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MOUNT AIRY - Carolyn Geiger Quesinberry, age 54, of Mt. Airy, wife of Freddie Quesinberry, passed away at their home January 20, 2009.

Carolyn was born in Watauga County on May 3, 1954 to Johnny and Sue Tilley Geiger.

She graduated from Mt. Airy High School in 1972 and from Appalachian State University in 1976. Mrs. Quesinberry was a gifted and well-loved teacher for over 27 years, working in several area school systems: Mt. Airy City, Surry County, Stokes County, and Forsyth County, as well as Garland County, Arkansas. In March 2005, she and her husband, Freddie, embarked on their latest endeavor opening Opie' s Candy Store on Main Street, Mt. Airy. Carolyn will be remembered for her big smile, contagious laugh, and zest for life.

She is survived by her husband, Freddie; two daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth, both of Winston-Salem, NC; her step-daughter, Melissa of Brooklyn, New York; her parents, Johnny and Sue Tilley Geiger of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas; her grandmother, Frances Belle Geiger Cooper of Morehead City, NC; brother, Bobby, his wife Dawn, and their son, Landon; sisters-in-law, Daphne Ayers and her husband, Tim of Mt. Airy, Suzanne Foushee of Winston-Salem, and brother-in-law, Dudley Quesinberry and his wife, Debbie of Floyd, VA.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 24 in the Moody Funeral Chapel in Mt. Airy with the service conducted by the Rev. Todd Byrd with interment to follow in the Oakdale Cemetery. The Quesinberry family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6 until 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mt. Airy, NC 27030 or to the University of Pittsburgh Liver Cancer Center, Development UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Suite 1B, 5150 Centre Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232. A special thank you to Dr. Eugene Paschold, Dr. T. Clark Gamblin, Paula Norman, Ann Pitcairn, Mt. Airy Chemo staff, and hospice nurses, Amy Worrell and Jill Murray for their compassionate care. Online condolences may be made at www.caringbridge.org/ visit/carolynquesinberry and www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 1/23/2009