Carol Jean Conway

Shawnee resident Carol Jean Conway, 87, passed away Friday, December 15, 2023 at her home.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Walker Funeral Service with Rev. Doug Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Carol was born January 10, 1936 in Ripley, Oklahoma to Harry Benjamin Martin and Alice Caroline (Bridges) Martin. She married Connie Graham Conway on September 3, 1960 in Texas.  Carol had worked as an administrative assistant a Wolverine Tube. She was a member of First Christian Church.  Carol enjoyed cooking Sunday dinner and trying a new restaurant every Friday. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son: Connie Graham Conway II, brothers: J.C. Martin and Lawrence Martin, sister: LaVerne White and Bonnie Metcalf, sister-in-laws: Dorothy Martin and Claudia Orlando.

Survivors include her daughter: Jere Cooksey and husband Kirby of Shawnee, grandson: Cameron Tyler Conway of Junction City, KS, a sister-in-law Alice Maxey, and numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.