Carole Faulkner Varnadore

Carole Faulkner Varnadore, 84, of Lexington, passed away December 1, 2022, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Lexington.

A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Bethany United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Michele Brown Hill officiating. The family will see friends following the service.

Carole was born November 12, 1938, in Davidson County, to Woodrow Faulkner and Mildred Parks Miller. She was a devoted member of the church, sang in the church choir, and had played the church organ for many years. Carole enjoyed traveling, loved to garden, had worked in the student center at Davidson County Community College for several years , helped neighbors and community, and volunteered with the homeless shelter cooking and making blankets. Her passion was her faith, church, and family, especially her grandsons.  Carole was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt who will be missed by all. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her son, David J. Varnadore, brother, Allen Faulkner, and stepbrother, Fowle Nichols.

Left to cherish her memories are her son , Randall Eric Varnadore and wife Dana of Glencoe , MO; grandsons, Jacob, Joshua, and Justin Varnadore ; brothers, Charles Faulkner, Larry Faulkner and his wife Betty Sue all of Lexington, NC; also surviving is her stepsister, Mary Lois Jessup of Pilot Mountain, NC.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church, 193 Bethany Road, Lexington, NC 27292.