Carol Estelle Lafferty

Carol Estelle Whisenhunt Lafferty, 47, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Woodland Cemetery by the Rev. Tom Shelton.

Mrs. Lafferty was born in Winston-Salem on Nov. 9, 1956, to John Lee and Viola Keaton Whisenhunt. She was an LPN and had worked in several nursing homes in the area and enjoyed working with her elderly patients.

Surviving are her husband, Roy Milton Lafferty Jr. of the home; one son, Jeffrey Phillip Whisenhunt of Lexington; one granddaughter, Hayden Alexandra Whisenhunt; one stepdaughter, Sabrinia Lafferty Forest of Lexington; one stepson, Kevin Lafferty of Lexington; one brother, Michael Whisenhunt and his wife, Theresa, of Midway; four sisters, Patsy Thomas and her husband, Bill, and Magdaline Whisenhunt, all of Davidson County, Wanda Bourne and her husband, Ray, and Doris Banks and her husband, Tony, all of Westfield; and a number of nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Voglers Main Street Chapel and other times at the home of Mike and Theresa Whisenhunt, 1630 Payne Road, Lexington, N.C.