Carolyn Jewell Preslar

On Friday, October 17, 2025, Carolyn Jewell Preslar, age 84, a loving wife, mom, grandma, and great-grandma was called home to be with her Lord and Savior. Carolyn was born December 5, 1940, in Austin, Texas to Randolph Sidney Klingemann and Eunice Jewell Klingemann.

She attended William B. Travis High School in Austin, Texas. When she was a young teenager, Carolyn met the love of her life, Everett Ray Preslar. Carolyn and Everett were married on November 8, 1958, and shared 55 years of marriage together before Everett went home to be with his Lord in February of 2014. Carolyn was blessed with 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Carolyn was a member of First Baptist Church of Oak Hill (now Oak Hill Baptist Church) most of her life where she used her spiritual gifts to serve in various positions including children’s Sunday School teacher, Vacation Bible School teacher and director, leader for Girls in Action (GAs), church hostess, and on various church committees/ministry teams. For a time, she worked as a teacher and the Assistant Director of the First Baptist Church of Oak Hill Child Care Center and later as the Assistant Director of the Westgate Apostolic Church Child Care Center.

Carolyn enjoyed doing things outside of church as well. She had a love for traveling with her family, doing crafts, creating flower arrangements, decorating cakes, sewing, embroidery, reading, and watching Hallmark movies.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband Everett Preslar and her parents Randolph and Eunice Klingemann. She is survived by her four children and their spouses, Randy and Kim Preslar, Sandra and Cecil Herrin, Vicki and Joey Biddle, and Sharon and Steve Overton; 12 grandchildren and 10 grandchildren-in-law; and 22 great-grandchildren.

The family would like to extend their deepest gratitude to the staff at Lavender Springs Assisted Living for the wonderful, loving care she received as a resident in their community. They are also deeply grateful to Blue Bonnet Palliative Care and her private caregivers April, Gaby, and Cindy for the loving care they gave in the last weeks of her life.

A celebration of Carolyn’s life will be held at 3:00 pm, Sunday, November 9, 2025 at Oak Hill Baptist Church located at 6907 Convict Hill Road, Austin, Texas 78749. Family and friends are invited to attend and share their memories. A livestream of the service will be available for viewing at Facebook.com/OHBCAustin.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Carolyn’s memory to Oak Hill Baptist Church.