Carol Dawn

Sutterfield

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Carol was a joyful, kind and cheerful spirit.

Carol O. Sutterfield passed away after a courageous struggle with Alzheimer’s disease on November 6, 2026. Carol was born in Atlanta on March 31, 1942, to parents Jessie Doris and John A. Oliver. She grew up in Hapeville, GA, which was then a small town not so connected to Atlanta. She attended school in town and graduated from Hapeville High School. She enrolled in Piedmont Hospital Nursing School and graduated with a nursing degree in 1963. Immediately after graduation she began work at Piedmont Hospital, rising to the position of Head Nurse in the Labor and Delivery Unit.

In the 1980’s she reconnected with widower Gerald R. (Jerry) Sutterfield. Jerry was formerly an obstetrician at Piedmont with whom she had worked. They married in 1988 and were happily married until Jerry’s passing in 2012.

Carol was a joyful, kind and cheerful spirit. She was always helping her friends and generous to everyone. Her smile and laugh were infectious. She had a gift for making everyone she knew feel loved and became a cherished part of Jerry’s family. She was deeply loved by Jerry’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all their spouses

She leaves behind a loving family, including her stepchildren, Charles Meade Sutterfield, Stephen Tucker Sutterfield and James Arden Sutterfield. She is also survived by her grandchildren Lauren Sutterfield Fulton, Arden Sutterfield Conway, James Knox Sutterfield, Jennifer Robbins Sessions, Christopher Clayton Robbins and Michael David Robbins, and their collective fourteen great-grandchildren.

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Her smile and laugh were infectious.

Carol will be celebrated by family and friends at Northside Chapel in Roswell on November 12. Visitation will start at 10 AM and the service will be at 11 AM. Carol will be laid to rest thereafter in Arlington Cemetery in Sandy Springs.

In Lieu of Flowers, Carol’s request was that donations be made to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.