr., Timothy Poole, Joshua Keith Mayeux, Brandon Matthew Waller, and William Travis Bartlett.

Share your thoughts and memories of Carolyn in her guestbook by visiting Lnhughes.com.

Arrangements are entrusted to LN Hughes Funeral Services of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.