Carol Raye Meadows Wilcox, 75 went to sleep in the Lord on February 1, 2019 after an extended illness at her home in Richmond, VA.

She was born March 22, 1943 in Liberty, KY, to the late Vesker and Mildred Meadows.

Carol grew up in Jumping Branch, WV and graduated from Hinton High School, in Hinton, WV. She then received her BS RN degree from Berea College in Berea, KY.

Carol worked half of her nursing career in public health in Oregon and Hawaii. While in Hawaii, she and her husband Pat, were on staff as missionaries with Youth With a Mission. She did family counseling and discipleship training. They led teams doing outreach ministries in Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan. After moving to Virginia, Carol worked as school nurse in the Richmond City school system until she retired. She was also active for many years with her husband in the Prison Fellowship ministry as a volunteer. She trained volunteers on the state and national level, and was the coordinator for the Angel Tree Project, in VA and southern WV.

Carol genuinely love the Lord and was a fervent prayer warrior.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Vesker and Mildred Meadows and her step-mother, Garnet Waddell Meadows.

Those left to cherish her memory are her high-school sweetheart and husband of 55 years, Pat Wilcox, and two sons, Nathan of Richmond, VA and Loren and wife Kim in the Richmond area and grandson, Canon.

The memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Pivont Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, WV. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Services will be conducted by Preacher James Volpe. Interment will follow in Restwood Memorial Gardens, Hinton, WV

Donations in memory of Carol may be made to; Beckley Area Foundation, 129 Main St., Suite 301, Beckley, WV 25802, for the John L. and Virginia Wilcox Scholarship Fund. This is a fund to help young people in the southern mountain area with their educational pursuits.