Carol Wayne, loved the Blues
Carol Wayne, while surrounded by family and best friends, walked off the LIFE/BLUES stage after telling all in the room she was "heading out." She left the stage after calling out to her mother, clearly reuniting with her in the audience. Carol's last blues song ended Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, at exactly 2:50 p.m.
Carol began her life journey April 4, 1950, daughter of the late Albert and Corinne Cobb, and the eldest of four children. Her life began in Media, Pa., onward to Maryland, and the majority of her adult life on the Big Island of Hawaii, before coming back to Delaware to be with her ailing mother.
Carol was a real estate agent, served on the board of WCR, and was involved in other local community organizations. Her history in Hawaii focused on the loves of her life: her six children, Merri, Ruby, Honey, Eddy, Willy and Lucy, who ultimately shaped the woman we all loved and cherished. Carol’s compassion, grace, fun sense of humor, love of music, quick wit and laugh will be missed more than we all can fathom. Her relationship with her sister Bisha was a depth of love that her friends and family honored and will carry with them forever. Her brother Stephen has been her rock and her anchor, never wavering from her side. The friendships that Carol created and the love that she gave all was beyond what most people have ever experienced. We all wanted to be near Carol as she was always the one who was having the most fun. As her “Bean” says, “If you go to Lewes Beach at sunset when the sun is near the horizon, listen closely; you'll hear Carol Wayne singing a joyful Blues tune, because the Blues was alright with Carol.”
In addition to her parents, Carol was preceded in death by her brother, James A. Cobb. She is survived by her six children: Merri Joy Moylan and her husband James of Post Falls, Idaho, Ruby Wood and her husband Nick of Oakland, Calif., Honey Wayne of Tiburon, Calif., Adam "Eddie" Wayne and his wife Selene of Pohoa, Hawaii., and Lucy Wayne of Pasadena, Calif.; her 10 grandchildren: Peter, Gemma, Joy, Blase, Julia, Max, Rose, Kaili, Cody and Charlotte; her two siblings: Patricia "Bisha" Cobb Richardson and her husband Gene "Bean" of Baltimore, Md., and Stephen Cobb and his wife Deborah of Ocean View; her beloved uncle, John Carnwath and his wife Louann of Richmond, Va.; and a great-grandchild on the way.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March, 14, from 3 to 6 p.m., at Ivy, 136 Dagsworthy Ave., Dewey Beach. Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in Carol's memory to the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, 18977 Munchy Branch Road, Unit #1, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.
Please visit Carol’s Life Memorial Webpage and sign her online guest book at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.
