Carolyn Joyce Stair, age 72, of Knoxville, passed away Thursday, Dec. 6, at Holston Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born March 27, 1940, in Thornhill, Tenn., the daughter of Von and Opal Hurst Farmer.
Mrs. Stair was a parishioner of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Church when in Knoxville.
She graduated from the University of Tennessee and was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
Mrs. Stair was the owner/operator of the Small Fry Boutique in Uptown Westerville, Ohio, where the family resided for more than 30 years. As a teen and young adult, Mrs. Stair worked with her mother at the Nettie Lee Shop in Oak Ridge.