Pocahontas - Carolyn Ruth "Carol" Blount, 74, went to be with our Lord on July 16, 2018 at Depaul Hospital in St. Louis Missouri.
Carol was born July 30, 1943 in Cardwell, Missouri to the late Brooks and Beulah Rowland. She was the youngest of ten kids and was born in a sharecropper shack. Carol met and married her husband Albert Blount at the age of 15. They spent the next 60 years traveling the world and raising 3 beautiful children and 3 wonderful grandchildren. Carol loved discovering new parts of the world. She also loved cooking, reading and spending as much time as possible with her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her five brothers; Glen Rowland, Brooks Clifford Rowland, Walter Rowland, Clyde Rowland, Paul Wayne Rowland and three sisters; Catherine Rowland, Clarice Arnold, and Yvonne Wood.
She is survived by her husband of sixty years, Dewayne "Al" Blount of Overland, MO ; three children, Teresa Peil of Overland, MO, Connie Blount and Edward "Wayne" Blount of Overland, MO; her sister, Nellie Cates (Carl) of Maynard; three grandchildren, Kelsey Chott, Allison Chott and Joseph Kenney of St. Louis, MO; and one great grandchild Brynlee Kenney from Troy Missouri.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 - 3:00 PM on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at McNabb Funeral Home for visitation with a memorial service following at 3:00 PM.
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