Carolyn Faye Metcalf Spalding

A Boston native, Carolyn Faye Metcalf Spalding, 77, Bardstown, passed away, Sunday, August 17, 2025 at Baptist Health Hardin, Elizabethtown. 

She was a 1966 graduate of Old Kentucky Home High School, retired civilian employee of the U.S. Army at Fort Knox for 26 years and a longtime Avon representative. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton J. Spalding, Sr., her parents, Hilda Rose Metcalf and Jeff and Martha Metcalf. A sister, Geneva Donaldson, and two brothers, George Elmer Metcalf and Stanley Metcalf. 

Survivors include her son, Milton J. “Milt” Spalding II, Bardstown, a daughter, Tabitha Demar, Cox’s Creek, two granddaughters, Aaliyah and Arabella Demar. She is also survived by two sisters, Sue Crowe, Clarksville, Tn., and Kathy Aldecoa, Radcliff, Ky.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Saturday, August 23, 2025, at the Barlow Funeral Home, 2675 East John Rowan Blvd, Bardstown, Ky. Visitation will be Friday, August 22, 2025 from 10:00 am - 8:00 pm and Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 9:00 am until the services at 11:00 am at Barlow Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, the family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions in her honor to the Nelson County Community Clinic or the Humane Society of Nelson County.

Barlow Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

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