Carol Spivey

Carol Moore Spivey, of West Columbia, died peacefully on November 19, after a mercifully brief battle with cancer. She was born October 21, 1929, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Clayton and Roa Griffith, who predeceased her.

After graduating from Baker College, Baldwin, Kansas, Carol earned a Master's Degree in Religious Education from Boston University School of Theology, and began her work in religious education and volunteerism. She held jobs with increasing responsibility and national significance, including President of the National Association of Volunteer Administrators.

Carol and William Clifton Moore, a (widower) were married in December 1968, and moved to the Boston area. She also became step-mother to Clif's adult daughters, Lynne and Anne, and grandmother to Lynne's son, Tim. While in Boston, Carol became an administrator for a number of programs/departments at B.U. After Clif's retirement as a professor of religious education at B.U., the couple retired to Columbia, SC, and spent summers at Counterpoint, a lakeside cottage in Maine, which they built themselves, with the help of friends. In Columbia, after Clif's death in 1988, Carol took positions on the staff of Virginia Wingard UMC, at Washington St. UMC, and then as Director of the Columbia Shepherd's Center.

Carol married Wingate Bryant Spivey, (also a widower), a Baptist minister and retired chaplain at the University of South Carolina, in January 1995. Both of them were active in volunteer organizations, particularly the Columbia Council for Internationals, often hosting groups of students at their farm in Elgin.

Born with "wanderlust", Carol was fortunate to have married men who also wanted to travel and over the years she spent a year before she married living Denmark as part of an international study exchange. With Clif she went on a year-long sabbatical that took them around the world, doing work in Christian Education, as well as trips to Australia, Israel, China, among others. With Bryant, Carol traveled widely in the US, to Israel, ocean cruises, and especially enjoyed a visit to Plains, GA, where they met and had their picture taken with Jimmy and Roselyn Carter.

After Bryant's death, Carol continued her active volunteer involvements and moved to Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community in 2010.

Carol leaves her loving family: step-daughters, Lynne Moore and Anne Moore Hutton, and their children; W.B. "Buddy" (Susan) Spivey, Kay (Charles) Spivey Mitchell and children, Susan Spivey Crocker and her daughter; and a wide circle of family and friends from around the country and around the world. Her sisters, Frances, Mary and Ruth predeceased her.

A memorial service for Carol Moore Spivey will take place at 3pm on Sunday, November 23, 2014, in the chapel of Washington Street UMC. The family will welcome Carol's friends from 2pm until the service in the church chapel. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, those who wish to, make a donation in Carol's memory to Heifer International or to Washington St. UMC.