Ms. Carolyn Estelle Bankhead, age 75, of Columbia, entered into rest Monday, January 16, 2012 at St. Martins in the Pines, Birmingham, Alabama.
Ms Bankhead was born April 20, 1936, in Augusta, Georgia, the daughter of the late Martin Young Bankhead and Cummings Constance Rawls Bankhead, and she grew up in and around Columbia and Wagener.
Ms. Bankhead was retired from BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, where she worked with the government programs businesses. There, Ms. Bankhead laid the foundation for both their Medicare and CHAMPUS (now Tricare) businesses, and during her tenure she was a mentor and a role model for many of the women who followed her and became executives at BlueCross BlueShield. Ms. Bankhead was well loved and admired by her friends and her family.
Ms. Bankhead is survived by her sister; Rebecca Bankhead Tolbert (Lelland) of Cleveland, AL, and her uncle; Allen Rawls (Barbara) of Wagener, as well as her many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
She was also preceded in death by her brother William Eugene Bankhead.
Visitation is Saturday from 10 to 11 am in the Seivern Baptist Church. The Funeral Service will be 11 am also held in the church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Seivern Baptist Church, 1337 Seivern Rd., Wagener, SC 29164.
