Long-time Anaheim High instructor Jo Carolyn Woodward Kent died peacefully on July 26, 2013. She was born April 29, 1931, in Cave City, Arkansas. She received her undergraduate degree from Lyons College in English. She went on to receive a Master’s in Education from Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt University. She met the love of her life, Alvis Guy Kent, in 1947.

She enjoyed a long career as an educator, teaching literature and composition at Anaheim High School for 38 years. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 at 10 a.m. Anaheim United Methodist Church, where she was a member. Her remains will be buried in a private ceremony at Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier.

Jo Carolyn is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Sue Kent; grandson, Gregory Kent Mitchell; sister, Mary Elizabeth Shaver; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was greatly loved and will be dearly missed by family, friends and the Colonist community.