Carolyn Fleming Moorman

She came into this world with a readymade family of two older brothers and two older sisters. Within the next two years in 1931, she gained another sister who was named Loraine Clayton Fleming. They became fast friends and close sisters and remained so until Loraine’s death in 2003.

Carolyn met her future husband Lloyd Fray Moorman when she was sixteen. He had just returned home from the Air Force and lived with his family upon his return. Carolyn’s father was a Methodist minister and had a cow that Carolyn and Loraine had delivered milk to customers on their milk route. Carolyn wanted to meet this young man who attended the church that her father was pastoring. His family attended the church so she convinced Loraine to trade milk routes with her so she could get to know Lloyd. Not long after this Lloyd and Carolyn began to date. They married on December 23, 1947. Lloyd was called to be a minister and they moved from Houston to Dallas so that he could attend the seminary at SMU. While still in Houston, their daughter Joyce Marie was born on September 29, 1948. Son Daniel Lloyd was born on April 2, 1951. Third child, a daughter, Martha Ann was born on January 21, 1953. After Lloyd began his life as a Methodist minister, Carolyn followed him from church to church as he was transferred until he took a sabbatical in 1971.

During the mid-1970’s, Carolyn attended nursing school and after making a 100 on her test for the State Boards, she became an LVN. Most of her years in nursing, she worked in the ICU Unit. Until her retirement and then in 1996, came to A Yellow Rose Florist and worked there with her daughter and grandson until the Alzheimer’s began to take her memory away. She was a vital part of the shop and is greatly missed.

Carolyn and Lloyd had a good life together and finally bought their first house in the 1970’s. Lloyd was diagnosed with cancer, months after following surgery and a stay in a rehab to get his strength back; he passed away in July 1979.

Carolyn’s Alzheimer’s increased as members of her family passed away. She lost many family members since 2003 when this terrible disease began. Until the very end we knew Mom loved us all. After two years of living in an Alzheimer’s facility, we chose to move mom to Ann’s home and with much love and help from Ann, the hospice, Leigh, Rachel and Joya, mom lived many more months. As time went by and the disease began to destroy her mind and body, she passed away on April 13, 2015. We hope she knows how much she was loved and appreciated by Ann and I as our mother, friend, someone we could confide in and a wonderful person. She was one beautiful woman both inside and out. We know she will be missed by all that knew her as a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister-in-law, friend, co-worker and minister’s wife. Carolyn is now going home to be with her husband, son, three grandchildren, parents, five siblings and too many relatives and friends to mention.

Carolyn is survived by her two daughters; nine living grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made in Carolyn's honor to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011 or to the Texas Children's Cancer & Hematology Development Department, Attn: Lisa McCoy, 6701 Fannin Street, Suite 1510, Houston, TX 77030.