Carolyn Fay Shortridge, 84 of Jacksonville, passed away Tuesday Feb. 21st at ECU Hospice in Greenville. A service will be held for Carolyn at Johnson Funeral Home of Jacksonville on Saturday, Feb. 25th at 6pm with pastor Jason WIllaford officiating. The family will receive friends from 4-6 PM prior to the service. Burial will be Tuesday at National Memorial Gardens in Falls Church, VA following a service in Falls Church at Murphy Funeral Home. Carolyn in preceded in death by her first husband Lewis Shortridge, second husband Bill McCrae, son Skip Shortridge, parents Russel and Jessie Sharp, and sisters Elizabeth, Velma Jean, and Becky. She is survived by her son George Shortridge of Jacksonville, daughter Brenda Owens and husband Tom of Winchester, VA; grandchildren Jeff Owens, Shannon Jenkins, Casey Shortridge, Adam Owens, and Meagan Brown; great grandchildren Makhailah, Jayden, Alessa, Jaeden, Haley, Emma, Carly, Ellie Grace, Harper, and Peyton, great grandchild Mycah; sisters Lolita and Donna, and her daughter in law Louann Shortridge. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospital For Children https://lovetotherescue.org/ or to St Jude Hospital https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html in her honor. Arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home of Jacksonville