Carolyn Faye Calhoun Owens was born on June 18, 1950, minutes after her twin brother, Walter Ray, to the late Walter and Vadie Lou Riser Calhoun in Winnfield, Louisiana. Carolyn passed away Monday, May 6, 2024, while hospitalized at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

She graduated with honors from Pinecrest High School and continued her education at Grambling State College, now Grambling State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Institution Management. While at Grambling, she pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

After college she began working as a Consultant Dietitian to several nursing homes in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She moved to Baton Rouge where she worked as the Food Service Manager at Southern University Laboratory School. She later moved to the East Baton Rouge Parish School System where she worked as a cafeteria manager. Her last job was Circulation Supervisor from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library System.

She had a great love for her family. She took great pleasure in hosting impromptu get-togethers where family and friends would sit around eating and laughing for hours.