BOILING SPRING LAKES — Carol Gallagher, 81, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017, of congestive heart failure, at SECU Hospice House of Brunswick.
Mrs. Gallagher was born Oct. 1, 1935, in Holyoke, Mass., to William Henry and Marion McCabe Lathrop.
She moved to Brunswick County from Westchester County, N.Y., to be with family. She volunteered here for many years with American Red Cross blood drives and the Boiling Spring Lakes Fire Department Auxiliary.
Prior to relocating, she was an executive assistant in the oil and gas exploration and drilling industry in Houston and Tarrytown, N.Y.
She is survived by a daughter, Robin Whalley of Robertsdale, Ala.; granddaughters, Sara Whalley and Kate Whalley; grandson, Charles Oliver Whalley; and sister, Jayne Lathrop of
Southport.
The family is extremely grateful to the nursing staffs of Arthur J. Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport Nursing Center, and Hospice LifeCare Center, as well as to her doctors for their expert and loving care in her final months.
Online condolences may be made at coastalcremations.com. No services are planned at this time.
