Carolyn Lyles Porter Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Carolyn Lyles Porter of Greensboro, North Carolina, who passed away at the age of 101, on April 28, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Carolyn Lyles Porter to show support.
She was predeceased by: her husband Bennie Porter; her son Julius C. Draft Jr.; and her siblings, Harold, Nolan, Furman, Thomas Lyles, Pauline Whitworth, Eloise Hood and Geraldine Hinson.
She is survived by: her daughters, Kimberly Draft-Gilyard (Wendell) of Greensboro, NC., Carolyn Lynne Draft Young of Greensboro, NC. and Angela Draft of Greensboro, NC.; her sister Delores Scott (Samuel) of Washington, DC; her sister-in-law Josephine Lyles of New Haven Connecticut; her nephew Sheldon Johnson; and her goddaughters, Dell Cohen and Joyce Stewart. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
