A Memorial Mass for Carol Christine McCabe Gaffkey, age 77 of Dickson was held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 5, 2013 from St. Christopher’s Catholic Church with Father Mathew Perumpally officiating. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Carol was the daughter of the late Leo Charles and Eva Jane Peterson McCabe. A lifelong talented seamstress and prior to her illness in 2002, she worked in the Fabric Department at Walmart. Her interests included watching her four grandsons’ sporting events, quilting, collecting Precious Moments and making Rosaries for our troops. Carol and her husband, Jack, were communicants at St. Christopher’s.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years, John R. ‘Jack’ Gaffkey, Dickson; one son, John C. Gaffkey, San Jose, California; three daughters, Lynn LaTendresse and her husband Danny, Maui, Hawaii, Lisa Gaffkey and her partner, Dana Blevins, Snoqualmie, Washington, and Jennifer Trotter, Ethridge, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Travis LaTendresse, Trey Trotter, Kaden Travis Trotter, and Matthew Trotter. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews.