Mrs. Louise Carson High, age 97 of Bedford departed this world peacefully on Thursday, April 30, 2020 surrounded by her loved ones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth High; parents, Columbus and Ada Carson; daughter, Dorothy Carson; three sisters: Roberta Claytor, Lillian Pullen and Sarah Carson; three brothers: Harold, Robert and Garnett Carson.

Louise was proud to be a nurses aide for over forty years at Carriage Hill Retirement and Bedford County Nursing Home.

She is survived by four daughters: Edna Bryant, Diane Arrington, Audrey Jackson (husband, Alonza) all of Bedford and Evelyn Floyd (husband, Sanders) of Washington, D.C.; three sons: William Carson (wife, Jackie), Robert Carson (wife, Rosa) and Wesley Carson all of Bedford; twenty-four grandchildren, sixty-one great-grandchildren; special nieces: Inez Nelms, Hazel Thomas and DeeDee Coleman; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

**Services for Mrs. High will be private

"A Mother holds her children's hand for a moment but their hearts for a lifetime"