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episode. Episode 20 Carolyn Cox Rose.

It was 1978.

47-year-old Carolyn Cox Rose, who went by Carol to her friends, was a realtor who worked in Pensacola, Florida.

Carolyn herself lived in nearby Kentonement at 6382 Appomattox Drive.

Born on March 29, 1931, to parents Dennis and Mildred,

Carolyn grew up in Millageville, Georgia, with sisters Denise, Virginia, and Jane. As was typical

for young women at the time, Carolyn married young, and she and her husband, Carl Stark Jr., had their

son Carl III in 1954 in Glyn, Georgia. But Carl Jr. and

Carolyn split up, and around 1958, Carolyn and her son moved to the Pensacola area. I'm not certain

of the reasons behind this move, but Carolyn's sister Denise Prim had gotten married and moved to the

same area a year earlier, so

perhaps that was the reason that Carolyn decided to leave her home state and resettle in Florida.

There's not a ton of information to indicate what Carolyn was like as a person, but thanks to

contemporary Pensacola area newspapers, we know that she was very active in her community.

Known as a go-getter, she got her real estate license and rose up the ranks of agents

fairly quickly. She was tough and assertive, and by 1978, had become quite successful in the

industry. Carolyn was described by her family and friends admiringly as someone who could sell ice cubes to Eskimos.

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