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- Caroline Allen Blanchard
(Lamar)
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- Caroline Allen Blanchard was born in Knoxville,
Tennessee to Mae Catherine Blanchard ne Randall, and
Kenneth Allen Blanchard, M.D. on July 19, 1954. Mae
Catherine died suddenly, November 2, 1979 from cancer at
the age of 59. Kenneth A. Blanchard retired from active
practice in 1987 and died of natural causes January 10,
1995 at the age of 80. Caroline has an older brother,
Paul H. Blanchard, a marine biologist who lives in Maine.
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- Caroline grew up in a reserved, devout Baptist home
with a strong commitment to fundamental humanitarian and
Christian principles. Both her father and mother
encouraged her to pursue a professional career providing
full moral and financial support for both Caroline and
Paul. Encouraged in volunteer activities, Caroline spent
summers working with the Head Start program and
Appalachia Ministries youth education programs tutoring
disadvantaged children while in high school and college.
Caroline retains that active commitment to volunteerism
as a volunteer and advisor with the local Red Cross
Disaster Relief, Disaster Action Team, the local blood
bank, she has worked as a volunteer coordinator with the
Brotherhood Commission of the Southern Baptist
Convention. She is also active with home health care
outreach services for the elderly and disabled.
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- Caroline graduated from high school in 1972 and went
on to attend Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City,
Tennessee. The Christian environment found at
Carson-Newman College was an extension and development of
the service principles of her background at home. At
Carson-Newman Caroline completed both a four year BSN,
Nursing Program and a two year MSN Graduate Program in
May of 1978 achieving both Family Nurse Practitioner
certification and Critical Care Management Nursing
certification. In the June of 1978 she went to Oxford,
MS to take a position at Baptist Memorial Hospital. She
met Charles James Lamar in the summer of 1978 and they
were married May 20, 1979. Their only child, daughter
Macy Lynn Lamar was born the following year, April 6,
1980. In honor of her much beloved mother, Macy's name
is derived from Mae Catherine.
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- Caroline has a strong commitment to family values.
She is active in her church the Springfield Missionary
Baptist Church in Oxford. Extremely proud of Macy, she
encourages her career goals, instilling the same
commitment to strong moral values, service and
achievement, individuality, spirituality and
responsibility that are her own heritage.
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- Caroline is a Critical Care Nursing Supervisor at
Baptist Memorial Hospital. She is a member of many state
and national nursing associations including the American
Assoc. of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and is past
President of the Northern Mississippi Chapter, Baptist
Nursing Fellowship (BNF). An avid swimmer, Caroline swims
at the local swim club several mornings a week.
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- Separated from Charles Lamar in June 1997 she current
lives outside of Oxford with her daughter Macy, a senior
at Lafayette High School.
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