Carolyn Gold

GOLD (Goodman),

Carolyn

Carolyn Goodman Gold died October 10, 2025, at the age of 95. Born in Columbia, SC, the only child of Isidore and Ruth Peskin Goodman, Carolyn grew up in Elberton, GA. She attended the University of Georgia, where she not only made life-long friends but also majored in Journalism and became the University's first minor in Dance. Carolyn then moved to Atlanta to teach modern dance at Spelman College. She was introduced to Perry Gold, a pediatrician, by her sorority sister Harriette Rubinson Gilbert – although she had probably spied him behind the counter at Gold's Delicatessen years earlier when her family visited Atlanta. They dated while he made house calls to sick patients and were married for almost 52 years before Perry passed away from Alzheimer's in 2003.

Perry's receptionist warned them not to look for a home on two streets with a particularly large number of his patients, so they, of course, ended up purchasing one right where the roads intersected. Carolyn enthusiastically volunteered as room parent, scout leader, and team mom as Cary, Howard and Susan grew up –- and as young neighborhood patients appeared at the door with a variety of ailments and injuries. She also helped start the Atlanta Contemporary Dance Group where she taught and performed for many years, did PR work for Planned Parenthood, wrote for the Southern Israelite (now the Atlanta Jewish Times), assisted in the launch of The Jewish Georgian newspaper, and appeared in the Driving Miss Daisy movie.

The last of a generation of seven Gold children and their spouses, Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband, Perry. She will be greatly missed by her children: Cary Gold and Anita Bryce, Howard and Jane Gold, Susan and Bobby Kahn; her grandchildren: Kalie Gold and Suse Bradley, Bryce and Elliott Gold, Ben Gold and Becca Jordan, Philip Gold, Rebecca Kahn and Rahul Nayak, and Kevin Kahn; and six great-grandchildren, as well as many extended family members. The family wishes to express deepest appreciation to her devoted team of caregivers, especially Audrey Cox, who lovingly looked after Carolyn in her final years.

The funeral will be held Sunday, October 12, at 2:30 PM, at Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Weinstein Hospice or the charity of your choice. Arrangements by Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.