Carolyn Rose Denny
Culpeper, Virginia
Carolyn Rose Denny lived a life as unforgettable as the way she entered this world.Born on Sunday, March 4, 1956 (a birthday she loved to announce “3-4-56,” with a smile), Carolyn madeher arrival in an ambulance en route to Washington, D.C. (one of two of the only hospitals designated forColored families at the time). In true Carolyn fashion, plans shifted. She was ultimately admitted at thenot-yet-integrated Arlington Hospital. From her very first breath, she charted her own course.She was raised on a street filled almost entirely with family - on land named after her ancestralgrandfather. Cousins were more like siblings. Heritage wasn’t something she learned about; it wassomething she lived daily. That foundation of deep roots and shared history shaped the woman shebecame.If you knew Carolyn, you knew resilience. She often called herself strong, but those closest to herunderstood it was something even deeper. Her resilience was not just the…