Carolyn Ruth Pound

Carolyn Ruth Cole Pound was born to Tommy Lee (Doc or T.L.) Belase and Ruby Mae Brown on August 6th, 1933 in Oney Oklahoma. She past on July 9th, 2022, at Integris Hospital in Edmond at the age of 88. She attended school in Alfalfa and Carnegie Schools. On June 25, 1950, Carolyn married Eugene Weldon Cole. They had two sons Adrian and Trenton Cole. Carolyn also adopted her two grandsons, Travis and Chancey Cole and became more of a mother to them than a grandmother.
Carolyn worked for the Liberty Drug as a salesclerk, and the Farmers Bank as a bookkeeper. After her work at the bank, she started working for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services in Anadarko as a Social Worker and supervisor where she worked until she retired. Eugene passed in 1991. In 1994, she married Wayne Pound. Wayne passed in 2012. Carolyn has lived most of her life in Carnegie. Last year her family moved her to Edmond where she lived in Villagio Assisted Living at Bradford Village.
Carolyn was an incredible lady with a deep faith in Christ and was active in the Methodist Church. She was a gifted seamstress, artist, quilter and a friend and guide for so many. At the center of her was love, grace, forgiveness, and acceptance.
She is survived by her son Adrian Cole and wife Beverly of Edmond. One brother Earl Belase of Ft. Cobb. She has 6 grandchildren Scott Cole and wife Kali of Tulsa, Sarah Cody and husband Dan of Ada, Stephanie Zito and husband Paul of Tulsa, JJ Beard and husband Brian of Grants NM, Travis Cole of Carnegie, Chancey Cole of Carnegie and a host of great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and great great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, and her youngest son Trenton Eugene Cole.

Funeral service: 1:30 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2022
First United Methodist Church, Carnegie, OK

Interment: Carnegie Cemetery
Carnegie, Oklahoma

Visitation: 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, July 14, 2022
Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Carnegie, OK

Under the direction of Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Carnegie, OK