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Carmen Bivins Obituary
She was a native of Fort Knox and was a caregiver for Home Health. Carmen loved humming birds and was a great cook. Caregiving was in her blood and she took care of everyone.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeffery Bivins; her parents, Enrique and Teresa Bonilla Rivera; a daughter, Chasity Ray; and a grandson, Jordan Ray.
Survivors include two sons, Shaun (Natasha) Ray of Elizabethtown and Derick Ray of Rineyville; a daughter, Christy Bodle of Campbellsville; a brother, Candido Rivera; three sisters, Mindy Crawford, Sandra Alvey and Maria Chaney; and nine grandchildren, Tuff, Liah, Makayla, Levi, Ryan, Faith, Leland, Luciana and Anthony.
Visitation is from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.
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Ana Edgell
January 7, 2024
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Ana Edgell
January 7, 2024
I miss you with all my heart you´re dearly missed and loved I wish I would have came over way more often instead of stopping coming over every weekend I wish I would have saw you one last time you where like a mom and a grandma to me i wish I had more time with you you´re gone to soon
Ana Edgell
January 7, 2024
Ana Edgell
January 7, 2024
Ana Edgell
January 7, 2024
Ana Edgell
January 7, 2024
thank you for all the time you spent with me and all the memories we have together I remember talking to you about how you helped clean up the messes I made and how you cleaned my diapers when I was a little girl and how we would wave goodbye to the garage man and we would always say thank you for taking our dirty diapers you were like a grandma to me and seeing you in that casket broke me I always think about you non stop from when i wake up and go to sleep you are gone too soon you´re wings where ready but my heart wasn´t I remember our saying I´ll love you as high as the sky and as deep as the ocean and the book you would read to us at night I miss you so much forever rest and peace until I see you again. and I´m so so sorry for you´re guys loss she was a great lady and the light of my life she impacted my life a lot thank you guys for the time I spent with you´re beautiful amazing intelligent incredible mom. She knew me since I was born and she put the best time of my life there and my papaw loved her too.
Christy Bodle
December 11, 2023
To the moon and back.. always love you, your daughter
Betty Lewis Sayre
December 11, 2023
Dear Friends, I am so sorry to learn of Carmen´s death. I attended First Christian Church and was in youth group with you all n the 1970s (my nickname was Ag or Agatha). I will be keeping your family in my prayers. May God grant you peace and comfort.
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Brown Funeral Home - Elizabethtown306 College Street, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
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