Carolyn McCarthy Bolt

June second at the age of 96. She was pre-deceased by her son Lucius

Flannagan Bolt, her husband Joseph Sullivan Bolt, and eight McCarthy

siblings.

Carolyn was the seventh of nine siblings born to Clyde L. and Esther

Quarterman McCarthy. She developed her love of plants in coastal White

Oak, Georgia, where she was raised. She earned her BFA in 1942 at the

University of Georgia, where she was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and

Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. She later attended post graduate studies

at the University of Alabama, where she was inducted into Omicron Delta

Kappa for service to the community and university.

During WWII Carolyn worked as draftswoman in the Brunswick, GA Shipyards

and prepared instruction manuals for J. A. Jones Construction Co.

Following her marriage to Joe in 1942, she continued her work as

draftswoman/technical artist at the Sociology Department and University

Press at the University of North Carolina, the College of Commerce at the

University of Alabama, and at Anderson Nichols Corporation in Boston

(while Joe was at Harvard).

In Tuscaloosa, many knew Carolyn through her volunteer work and

contributions. She was on the Board of Directors of both Friends of

Moody Gallery of Art at the University of Alabama and Friends of the

University of Alabama Arboretum, which she also helped found. She

assisted with Radio Reader service at WUAL, Meals on wheels, and the

Canterbury Chapel Altar Guild.

Carolyn and Joe established an endowment in 2000 to promote research in

art history and the history of photography by graduate students enrolled

in the master's program in art history in the Department of Art at the

University of Alabama.

Among her friends and family she will be remembered as a creative

original for her sense of style, her love of plants, and her famous

rapier wit. She leaves behind daughter-in-law Peggy Bolt Mitchell, many

nieces and nephews, and a number of great friends and caregivers. We

will miss her.

A celebration of Carolyn's life will be part of the normal Holy Eucharist

service at 10:30 a.m. On Sunday, June 17, 2018 at Canterbury Chapel

Episcopal Church and Student Center at the University of Alabama with Heritage Chapel Funeral Home and Cremations, A Dignity Memorial Provider handling arrangements. Those

who wish to share comments and memories may do so on the following

website www.HeritageChapelTuscaloosa.com.

No flowers can be accepted, but contributions may be made in her name to:

Friends of the Arboretum

College of Arts and Sciences

Box 870268

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487