Carolyn Virginia Layman

Carolyn V. Layman, Ginny, age 94, of Cumming GA, passed peacefully to
join her husband (John H. Layman 9/2019) after spending a
pleasant summer morning outside with her friends. She was born on
September 12, 1929 in the Bronx, New York City but was raised in
Yonkers, NY. Ginny attended schools in Yonkers and graduated from
Kathrine Gibbs Business school in Manhattan before starting her
career. Ginny joined The Texas Company (Texaco, Inc) as a legal
Secretary. She met her husband, John H. Layman, at Texaco. John and
Ginny married in 1958 and had two children, Bruce and Nancy. They lived
in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY until 1969 when JCPenney Company
transferred them to Atlanta, GA.
Ginny was a talented oil paint artist and an avid gardener. Many of
Ginny's paintings adorn her family's homes today. Her garden was
comprised of many plants native to Georgia. So much so that she
eventually pushed out all lawn grass on their property.
She held various secretarial jobs after raising two children. She worked for
Brandon Hall School, Dunwoody and Arkwright-Boston Insurance in
Atlanta. When her husband was transferred to Dallas, TX, Ginny took a
secretarial job at JCPenney. Both John and Ginny retired from JCPenney
in 1991 and returned to their home in Atlanta and to their lake home on
Lake Lanier in Gainesville, GA.
In retirement, Ginny did volunteer work with Flying Doctors, Linwood
School reading to the children, Meals on Wheels, and worked the bargain
shop and food pantry at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church in Brookhaven,
GA. She continued with her love of gardening, always with a smile on her
face.
Surviving her are her son Bruce Layman and Lisa Layman, daughter Nancy
Moseley and Steve Moseley, Grandchildren - Amy Hannah (Husband Wes
Hannah), Emily Moseley, and Stephen Moseley, Brother - Russell Seaman
and sister-in-law Jean Seaman of Rougemont, NC.
Memorial services will be held at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs
10:00 AM Tuesday July 30.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Carolyn Virginia Layman, please visit our floral store.