Eula Caras Carlos

EULA CARAS CARLOS WAS BORN IN CORDELE, GA ON JULY 17, 19282015. HER FAMILY MOVED TO ATLANTA 15 MONTHS AFTER HER BIRTH, AND EULA BECAME A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX ANNUNCIATION CATHEDRAL. ON JANUARY 23, 1949, EULA MARRIED ANDREW C. CARLOS, HER HUSBAND OF 50 YEARS AND BEST FRIEND. EULA WAS A MEMBER OF THE LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY AND PRESIDENT FOR SEVERAL TERMS AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF THE LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. AT HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY IN BROOKLINE, MA., EULA ESTABLISHED THE LOFOS STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, LEAGUE OF FAITHFUL ORTHODOX STEWARDS. EULA ALSO IS AN EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER OF THE ST. PHOTIOS NATIONAL SHRINE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FL.. EULA WAS A MEMBER OF LEADERSHIP 100, A GREEK ORTHODOX MINISTRY, AND SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR MANY YEARS. EULA WAS THE SOLE BENEFACTOR AT THE HOLY TRANSFIGURATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH BY BUILDING THE CHAPEL IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND ANDREW HONORING HIS PATRON SAINT, ST. ANDREW. NOT ONLY SERVING THE CHURCH, EULA REACHED OUT TO GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH THE CHAIR OF HELLENIC STUDIES IN ORDER TO BRING THE STUDY OF HELLENISM TO A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE. EULA HAS BEEN A LONG TIME VOLUNTEER AND SUPPORTER OF SHEPHERD SPINAL CENTER AND ESTABLISHED THE ANDREW C. CARLOS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS INSTITUTE @ SHEPHERD FOR EXTENSIVE TREATMENT AND RESEARCH FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. EULA WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE AUXILIARY FOR VISITING NURSE IN WHICH HOSPICE ATLANTA WAS BUILT IN 1996. TOGETHER WITH DR. ARTHUR AND LINDA BOOTH, EULA AND ANDREW WORKED MANY YEARS TO MAKE THIS FACILITY A REALITY. EULA AND HER FAMILY WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVING CARE GIVEN AT HOSPICE ATLANTA. HER HUSBAND ANDREW AND HER ELDEST SON CHRIS PREDECEASE EULA. EULA IS SURVIVED BY HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, JIMMY AND HELEN CARLOS, HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, JOHN AND ELAINE CARLOS, HER DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, HELEN CARLOS AND RON HILLIARD, HER DAUGHTER IN LAW MARINA CARLOS AND HER BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW BILLY AND BETTY CARAS, HER GRANDDAUGHTERS KARI, JORDAN, ANGELA, DREW AND ANDREA ALONG WITH MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND GODCHILDREN. EULA AND HER FAMILY HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH HER LOVING CAREGIVERS CYNTHIA, ERNESTINE, STELLA AND SCHEWON. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS IN EULA’S MEMORY MAY BE MADE TO THE ANNUNCIATION CATHEDRAL, HOSPICE ATLANTA, THE MS INSTITUTE @ SHEPHERD CENTER, HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS, ST. PHOTIOS NATIONAL SHRINE, HOLY TRANSFIGURATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH BUILDING FUND. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS. VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY, MAY 24, FROM 5-7PM AND THE PRAYER SERVICE WILL BE AT 7PM AT PATTERSON’S OGLETHORPE HILL. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT THE ANNUNCIATION CATHEDRAL AT 2500 CLAIRMONT ROAD AT 11AM ON MONDAY, MAY 25 WITH INTERMENT AT ARLINGTON MEMORIAL PARK FOLLOWING..