Memories of My Life

Carol S. HaytonMeredith was born in Kenova, WV on December 11, 1941. The country was engaged in World War II when Pearl Harbor was bombed four days before her birth. She was raised up in a Christian home and has never forgotten her heritage. She is a graduate of Ceredo-Kenova High School, Southerton Beauty College and West Virginia Insurance School and is a licensed insurance agent . She has worn several hats during her lifetime serving her community as a hairstylist, often going to the local funeral home to fi x the hair of one of her beloved patrons. She was a hairstylist for 32 years and then moved on to a career as an insurance agent which is her present occupation and has been for 23 years. She worked one year for H&R Block and is waiting to see what her next phase of life will bring. Carol was a former Army wife to her loving husband Berlin to whom she has been married for 49 years. She is the mother of two loving sons, Berlin Ray II and Brian Keith Meredith. Nanny to two wonderful grandsons, Joshua Tyler and Keenan Joseph Meredith and mother-in-law to her loving daughter-in-law, Kathy. Carol has been a covenant member for 16 years of New Life Church in Huntington, WV , where she was an assistant Sunday School teacher to 6 & 7 year old children and a helpmate to her husband Berlin, who is a Deacon of the church.